CIOs Are Change Agents for a More Collaborative, Virtual Workplace: Survey by Economist Intelligence Unit

Cognizant-Sponsored Survey Finds Nearly 75 Percent of Global Organizations Will Increase Innovation, Competitiveness and Productivity Within Three Years by Enabling Virtualization

TEANECK, New Jersey, October 19, 2010 - Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology,
and business process outsourcing services, announced today the results of a
research report, "Next-Generation CIOs: Change Agents for the Global Virtual
Workplace." The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted the research across
Europe and North America and wrote the report, in cooperation with the
Cognizant Business Consulting practice.

The report reveals the CIO's role in restructuring how work is done
throughout the organization. Among the more than 400 survey respondents,
mostly CIO, CEO, vice president, and director-level, those who are moving
toward more virtual, collaborative teams are benefitting from increased
innovation, more effective talent recruitment and retention, and higher
productivity. One in six said their companies are already seeing these
results, and another one-fifth expect to garner benefits within a year.

"Business leaders today are exploring new ways of working in response to
disruptive industry changes - globalization, new collaborative methods and
technologies, and a rising tech-savvy generation of employees and consumers.
The virtualization of people, processes, and technologies is resulting in
faster time to market while unleashing innovation," said Malcolm Frank,
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Cognizant.

"Working with global knowledge-based companies, we witness first-hand how
virtual teams are more likely to take hold when the CIO is engaged in the
process. CIOs have the clout and the top-to-bottom perspective to enable
business process change, weaving together collaborative business processes
and platforms often based on cloud, social and mobile technologies to make
work more productive and cost-effective," said Mark Livingston, Senior Vice
President, Cognizant Business Consulting.

The CIO should spearhead the transformation to a more virtualized
workplace, according to 45 percent of respondents. Only CEOs ranked higher,
with 47 percent, indicating the CIO is a strategic enabler who, alongside the
CEO, can align IT capabilities with business needs.

    Key findings include:

    - Virtual team structures are fostering more productive relationships
      with internal and external partners.
    - Organizations that have embraced virtual teams benefit from increased
      innovation and competitiveness, but often lack methods to measure the
      quantitative impact on the bottom line.
    - CIOs have a unique enterprise-wide perspective and are familiar with
      the people, tools, technologies, and techniques needed to create a
      corporate culture of virtual teams.

The full report on the survey, "Next-Generation CIOs: Change Agents for
the Global Virtual Workplace," is available at
www.cognizant.com/nextgencio.

About the survey

A total of 402 respondents in Europe (52 percent) and North America (48
percent) participated in the survey, conducted by The Economist Intelligence
Unit in May 2010. Forty-five percent of respondents hold C-suite or
equivalent positions, and another 29 percent are senior vice presidents, vice
presidents or directors. The remaining 26% are managers, department or
business unit heads, and "other" titles.

Most of the organizations surveyed have global operations. Thirty-eight
percent are small to medium-sized companies, with less than US$500 million in
annual revenue. Another 19 percent report US$500 million to US$5 billion in
annual revenue, and 33 percent exceed US$5 billion in annual revenue.

Forty-six percent of respondents have IT responsibility. The survey
sought to explore differences in perspectives between IT and non-IT
functions, but found considerable alignment between the two. Strategy and
business development, and general management were the other main functional
categories, with 13 percent in each. The remaining 28 percent fulfill a range
of functions.

About the Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit is the business-to-business arm of The
Economist Group, which publishes The Economist newspaper. As the world's
leading provider of country and business intelligence, the Economist
Intelligence Unit helps executives make better decisions by providing timely,
reliable and impartial analysis on worldwide market trends and business
strategies. More information about the Economist Intelligence Unit can be
found at www.eiu.com or follow us on www.twitter.com/theeiu.

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 over 50 global delivery
centers and approximately 88,700 employees as of June 30, 2010, we combine a
unique global delivery model infused with 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 or follow us on www.twitter.com/Cognizant.

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