Informatica: Cognizant Named 2013 Alliance Partner of the Year; Wins Topmost Informatica Partner Award for Outstanding Joint Innovation

Informatica Corporation, the world’s leading independent provider of data integration software, announced that Cognizant won the 2013 Alliance Partner of the Year award for delivering the most innovative, business problem-solving solutions during the past year leveraging Informatica products and technologies.

In 2013, not only was Cognizant a leading revenue producing partner, but the company also delivered numerous impactful deals, had the broadest adoption of Informatica products across multiple domains—information management, testing services and application services, and collaborated closely in the areas of Master Data Management, Application ILM, and Test Data Management.

In its announcement of the award, Informatica cited BigDecisions: Information Factory [allows users to query and subscribe to data for near-real-time delivery], Cognizant SecuritiesCentral [meets the operational reference data management needs of financial services organizations], TD Maxim [addresses the data management needs for testing activities as well as plays a critical role in data subset, masking, and sanitization], and Cognizant Active Data (CAD) platform [supports pay-as-you-go solutions and offers access to data integration and data quality services via the cloud or on-premise] as examples of Cognizant’s innovative solutions powered by Informatica technologies.

“The partnership between Informatica and Cognizant exemplifies what joint collaboration can and should be,” said John McGee, executive vice president, Worldwide Field Operations, Informatica. “By being named Informatica Partner of the Year, Cognizant has continued to show their prowess for delivering innovative data solutions that ensure our clients will stay one step ahead of their competition.”

“Cognizant is pleased to be acknowledged as Partner of the Year by Informatica,” said Ashish Mahadwar, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, Cognizant. Karthik Krishnamurthy, Vice President, Enterprise Information Management, Cognizant, added, “Businesses are increasingly leveraging digital information around people, organizations, devices, products, and processes to build new business and commercial models that help drive revenue growth and market leadership. Together with Informatica, Cognizant is delivering the data solutions and practices that enable customers to make more meaningful connections and business decisions with the intelligent use of powerful data at their fingertips.”