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Shanker Udyaver, Managing Partner, Consulting at Cognizant shared that while working with clients on agentic AI one question kept coming up: what does it take to unlock holistic value? One critical aspect in his view: agentic AI-led work orchestration, where a service request, order, or return is managed as a transaction before it ever reaches the system of record. Here, he breaks down how Cognizant's AI Builder approach helps reimagine the back-office stack, the Total Cost of ownership differences post-agentification and how context engineering keeps token costs predictable. Watch the full video: https://cgnz.at/6045aK9Jx

We’d like to extend our congratulations to Lori W., Chief Procurement Officer at Cognizant, who has been named among The Top Women Chief Procurement Officers of 2026 by Women We Admire. The recognition spotlights Wensley's leadership across strategic sourcing, supplier governance and procurement operations, underscoring the pivotal role she plays in shaping procurement strategy and driving operational excellence at the global technology and professional services firm.

Marketing transformation is moving fast, and Cognizant is helping lead the way as a Leader in Everest Group’s Marketing Transformation Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.ㅤ🚀ㅤ The recognition highlights what sets our approach apart: a unified marketing delivery model, AI-led campaign tools, Neuro AI innovation, and deep ecosystem partnerships. This is a proud moment for our teams as they turn these capabilities into what’s next for marketing! Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eYpSS4yi #EverestGroup #EverestGroupAssessment #PEAKMatrix #CustomerExperience

Education is being rebuilt on three fronts at once. In a fireside chat, David Treat, CTO of Pearson, laid out how Pearson is scaling AI across: ✅ Customer-facing learning products ✅ AI-powered software engineering ✅ Intelligent internal operations Joined by Naveen Sharma, SVP & Global Practice Head for Data and AI at Cognizant, the conversation made one thing clear – AI has become the operating model for Pearson, from the classroom to the codebase to the back office. Watch the full conversation: https://cgnz.at/6042ayZAw

Every enterprise running agentic AI right now has some version of the same story. The first proofs of concept worked, the demos landed, budget followed, and then the deployment that was supposed to reach production quietly did not. The instinct is to blame the model and wait for the next one, and that instinct is almost always wrong. The Agentic Enterprise, the new O'Reilly book from Babak Hodjat, Chief AI Officer at Cognizant, and Antoine Blondeau, Founder and Managing Partner at Alpha Intelligence Capital, is about the decisions that come before the model. Hodjat and Blondeau have been building multi-agent systems together for more than 25 years, starting with the natural language agents at Dejima that eventually found their way into Siri, and they wrote the book they would have wanted back then. Their argument is that agentic systems fail on architecture rather than capability. Agents proliferate, stacks diverge, dependencies accumulate on a single provider, and what looked elegant in a demo becomes something nobody wants to put in front of a regulator. No model release fixes that, and neither does a governance policy written after the architecture is set. Across four parts, the book traces where the returns are real, drawing on organizations at scale rather than pilots, including Allianz Partners automating as much as 90% of eligible claims. It covers the technical foundations of grounding, coordination, memory, and planning, names the failure modes that surface in nearly every growing agent network, and makes the case that trust and scale are the same problem. Yann LeCun called the book "an important contribution to the global conversation on how enterprises can harness agentic AI to drive long-term competitiveness and innovation." Read more: https://cgnz.at/6047aHjav Order the book today: https://cgnz.at/6049aHjax #AIAgents #EnterpriseAI #AgenticAI #Book

What if you could reimagine a process, examine what work belongs to agents vs. humans, add guardrails and produce an enterprise-grade blueprint in minutes? Cognizant® Agent Blueprint was built to help enterprises move from concept to a working multi-agent network. Cognizant’s Chief Business Officer for AI, Sushant Warikoo, shows how you can agentify workflows, simulate outcomes and prove your solution before it reaches production. Watch the full demo: https://cgnz.at/6047aHFnT

On the occasion of International Youth Day, Rajesh V., President – Global Operations and Chairman & Managing Director, Cognizant India, shares his perspective in this opinion piece for The Times Of India on how India's demographic dividend can evolve into a global AI leadership advantage by equipping young people with the skills needed to thrive in an AI-driven economy. The article focuses on three key priorities: reimagining education through stronger industry-academia collaboration, expanding access to opportunities beyond traditional talent hubs, and fostering a culture of lifelong learning. It highlights how investing in future-ready talent can help India transform its youth advantage into long-term AI leadership. Read more: https://cgnz.at/6046aHQRQ

Real challenges. New perspectives. The latest Cognizant Ideathon brought together students from three universities to explore how generative AI can help shape the future of fan engagement and elevate brand storytelling in Aston Martin F1 Team. Proof that the best ideas come from curiosity, collaboration and the confidence to challenge convention.

The difference between starting an AI pilot and scaling it comes down to trust. Teams may be ready to move fast, but AI only works at scale when people understand how outputs are created, reviewed and approved. Read more.

Security teams have spent years getting better at finding vulnerabilities. Remediating them at the speed threats move is the harder problem. OpenAI built the Daybreak cybersecurity partner ecosystem to help close that gap. Cognizant is proud to be part of it. Our role is specific: helping enterprises move from vulnerability discovery to validated remediation at machine speed, with the governance and human oversight mission-critical environments require. Cognizant is building a team of 5,000+ security professionals with deep experience helping organizations remediate and refactor complex enterprise environments. Frontier AI in cybersecurity only delivers value when it is deployed responsibly. That's the standard we're building toward.