Cognizant provides IT services and consulting, building and maintaining the software estates of large enterprises. Healthcare and financial services are its deepest verticals, industries whose regulatory complexity makes outsourced expertise valuable and relationships long. Delivery centers in India anchor a global workforce model that balances cost with scale. The company was founded in 1994 as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet and grew into one of the industry's major players, competing with Accenture, Infosys and TCS for digital transformation work.