Avasant names Cognizant a Leader in seven service areas citing its AI Builder strategy, AI Factory and expanding partner ecosystem
October 22, 2026 – Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced it has been named a Leader in Avasant’s Digital Masters Technology Transformation 2026 RadarView™. The report assesses 18 providers helping enterprises converge technologies to drive digital transformation and recognizes Cognizant as a Leader in advanced network services, applied AI services, cybersecurity services, data management and advanced analytics services, hybrid enterprise cloud services, Internet of Things (IoT) services and intelligent ITOps services. Cognizant was also recognized as an Innovator in governance, risk and compliance services.
Avasant gave Cognizant its highest five-star ratings for both digital practice maturity and future-proofing.
“As enterprises move from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale transformation, they are reshaping their operating models and governance while modernizing the digital core to scale AI securely and sustainably. At the same time, enterprises are strengthening resilience and sovereignty and adopting more autonomous operations, creating demand for service providers that can combine AI-ready infrastructure, data foundations and AI-native delivery models to accelerate business outcomes. Cognizant has aligned well with this market shift through its AI Builder strategy that combines AI-enabled software engineering, enterprise agentification and AI industrialization to help enterprises move from pilots to scaled business outcomes. Its centralized AI Factory and FlowsourceTM platform strengthen AI-native delivery, while its expanded partnerships with Microsoft, Google Cloud, Salesforce and NVIDIA help it extend agentic AI across enterprise workflows and accelerate production deployment. Cognizant further differentiates its proposition through its sovereign physical AI platform-as-a-service, extending its AI portfolio into emerging technology domains while helping enterprises build future-ready, sovereign AI capabilities. This combination of AI industrialization, AI-native delivery, ecosystem-led innovation and sovereign AI capabilities reinforces Cognizant’s position as a Leader in Avasant’s Digital Masters Technology Transformation 2026 RadarView.” – Chandrika Dutt, Research Director, Avasant
The report also notes recent investments, including the launch of Cognizant AI Factory, built with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA to operationalize AI across hybrid and multicloud environments, and the Cognizant Innovation Network, established to invest in early-stage AI, data, cybersecurity and cloud startups.
“Enterprises can’t scale AI on a foundation they don’t trust. As AI moves into core business processes, security must be built into the infrastructure, data and agents from day one, not added afterward,” said Vishal Salvi, Global Head of Cybersecurity, Cognizant. “Being recognized as a Leader in cybersecurity services, alongside our leadership across cloud, network, data and AI, reflects how we help clients modernize with confidence and move from AI pilots to secure, production-scale outcomes.”
Avasant’s profile of Cognizant also features client transformation results, including the migration of more than 150 core clearing applications for a global financial services firm headquartered in the Netherlands, with availability raised to near 100% and a 75% reduction in infrastructure footprint. In another engagement, Cognizant helped a global life sciences company establish IT independence following a corporate spin-off, migrating more than 400 applications across 41 global sites and delivering 100% SLA and infrastructure availability from Day 1.
Read the full report HERE.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is an AI builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.