Cognizant, dienstverlener in IT-consultancy en Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), kondigt de operationele uitbreiding van zijn leveringscentrum in Phoenix, de VS, aan. Hiermee voegt de organisatie BPO-diensten toe aan het bestaande portfolio van applicatie-ontwikkeling, -onderhoud, testing en gerelateerde diensten.
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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
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.
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Over Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is een vooraanstaande dienstverlener in IT, consultancy en Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Cognizant werkt samen met klanten om hun business sterker te maken. Zij doen dit met hun wereldwijde kennis van technologie, innovatie en de industrie. Met meer dan 50 locaties wereldwijd en zo’n 63.700 medewerkers (31 maart, 2009) combineert de organisatie een uniek onsite/offshore leveringsmodel met een cultuur gericht op klanttevredenheid. Cognizant is genoteerd op de NASDAQ-100 Index en de S&P 500 Index. Verder is Cognizant een Forbes Global 2000-organisatie en wordt genoemd als top IT-organisatie in BusinessWeek’s Hot Growth en Top 50 Performers. Meer informatie:
www.cognizant.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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