Cognizant Tops EquaTerra's Performance and Satisfaction Rankings in Europe

LONDON, AMSTERDAM, and TEANECK, New Jersey, August 3, 2010 - Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leading global provider of information
technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, announced
today that it has topped the client satisfaction rankings in the 2009-10
Europe ITO Service Provider Performance and Satisfaction (SPPS) study carried
out by EquaTerra, a leading provider of expert advisory services in
information technology and business process transformation.

The study evaluated 25 service providers based on an assessment of more
than 2,000 client engagements and feedback of the CFOs, CIOs or their direct
reports from more than 750 of the top IT spending organizations across 12
countries in Europe. While Cognizant topped the general satisfaction ranking
with a score of 79%, it also emerged as the only service provider that has no
dissatisfied clients among those surveyed as part of the study.

Cognizant topped the rankings in seven of the eight parameters the study
focused on. These include Relationship Management (actively managing the
relationship at the operational as well as the strategic levels), Innovation
(actively identifying innovation opportunities), Transition (completing the
transition successfully on time and budget and with the required
functionality), Quality (meeting the service levels as set out in the Service
Level Agreement), Price (charging for services in line with current market
price), and Risk (shouldering reasonable commercial risk and making necessary
investments to reduce that risk).

"We are proud to have topped EquaTerra's performance and satisfaction
rankings for Europe," said Francisco D'Souza, President and CEO, Cognizant.
"Over the years, we have made significant investments in bringing our
industry-leading, client-focused processes to Europe. Our high-touch
relationship model, deep domain expertise and consulting skills, our unique
reinvestment philosophy, and our ability to build strong multicultural teams
around the globe have helped our customers navigate structural changes in the
economy and their businesses, enabling them to stay efficient, effective and
innovative. As a result, we have become one of the fastest growing companies
in Europe while maintaining the highest client satisfaction levels in our
industry."

"Cognizant received excellent feedback from their clients and outstanding
scores for all Key Performance Indicators," said Jef Loos, Head of Research
for EquaTerra in Europe. "Cognizant also had not one dissatisfied client,
which makes the company the best performer among the top 25 IT outsourcing
service providers that we evaluated."

About EquaTerra

EquaTerra sourcing advisors help clients achieve sustainable value in
their IT and business processes. Our advisors average more than 20 years of
industry experience and have supported over 2000 transformation and
outsourcing projects across more than 60 countries. Located throughout North
America, Europe and Asia Pacific, we have deep functional knowledge in
Finance and Accounting, HR, IT, Procurement and other critical business
processes. EquaTerra helps clients achieve significant cost savings and
process improvement with internal transformation, shared services and
outsourcing solutions.

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.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements which may constitute
forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are
necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future
events that may not prove to be accurate. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general
economic conditions and the factors discussed in our most recent Form 10-K
and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cognizant
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Cognizant: U.S.: Catherine Marenghi, +1-781-223-8673, catherine.marenghi at cognizant.com; Europe: Michele Cotton, +44-(0)-07979504927, michele.cotton at cognizant.com; Asia-Pac: Harsh Kabra, +91-9823273191, harsh.kabra at cognizant.com; EquaTerra: Jef Loos, Head of Research, Equaterra, Europe, jef.loos at equaterra.com