& #8216;Offshore Is No Longer A Fringe Option & #8217;

Cognizant Technology Solutions started off as the enterprise IT solutions arm of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. Today, the New Jersey-headquartered, Nasdaq-listed company is recognised as one of the leading quality software solutions providers.

In the last two years, by focusing on large customers and large deals, Cognizant has emerged among the top four software services companies in India. Sanjay Pillai caught up with Lakshmi Narayanan, President and COO, to find out how the company has managed to buck the trend.

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Cognizant is seen as a highly focused and yet