Cognizant

4 leading tech firms join Microsoft to accelerate adoption of agentic AI

With over 50,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses that will be deployed across each of the four IT giants, this partnership underscores the transformative potential of agentic AI — intelligent systems capable of taking initiative, driving decisions, and generating insights autonomously — aims to create new avenues for growth and competitiveness.

26 days ago

Rajalakshmi Soundarapandiyan: Award-Winning Technical Professional of the Year

Raji has proven herself as a visionary leader capable of driving products through their life cycle and improving business performance.

Oct 15, 2024

Ramkumar Ramamoorthy's 23 year-long stint with Cognizant ends

Two top-level exits of Cognizant's India chief Ramkumar Ramamoorthy and head of global delivery Pradeep Shilige were announced by CEO Brian Humphries in an email to employees.

Jul 10, 2020

Cognizant benches 18,000 employees, Karnataka Union to approach government

Cognizant has benched 18,000 employees asking employees to resign after failing to secure projects. The Karnataka State IT Employee Union (KITU) has asked workers not to resign under pressure and will register a complaint with the state labour department.

Jul 3, 2020

American tech giant Cognizant hit by 'Maze' ransomware attack

Cognizant said in a statement that it was taking steps to contain the security incident, with the help of cyber defense companies, and has also engaged with law enforcement.

Apr 19, 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: Cognizant to pay 25% extra of basic pay to Indian employees

One of the world's leading IT giants, Cognizant will pay the extra salary to its employees up to associate level in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Mar 27, 2020

More job cuts likely as new Software companies to be taxed at usual 25% rate

In September, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced the reduction in the corporate tax rate to 15%, from the current 25%, for new manufacturing firms, giving a major relief for the Indian corporate sector.

Nov 18, 2019

Cognizant layoffs: IT major to cut 7,000 mid-senior level jobs in restructuring push

The restructuring is part of the '2020 Fit for Growth Plan' that involves investment in technology, sales and marketing, reskilling, acquisitions, and partnerships to sharpen strategic positioning in key digital areas.

Oct 31, 2019

It's official: Cognizant CEO announces job cuts by October end

Notably, since he took over as Cognizant's CEO in April, his main focus has been on the company's cost competitiveness.

Sep 6, 2019

Cognizant plans another round of layoff, defers campus hiring

Additionally, the New Jersey-based company is also delaying the joining date of the freshers and other new employees hired

Aug 16, 2019

Race for Mindtree top job heats up; L&T vows no interference amid staff worries

Cognizant former executives lead the race for Mindtree top job as company share hits a 52-week low on NSE; second-rung leadership worried about the firm's future.

Jul 9, 2019

Apple cuts ties with L&T Infotech over mistrust in documentation, procedural lapses

USCIS and Apple have both denied giving any information about the proceedings on the issue.

Jul 4, 2019

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Growth, consolidation, or diversification? L&T's Mindtree CEO selection strategy

Although L&T has shortlisted three candidates to replace Rostow Ravanan as chief executive of newly acquired IT services firm, the final selection will show the engineering giant's plans for Mindtree.

Jun 30, 2019

Cognizant acquires Irish company Zenith to boost presence in life sciences sector

Zenith Technologies is a leader in creating software systems used in the supply of vital treatments to patients worldwide.

Jun 19, 2019

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More layoffs in IT sector? Cognizant likely to fire 300 top executives

The IT companies are looking at hiring young executives who are trained in areas such as AI, ML and cloud computing.

May 27, 2019

Cognizant's focus shift to banking and financial services to affect Indian staff most

70% of US-based IT services company's 281,600 employees are in India; CEO talks of employee pyramid optimisation as revenue growth slows

May 7, 2019

Indian techies to get double-digit salary hike in 2019?

The NASSCOM said that top performers in IT companies may even get a 20 per cent salary hike.

Feb 14, 2019

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Indian IT industry hired over 1 lakh engineers in 2018 - four times more than 2017

The $167 billion IT services industry in India has a workforce of 3.7 million people.

Feb 11, 2019

Cognizant lays off 200 senior employees to invest in the next generation of techies

Tech Mahindra had recently lowered the retirement age for employees. Tata Consultancy Services has also doubled the salary for freshers to attract the younger generation.

Oct 10, 2018

An outsider to replace CEO Francisco D'Souza at Cognizant?

The software company has been doing tremendously well under the leadership of D'Souza which has outperformed its peers to report revenue of $14.81 billion in 2017 from just about $1.42 billion in 2006.

Sep 13, 2018

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