Cognizant Cited as Leader in Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing by Independent Research Firm

September 29th, 2009 LONDON and TEANECK, New Jersey - - Cognizant's Broad Spectrum of Services Will Help ELEXON Meet Future Balancing and Settlement Code Requirements of the Industry, While Improving its Services and Rationalizing Costs Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, today announced that it has been selected by ELEXON, the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) Company, to help it deliver the settlement of electricity trading for Great Britain, while improving its current services, rationalizing costs, and strengthening its capability to meet the future BSC requirements of the industry. As part of the five-year engagement, Cognizant will provide a broad spectrum of strategic development, application management and support services to enable ELEXON to present the industry with clear options on the evolution of Balancing and Settlement Code systems, and add value to the services it offers in managing the settlement of electricity costs between suppliers, generators and other parties involved in the industry.

September 14th, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey and EMMAUS, Pennsylvania - - Global Media Company Leverages Cognizant's Advanced RIM 2.0 Remote Infrastructure Management Platform to Ensure Service Quality Excellence Cognizant (www.cognizant.com/)(Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, has announced the successful deployment of its Remote Infrastructure Management platform, or RIM 2.0, at Rodale Inc. (www.rodale.com/), a global media company known for health and wellness lifestyle titles such as Prevention, Men's Health, and Women's Health.

September 7th, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey - - Clients to Benefit From More Complete Consulting Offering in IT Service Management and Asset Management Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Pepperweed Advisors, the IT consulting services division of Pepperweed Consulting. Pepperweed Advisors uses its proprietary best practice process models and software to act as a trusted advisor to IT leaders requiring vendor-neutral advice regarding optimal alignment of IT and business process flows.

August 16th, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey - - Cognizant Now Offers U.S.-Based Delivery Capability Across All Major Service Offerings; Expects to Hire More Than 100 Professionals Over 12 Months, Bringing Phoenix Presence to About 400 Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, has announced the operational expansion of its Phoenix delivery center, adding BPO services to an existing roster of application development, application maintenance, testing, and related services. Cognizant's Phoenix BPO center will initially provide claims processing services for one of the largest healthcare plans in the U.S.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - As the modern enterprise seeks to focus ever more narrowly on its core activities, IT outsourcing services are increasingly being considered as a business strategy that provides access to 'best in class' processes and cost predictability. In healthcare, IT outsourcing has become increasingly common and provides organisations of all sizes with access to the kinds of IT systems and expertise that was once only the preserve of the elite.

July 26th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Although the Nigerian IT infrastructure market is in its infancy, key sectors such as the financial, telecommunications, and oil and gas industries have begun outsourcing elements of their IT functions to third parties. Technological developments, government promotion of ICT and Nigeria's exposure to the global stage have provided additional growth stimulus.

July 22nd, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey - - Cognizant 'Moving Up in the Market' Through Vertical Market Focus, Strong Client Relationships and Reputation for Reliability, Report Finds Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, has been recognized as an emerging challenger in the technology-enabled business services market, according to a July 2009 Forrester Research, Inc. report entitled, "SWOT: The Evolution of IT Service Providers to Business Technology Competitors." The report states, "Cognizant's clear focus on vertical market expertise is helping it drive deeper into business processes in an attempt to move up the value chain." According to the report, "For years, [leading companies in this market] have based their value propositions on the ability to provide comprehensive business solutions.

July 15th, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey and HYDERABAD, India - - Signs a five-year, multi-million dollar contract - Relationship extends Cognizant's leadership in the manufacturing industry through an expanded range of solutions in engineering services Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, today announced a global product research and development alliance with Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the process and manufacturing industries. As a part of this relationship, Cognizant has signed an initial five-year, multi-million dollar contract with Invensys Operations Management to augment and maintain Invensys' suite of products, and bring in greater operational efficiency, scalability, consistency and cost-effectiveness to its global product R&D processes.

July 8th, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey and CHENNAI, India - Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, today announced the launch of a unique and comprehensive platform that will foster innovation and enable the company to deliver greater value in the area of testing. The platform was inaugurated by Mohammad Zahoor, IT Director, PEMCO Insurance, a Cognizant client.

June 15th, 2009 TEANECK, New Jersey and CHENNAI, India - e-commerce Infrastructure to Support mjunction's Retail, Auction, and Automobile Portals Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, today announced that it has been selected by mjunction services limited, one of India's largest e-commerce companies that also runs the world's largest e-marketplace for steel, to develop scalable e-commerce infrastructure for its online retail, auction, and automobile portals, thereby helping the company to increase its market share. As part of the engagement, Cognizant will develop an online store that will transform the sale of branded items and support newer business models envisioned by mjunction, encompassing support services such as advertising, subscription, and classifieds.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tata Teleservices, the country's leading CDMA telecom services provider, and Kolkata-based Quippo Telecom Infrastructure, Monday announced the merger of their infrastructure businesses to create an independent telecom infrastructure company. Under the terms of the partnership, the Tata group firm and Quippo will swap 51 percent and 49 percent stake respectively in the infrastructure business held by them.

June 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Many Western companies have recently sold or closed back-office facilities in India, reversing a decade-long trend as companies look to slash costs and eliminate headaches during the recession, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citigroup Inc.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Ltd (QTIL) has picked up a 49 percent stake in Wireless Tata Telecom Infrastructure (WTTL), Tata Teleservices' tower arm, a company official said Monday. Despite a minority stake, Kolkata-based QTIL will have management control in the firm, the official said on condition of anonymity.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Barack Obama inaugurated the 44th US president, India Inc looks to him with the hope that he will be able to end the global economic crisis, which has retarded the country's growth, pulled down markets, let loose a financial turmoil and caused anxiety among its workforce. 'The expectations are very high from the Obama administration in light of the financial meltdown and global recession,' said S.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian IT industry managed to limit the impact of global recession last fiscal and maintain the growth momentum, albeit lower than that in the boom times, says tech publisher Dataquest. "Export firms did better in recession-hit developed markets than those whose business is limited to the Indian market," Dataquest editor Prasanto K.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel Monday launched its global wholesale service portfolio, which will enable telecom companies across 50 countries to access its services. The company has invested $500 million to expand its connectivity by building cable capacity, network infrastructure and international points of presences, an official statement said.

June 30th, 2009 Report: Worst may be over for US tech marketNEW YORK — As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday. The research firm nonetheless revised its forecast for 2009.

February 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's new pick as commerce secretary, Senator Judd Gregg, may well become the White House lead for expanding the cap on H-1B visas, a bulk of which go to Indian firms. Gregg, who strongly supported expanding the H-1B visa programme in the Senate, is among a group of people in top White House posts that also see offshore outsourcing as a plus for the US economy, the Computer World magazine reported.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's team must focus on infrastructure as it opens up to greater foreign investment, the international law firm Eversheds said Friday after latest figures showed India's GDP beat forecasts. Election 2009 has delivered a new outlook for India and its economy, Gauri Advani, head of India Group at the London-based firm said after official data showed India registered an impressive 6.7 percent growth in fiscal 2008-09, despite the global economic downturn.

September 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - British Telecom (BT) has bagged a three-year deal to operate international data network for Siemens Enterprise Communications in 230 locations across 45 countries, the telecom major said Tuesday. BT's convergent network solution, based on its multi-protocol label switching technology, will enable the enterprise to handle its data communications on a single platform and reduce its networking costs by 30 per cent, the company said in a statement here.