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Cognizant in five year deal for a publisher

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CHENNAI: Cognizant has announced that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a publisher of educational materials for pre-K-12 schools, has selected Cognizant as a business technology services partner.

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As part of the five-year agreement, Cognizant will provide a range of IT services to drive operational efficiencies in digital publishing technology to support Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s continuing expansion from print products to digital channels for its industry-leading content. In addition, Cognizant and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will co-establish the HMH Digital Transformation Lab, an innovation center that will further advance research in digital asset management. 

“We selected Cognizant for its extensive investment and experience specifically in the publishing industry,” said Barry O’Callaghan, CEO, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. “We view our relationship as extending well beyond the boundaries of a traditional technology services provider. Both companies share a commitment to driving innovation in publishing technology.”

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“We are honored to be selected as a trusted partner by such a respected brand in the publishing world,” said Francisco D’Souza, President and CEO, Cognizant. “At a time when virtualization and digitization are driving sweeping changes in the publishing business, Cognizant will work closely with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to realize the full promise of new technologies.” 

“We look forward to helping Houghton Mifflin Harcourt unlock incremental efficiencies from their existing systems, using our best-in-class application development and maintenance frameworks,” said Gajen Kandiah, Senior Vice President, and Head of the Information, Media and Entertainment practice at Cognizant. “In addition, through the dedicated HMH Digital Transformation Lab, we will co-innovate to develop and test new concepts that will bring industry-changing offerings to the education market helping HMH deliver higher value products for its customers.”