Cognizant is Top Tech Company in BusinessWeek's List of Hot Growth Companies.

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TEANECK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2002

Offshore IT Outsourcing Has Become Mainstream Strategy

for Blue Chip Companies, Driving Cognizant's Growth and Earnings

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (Nasdaq:CTSH),

"Offshore IT outsourcing has moved into the mainstream and become a core strategy of large corporations," said Kumar Mahadeva, Chairman and CEO for Cognizant. "Many Blue Chip companies have a commitment to moving a lot of work offshore."

"By 2004 all US enterprises must consider offshore outsourcing as one of their top five strategic IT initiatives," said Rita Terdiman, VP and Research Director at Gartner.

BusinessWeek ranked Cognizant based on three-year averages for sales, profits and return on capital performance. During this time, Cognizant's sales have increased 45.7%, profits have increased 54.6%, and return on capital is at 19.8%. Cognizant is the top-rated technology company on the list.

About Cognizant Technology Solutions

Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq:CTSH) is a leading provider of custom software development, integration and maintenance services that link e-business with core information systems for companies worldwide. Cognizant operates under a high quality, high value onsite/offshore model that enables better, faster and more cost effective development and deployment of large-scale systems across a wide range of transaction intensive business needs.

Its 3,900 employees are committed to partnerships that sustain long-term, proven value in order to win in today's global marketplace. Cognizant was listed as one of the "Best Small Companies in America," by Forbes and as the top solutions provider and one of the top 200 Hot Companies by Business Week. Cognizant has been assessed at SEI/CMM Level 5, the highest possible rating.

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