Virtual Software Engineering

Cognizant Virtual Software
Engineering
Differentiate. Expand. Grow. Use Technology to Make an Impact.
Now, more than ever, software matters.
When global events shift market conditions, questions are asked: How will businesses connect with
their customers in the right way, right now? How will they harness their resources to surface new
revenue streams, new efficiencies, new approaches that provide growth? How will they guarantee a
future when the future is so obviously unknown? By investing in efficiency, and driving engagement
regardless of condition, market pioneers become industry leaders - ready to set themselves apart
from the competition.
DESIGNING EXPERIENCES, Our approach is rooted deeply in four key

fundamentals - ensuring that our clients see results
ENGINEERING OUTCOMES fast, put multiples on release frequencies, achieve
IN ANY ENVIRONMENT cost saving and enable new revenue:
• Talent Development Builds Better Products

Done right, software is one of the most no-regrets At our core, our culture is the connective tissue
investments a company can make today. At that drives engagement amongst our teams. With
Cognizant, we’re master builders, engineers at heart a network of domain expertise, training, insights
that love to build things that matter. Every day from and ideation, our Cognizant Virtual Software
all over the world near and far, we deliver business- team members co-problem solve, share ideas
outcome-driving software products fully, beautifully, and establish growth goals that keep them
end-to-end. fulfilled and engaged.
The Cognizant Virtual Software Engineering • “Any Region” Footprint - From anywhere
approach has always been to build software with an in the world, our software delivery teams are
approach that has today’s work from home’ reality positioned to run for a true global reach.
built inherently in. With a fully-realized system for
conceiving product vision, iteration on that vision, • Third Party Security Validation - In the
sprinting, delivering, and launching software that distributed team world, security is critical and
changes entire companies for the better, our requires the utmost security planning, with
methodology focuses on delivering better business security standards validated by third-party white
outcomes. hat stress testing.
• Start Anywhere Planning - We prefer to
start at a thousand-foot-view for full-spectrum
legacy application analysis, but we don’t have to. “The world’s largest work
Based on your needs and goals, we’re situated from home experiment’ is
to assess up front, or pilot with preferred sample
application segments. no challenge for us - built
• Engaging for the Right Outcome - We’ve built on Agile distributed team
software for internal company-wide use as well
as streamlining client service delivery, with our efficiency, crafted to drive
very own gamification system, Game of Pods. A
positive business outcomes,
platform that pushes autonomy and teamwork.
globally. This is our DNA.”
TRANSFORMING WHILE Bret Cunningham, SVP Digital Strategy &
PERFORMING Solutions, Cognizant Softvision
For over 25 years, our team of product experts,
designers and engineers have enabled
organizations to evolve their internal engineering
culture while delivering digital solutions fast in • Experience Design
something we call, Transforming While Performing - Visual Design
- Design Thinking
Mastery in any environment must go well beyond
- User Research
understanding how to keep teams using conference
- Experience Design
calls correctly. It’s the healthy difference between
- Interaction Design
standard “work from home” and fully realized • Enterprise Software
“Virtual” teams.
- Enterprise .Net
We deliver software products through Pod delivery - Enterprise Coffee
teams -- cross functional agile teams of subject - Enterprise Mainframe
matter experts hand selected from our communities. • WEB
These communities foster and connect talent by - Full Stack Web
co-problem solving, sharing ideas and establish • Mobile
growth goals - helping to learn and grow together. - Mobile Cross Platform
Our talent is picked out specifically for a project’s - iOS
unique needs, for every job - getting to know the - Android
• Data & Analytics
client, integrating with the internal team, leading and
building along the way. - Big Data
- AI
By strengthening engagement, person by person, • Product Delivery
you’re creating a sense of global community that - Agile Transformation
negates the need to entirely rely on a face-to-face • Cloud Native Architecture
mentality - replacing that mentality with a dynamic, - Cloud Native Architect
breathing, failsafe system for communication to • DevOps
ensure software delivery is smooth. - Cloud
• Quality Engineering
Our guilds and communities that infuse technology - Quality Engineering
and design innovation into our projects are:
2 / VSE DATASHEET
CASE STUDY
Global Retailer
Cognizant leveraged Virtual Pods
to develop a global (40 countries)
e-commerce platform, able to support 500+
e-commerce sites for a large global retailer
with multiple brands.
GETTING STARTED
With the only constant being change, companies
The 20+ Pods members, distributed across
must take action and be a change navigator, ready
3 continents: in Romania, USA and India
to act and showcase what you’re made of. Whether
and delivering in SAFe methodology,
it’s robotics, or AI, or AR, data analytics, small apps
leveraged a virtual workflow to build this
or big apps.
e-commerce solution that brought the client
$2B in revenue (2016). Over four years later, Cognizant is ready to deliver on what previously
the evolution continues! seemed impossible, making velocity and the
excitement about the potential of software well
within reach.
Why Cognizant
With over 25 years of distributed team delivery experience, spanning across 150 global studios with a talent base of over 60,000 experts, we’ve been
building new experiences for customers, model-changing efficiencies, and inspiring new ease-of-use technologies that can take a competitor’s breath
away for years. Now, more than ever, software matters and we’re standing by, ready to fast track your software engineering capacity to a true, modern
business pace. To learn more, visit https://www.cognizant.com/cognizant-digital-business/digital-engineering.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology
models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses.
Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 194 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn
how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
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Now, more than ever, software matters.

DESIGNING EXPERIENCES, Our approach is rooted deeply in four key

• Talent Development Builds Better Products

World Headquarters European Headquarters India Operations Headquarters APAC Headquarters

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