Cognizant, the information technology company, announced to acquire UK-based consultancy services expert in Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and data analytics – Inawisdom.
“Cognizant and Inawisdom’s clients will benefit from our shared, deep relationships with AWS and our combined expertise with AI, machine learning, cloud, and data analytics,” said Malcolm Frank, President, Digital Business, Cognizant.
“We are pleased to welcome Inawisdom’s skilled team to Cognizant and further accelerate our innovation on data modernization and intelligent decision-making. Cognizant and Inawisdom’s clients will benefit from our shared, deep relationships with AWS and our combined expertise with AI, machine learning, cloud, and data analytics,” he added.
With the acquisition of Inawisdom, Cognizant marks its ninth acquisition in 2020. Alone this year, Cognizant has invested more than $1.1 billion for acquisitions in areas like data and artificial intelligence, digital engineering, Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT).
Inawisdom is a company that focuses on delivering cloud-native, full-stack solutions leveraging proven consulting methodologies and an analytics and machine learning platform built using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
“As a committed and proven expert in AI and machine learning, we are excited to join Cognizant and build on Inawisdom’s unique combination of accelerators and skills,” said Neil Miles, CEO, Inawisdom.
“Our combined strength will further support customers in embedding data-driven decision-making into their organization, increasing their speed to business value and long-term market differentiation. Being part of Cognizant provides access to a wider, global network of AI and machine learning professionals, and a wealth of new capabilities that will expand our joint service offerings for successful data transformation,” he further added.
To provide a continually evolving and reusable code repository and accelerate AI-driven business outcomes, Inawisdom developed the Rapid Analytics and Machine Learning Platform (RAMP), based on AWS cloud technology.
“Cognizant and Inawisdom joining forces is a win for our customers, and we look forward to the industry and data science capabilities the Cognizant team will be able to offer our customers,” said Doug Yeum, Head of Global Partner Organisation, AWS.
Using RAMP along with its agile consulting approach, Inawisdom assists its clients across multiple use cases — from enhancing supply chain efficiency and improving customer service to reducing operating costs and achieving results within weeks.
“We look forward to the industry and data science capabilities the Cognizant team will be able to offer our customers,” Yeum concluded.
