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Cognizant to Acquire Indianapolis based Digital Marketing Firm

23Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

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Cognizant to Acquire Indianapolis based Digital Marketing Firm

IT firm Cognizant said it has entered into an agreement to acquire Lev, a privately-held, digital marketing consultancy in the US. The company did not disclose financial details of the transaction. "Lev helps businesses simplify and modernise their marketing campaigns using Salesforce Marketing Cloud to provide data-driven insight and personalization across the customer journey, and ultimately drive revenue," Cognizant said in a statement. The acquisition will help expand Cognizant's Salesforce practice and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to meeting of certain closing conditions. Indianapolis based Lev provides strategic consulting, architecture design, technical optimisation and application integration services, the statement said, adding its clients...

Cognizant acquires US based Code Zero Consulting

4Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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Cognizant acquires US based Code Zero Consulting

Cognizant has acquired US-based Code Zero Consulting for an undisclosed amount, a move that will help the IT major enhance its expertise in Salesforce platform advisory, implementation and managed services. The acquisition of Code Zero enriches our cloud offerings, brings deep domain expertise to our clients and further strengthens our strategic relationship with Salesforce.com, Brian Humphries, CEO of Cognizant, said. Founded in 2016, Atlanta-based Code Zero Consulting is a privately-held provider of consulting and implementation services for cloud-based configure-price-quote (CPQ) and billing solutions. "The acquisition further strengthens Cognizant's cloud solutions portfolio and Salesforce CPQ and billing capabilities," as per a company statement. Financial details of the t...

IT Firm Cognizant Buys Out Advanced Technology Group

19Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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IT Firm Cognizant Buys Out Advanced Technology Group

The multinational IT company Cognizant has announced the acquisition of Advanced Technology Group for an undisclosed amount. The basic idea behind this acquisition is to expand its consulting capabilities on the Salesforce platform. The acquired company ATG was founded in 2000 and has delivery centres in Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Montana. The company counts IBM, Subaru and CenturyLink as its clients. Following this acquisition, the company will become part of Cognizant’s Enterprise Application Services practice. Cognizant has broad expertise in helping clients around the world design, implement and manage their digital business strategies on the Salesforce platform. “ATG’s deep Q2C domain expertise and extensive Salesforce CPQ and Billing implementation offerings strengthen Cogniza...

Cognizant To Acquire Noida Based Consulting Company

23Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Cognizant To Acquire Noida Based Consulting Company

The intelligence technology company Cognizant has successfully entered into an agreement to acquire a consulting firm called SaaSfocus that specializes in digital transformation, taking the fuller advantage of the Salesforce Platform. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to certain closing conditions. However, the financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed yet. With this acquisition, the professional services company expects to expand its end-to-end digital transformation services and Salesforce cloud capabilities in the Asia Pacific region. "This acquisition of a respected and successful Salesforce specialist underlines our commitment to helping clients in Australia and India digitally transform their businesses and reshape the way th...

Elliott Management buys 0.04% of Wipro’s stakes

12Mar By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Elliott Management buys 0.04% of Wipro’s stakes

Elliott Management, the activist hedge fund credited in the change of Cognizant’s business model two years ago, recently bought a tiny stake in Wipro, the Information Technology Services Corporation. This investment further highlights the 34-billion hedge fund company’s interest in Indian IT companies as it presently owns two companies in this sector out of their 40 US listed stocks. In the December quarter of last year, Elliott Management acquired 1.85 million of Wipro’s American Depositary Receipts (ADR), amounting 0.04% of the company’s shares, according to US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. Both Elliott Management and Wipro declined to comment on questions related to the latter’s stake. This deal somehow appears to be different from Elliott Management’s activi...

Cognizant Acquires Australian Firm Adaptra For ‘Undisclosed Sum’

17Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

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Cognizant Acquires Australian Firm Adaptra For ‘Undisclosed Sum’

Nasdaq-listed IT major Cognizant has entered into an agreement to acquire Australia-based consulting, business transformation and service provider Adaptra, for an "undisclosed sum". Generisches levitra online kaufen Sydney-headquartered Adaptra, established in 1998, works with five of the top 10 insurers in Australia and New Zealand. Adaptra specialises in consulting, programme management and implementation of core platforms such as Guidewire to enable insurance companies to drive improvements across areas like underwriting and policy administration. The acquisition would further strengthen Congnizant's insurance, business transformation and platform capabilities, a company statement said. "As part of the acquisition, approximately 100 professionals will join Cognizant. The terms of...

Cognizant Acquired US-Based Idea Couture

28Jul By AnkitaNo Comments

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Cognizant Acquired US-Based Idea Couture

Software services major Cognizant has acquired US-based Idea Couture for an undisclosed amount to boost its digital technologies offering. Idea Couture, which specialises in designing and prototyping products, services and business models, will become part of Cognizant Digital Works, Cognizant said in a statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cognizant Digital Works combines human insight, strategy, design, technology and industry expertise to create innovative solutions at enterprise scale. Based in Toronto, the privately-held Idea Couture has offices in the US, Europe and Latin America. It has over 170 social scientists, strategists, anthropologists, user experience experts, designers and connected product developers. Its customers include companies like Samsung, Pe...