Cognizant Joins Oracle Partner Program

Named the best small company in Forbes magazine's listing of the 200 Best Small Companies in America, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation announced its membership in the Oracle Partner Program (OPP), a global business network of more than 17,000 companies who deliver innovative e-business solutions based on Oracle software. As a new member of the Oracle Partner Program, Cognizant will gain access to educational, technical and joint-marketing support from Oracle. This support will allow Cognizant to strengthen its expertise in designing, implementing, integrating and managing consolidated data warehouse operations based on Oracle technology.

"As companies become digital enterprises their need for data warehouses is growing rapidly," said Kumar Mahadeva, chairman and CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions. "Cognizant has a strong competency in data warehousing and is well positioned to address this opportunity. As part of OPP, we can continue to provide our joint customers with optimal solutions for Oracle-based data warehouse projects, while also helping their company's new ebusiness implementations."

Cognizant's onsite/offshore business model is particularly useful for clients in information intensive industries that need to build data warehouses or integrate disparate data marts throughout their organizations. Organizations undergoing e-engineering transformation are also being pressed to complete data warehouse initiatives quickly to fully exploit the business intelligence inherent in e-business transactions. Cognizant's onsite/offshore model expedites delivery cost effectively with the highest quality project management.

About the Oracle Partner Program

The Oracle Partner Program is a global business network of more than 17,000 companies who deliver innovative e-business solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle Partner Program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy. Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's leading supplier of e-business solutions. Additional information is available at alliance.oracle.com.

About Cognizant Technology Solutions

Cognizant delivers high-quality, cost-effective, full life-cycle solutions to complex software development and management problems. Cognizant employs more than 2,000 computer science and engineering professionals globally and at its eight development centers in India. The company specializes in e-business and application management. Cognizant has been assessed at SEI/CMM Level 4 and is ISO 9001 certified across all of its development centers. Based on sustained revenue and earnings growth, Forbes magazine named Cognizant the best small company in its listing of the "200 Best Small Companies." For more information, visit Cognizant on the Web at www.cognizant.com.

Contact Austin Lawrence Group Chris Wailes, 203-391-3022 c.wailes@austinlawrence.com or Cognizant Technology Solutions Larry Gordon, 201-678-2743 lgordon@cognizant.com.