Cognizant helps companies migrate to Oracle

CHENNAI, INDIA: Cognizant, a provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, announced today it has been selected by Oracle Applications Product Development to participate in Oracle Fusion applications integration and  migration co-development projects.

The announcement was made today at Oracle Open World 2010, San Francisco. Oracle selected Cognizant to co-develop customer relationship management (CRM) software tools to enable the seamless, secure and rapid integration and migration of critical customer data from Oracle’s Siebel CRM to Oracle Fusion CRM applications.

Cognizant is also assisting in Oracle Fusion CRM application testing, and Cognizant teams worldwide are undergoing extensive training in Oracle Fusion applications and technology, including its architecture and data model, said a press release.

“ By tailoring Siebel CRM applications to support those processes, Cognizant will allow Oracle Fusion CRM customers to move beyond mere sales automation by improving sales effectiveness and productivity,” said Steve Miranda, senior vice president, Oracle Application Development.

He added, “In addition, Cognizant will help ensure cost-effective, high-quality implementations across the entire Oracle Fusion Applications suite through its proven global delivery model and methodologies.” 

Peter Grambs, senior vice president, Customer Solutions Practice at Cognizant further added that they are committed to working with Oracle and their clients to support the open technology foundation of Oracle Fusion Applications, which helps ensure integration, security, and extensibility. They have also  gained deep experience with these applications prior to their release, and look forward to participating in early-adoption client engagements, delivering co-existing and upgradable service offerings and best practices implementations.