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Cognizant and Microsoft Expand Partnership to Accelerate Enterprise AI Transformation
Cognizant and Microsoft have expanded their long-standing partnership to help enterprises accelerate AI transformation and deliver what the companies describe as frontier firm experiences—organizations that embed AI deeply across operations rather than limiting it to isolated pilots. The collaboration will embed agentic AI and Copilot into mission-critical workflows. Along with this, the partnership expands the Cognizant Neuro AI Suite of offerings and combines Microsoft's trusted cloud and AI with Cognizant's industry platforms. Other improvements in the pipeline include scaling up Azure, Azure AI Foundry, MS 365 Copilot, GitHub and related technologies.
The move reflects growing pressure on enterprises to turn generative and agentic AI investments into measurable outcomes. Cognizant and Microsoft aim to address that gap by aligning consulting, engineering, and platform services around common reference architectures and industry use cases. For CIOs and IT leaders, the partnership underscores a broader trend toward vendor alliances that combine hyperscale platforms with systems integration to operationalize AI at scale. The collaboration aims to accelerate the creation of industry-specific solutions that can unlock transformative value for customers across the globe.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on December 19, 2025