Cognizant Named Snowflake's Global Data Cloud Services Implementation Partner of the Year for Driving AI-Ready Transformation at Scale

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Cognizant (CTSH) has been awarded Snowflake's Global Data Cloud Services Implementation Partner of the Year at Snowflake Summit 2025, marking a significant milestone in their five-plus year strategic partnership. The recognition highlights Cognizant's excellence in global-scale implementations on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. Through their Data Estate Migration to Snowflake offering and Cognizant Ignition platform, the partnership delivered impressive results for clients, including an American manufacturing client that achieved 80% migration process automation, 75% conversion automation, and 60% development automation, leading to 50% cost savings. The partnership also includes Cognizant's role as a launch partner for Snowflake Openflow, a managed data integration service, demonstrating their commitment to simplifying enterprise data flows and accelerating AI readiness at scale.

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• Recognition as Snowflake's Global Data Cloud Services Implementation Partner of the Year demonstrates market leadership
• Partnership delivered significant automation benefits: 80% migration process automation, 75% conversion automation, and 60% development automation
• Achieved 50% cost savings for an American manufacturing client
• Selected as launch partner for Snowflake Openflow, expanding service offerings

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Award recognizes high-impact collaboration helping global clients navigate complex data landscapes and accelerate AI readiness at scale

TEANECK, N.J., June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) has been named Global Data Cloud Services Implementation Partner of the Year by Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, at Snowflake's annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2025. The recognition celebrates Cognizant's consistent excellence in delivering global-scale implementations on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, including its contributions to influencing revenue, modernization strategy, and client business outcomes.

This award marks a new milestone in the five-plus year strategic relationship between Cognizant and Snowflake, which includes joint innovations, client delivery, and platform co-development. Cognizant is also a launch partner for Snowflake Openflow, a managed, open, multi-modal data integration service that supports batch, streaming, structured, and unstructured data movement. Snowflake Openflow is designed to simplify enterprise data flows and accelerate outcomes across increasingly complex ecosystems.

"This recognition underscores the power of a long-term, innovation-driven partnership," said Naveen Sharma, global head of AI and Analytics, Cognizant. "Together with Snowflake, we're helping enterprises move beyond migration into meaningful transformation, accelerating time-to-value, operational resilience, and readiness for AI at scale."

At the core of the partnership's success is Data Estate Migration to Snowflake (X to Snowflake). The offering aims to help clients reduce complexity, speed time-to-value, and activate business use cases with confidence. Data Estate Migration to Snowflake is backed by Cognizant Ignition^TM, a comprehensive platform designed to enable enterprises to transform data assets into business value and chart a path from legacy systems to modern, cloud-based data architectures.

By leveraging Cognizant Ignition, and through a combination of deep industry expertise and cutting-edge Agentic AI technology, Cognizant and Snowflake were able to deliver significant automation efficiency benefits for an American manufacturing industry client, including 80 percent migration process automation, 75 percent conversion automation and 60 percent development automation, ultimately resulting in a 50 percent cost savings.

"Cognizant has consistently demonstrated what it means to be a Snowflake partner," said Amy Kodl, Interim, Alliances & Channels Leader, Snowflake. "From global execution to co-innovation, they've helped define what's possible when leveraging the AI Data Cloud. Their commitment to transformation, backed by deep expertise in data and AI achieving real-world results, makes them a key part of how we deliver value to customers around the world."

Xerox, a services-led, software-enabled organization and global leader in office and production print technology, highlighted the tangible business value of its collaboration with Cognizant and Snowflake.

"Modernization is about building a foundation that's agile, secure, and intelligence-ready," said Stephen Miller, Xerox Chief Digital Officer. "Cognizant and Snowflake brought deep expertise, a clear roadmap, and the right tools to help us simplify complexity, accelerate compliance, and unlock real-time insights across our data estate. Their partnership is a powerful model for how transformation can be done in this industry."

For more information, contact:

U.S. Name Ben Gorelick Email benjamin.gorelick@cognizant.com

Europe / APAC Name Christina Schneider Email christina.schneider@cognizant.com

India Name Rashmi Vasisht Email rashmi.vasisht@cognizant.com

 

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FAQ

What award did Cognizant (CTSH) receive from Snowflake in 2025?

Cognizant received the Global Data Cloud Services Implementation Partner of the Year award from Snowflake at their annual Snowflake Summit 2025.

What are the key benefits achieved by Cognizant's partnership with Snowflake?

The partnership achieved 80% migration process automation, 75% conversion automation, 60% development automation, and 50% cost savings for an American manufacturing client through Data Estate Migration and Cognizant Ignition platform.

What is Snowflake Openflow and what is Cognizant's role in it?

Snowflake Openflow is a managed, open, multi-modal data integration service for batch, streaming, structured, and unstructured data movement. Cognizant is a launch partner for this service.

How long has the partnership between Cognizant and Snowflake existed?

The strategic partnership between Cognizant and Snowflake has existed for more than five years, including joint innovations, client delivery, and platform co-development.

What specific solutions does Cognizant offer for Snowflake implementations?

Cognizant offers Data Estate Migration to Snowflake (X to Snowflake) backed by Cognizant Ignition platform, designed to transform data assets into business value and modernize legacy systems to cloud-based architectures.