Global Business Resilience at Cognizant enabled decision-making and business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marking the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, Cognizant Foundation, the CSR arm of IT service major Cognizant, at a virtual event announced the launch of its flagship program – Tech4All, to empower and skill persons with disabilities (PwDs) for jobs in technology and technology-enabled services. The program will be implemented across India in collaboration with multiple partners.

The digital-first imperative, combined with cost and skills factors, have many businesses re-evaluating their commitment to the mainframe, say T S Lakshmi Narasimhan and Pavankumar Murali, Cognizant Application Modernization Architects.

Cognizant announced that Maged Wassim has joined the company as Vice President, Head of Middle East. In this role, Maged will lead Cognizant’s commercial activities to supercharge growth in the region.

Ultra-fast wireless connectivity has the power to handle burgeoning data volumes from connected sensors. Communication service providers should seize the moment to go to market with high-value vertical use cases, says Manju Kygonahally, a Vice President in Cognizant’s Comms, Media & Tech practice.