Cognizant Expands Phoenix Delivery Center to Offer Business Process Outsourcing Services

Cognizant Expands Phoenix Delivery Center to Offer Business Process
Outsourcing Services
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

TEANECK, N.J., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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. Cognizant
expects to hire more than 100 full-time professionals in the next 12 months,
drawing talent from the local market and academic community. As a result,
Cognizant's overall presence in Phoenix will grow to about 400 full-time
employees.

"With this expansion, we are able to offer clients U.S.-based delivery
capability across all our major service offerings," said Francisco D'Souza,
President and CEO, Cognizant. "We are committed to working closely with the
academic community to develop talent across our full range of services."

Phoenix is one of Cognizant's six delivery centers in the U.S. The others
include a global Network Operations Center (NOC) in Holliston, Mass., that
supports Cognizant's IT Infrastructure Services business, and an enterprise
analytics center of excellence in Bridgewater, N.J. In addition, software
delivery centers in Bentonville, Ark., Teaneck, N.J., and Chicago provide
application development, maintenance, testing, and packaged software
implementation services.

In addition to Phoenix, Cognizant delivers BPO services from local, regional
and global centers in the U.S., Eastern Europe, India, and China.

About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology,
consulting, and business process outsourcing services. Cognizant's
single-minded passion is to dedicate our global technology and innovation
know-how, our industry expertise and worldwide resources to working together
with clients to make their businesses stronger. With more than 50 global
delivery centers and over 64,000 employees as of June 30, 2009, we combine a
unique onsite/offshore delivery model infused by a distinct culture of
customer satisfaction. A member of the NASDAQ-100 Index and S&P 500 Index,
Cognizant is a Forbes Global 2000 company and a member of the Fortune 1000 and
is ranked among the top information technology companies in BusinessWeek's Hot
Growth and Top 50 Performers listings. Visit us online at www.cognizant.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
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statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are
necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future
events that may not prove to be accurate. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general
economic conditions and the factors discussed in our most recent Form 10-K and
other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cognizant
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

SOURCE Cognizant Technology Solutions

Catherine Marenghi, Public Relations, +1-781-223-8673,
catherine.marenghi@cognizant.com