6. Cognizant is an American multinational corporation that provides IT services,
including digital, technology, consulting, and operations services.
It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States.
The company has more than 260,000 employees globally, of which over 180,000
are in India across 10 locations with a plurality in Chennai.
In 2015, the Fortune magazine named it as the world's fourth most admired IT
services company.
7. 1996
Company started pursuing
customers beyond Dun &
Bradstreet
1997
Dun & Bradstreet bought Satyam's
24% stake in DBSS for $3.4 million
1998
Cognizant Corporation, split into
two companies: IMS Health and
Nielsen Media Research
2003
IMS Health sold its entire 56% stake in
Cognizant, which instituted a poison pill
provision to prevent hostile takeover
attempts.
2014
Cognizant struck its biggest deal,
acquiring healthcare IT services provider
TriZetto Corp for $2.7 billion
A Brief History
8. S E R V I C E S
Cognizant provides information technology , information security , consulting , ITO
and BPO services.
It has three practice area that span its business – Digital Business , Digital
Operations and Digital Systems and Technology.
9. S E R V I C E S
Business
Intelligence
System Integration
Engineering
Solutions
Data Warehousing
Information Security
Customer Relationship
management
Application Development Research and
Development
Consulting
11. Current Financial Status :
Revenue : $16.2 billion
Operating Income : $2.80 billion
Net Income : $2.10 billion
Total Assets : $15.91 billion
Total Equity : $11.42 billion
2014
2013
$15
$1
3 $11
$9
$8
2017
2016
2015
Revenue in Billions Of 5 years
Growth Of The Company
13. • The number of employees working across south and west India are
nearly 2 lakhs.
• In 2012 , It dethroned Infosys from No 2 Spot and became the second
largest company in terms of revenue after TCS
• In comparison with its other competitors it has almost no firing rate ,
Cognizant do not fire their employees .Unless some unfortunate
circumstances.
• Due to the tremendous growth rate in last 5 years, there is result in
large scale hiring , good bonuses and hikes for the existing
employees.
Some Other Points