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10 Dec

DGCX Selects Cigniti Technologies as Strategic Quality Assurance Service Provider

Dubai, December 10, 2020: The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), has selected Cigniti Technologies - a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services - as its strategic Quality Assurance service provider as the Exchange seeks to upgrade its technology platform.

Cigniti will provide the DGCX Group with quality testing on a number of marketplace solutions that will replace applications currently used by DGCX. This will include functions such as real-time trading and clearing, pre-trade risk management, market intelligence, surveillance and quality assurance.

Cigniti’s testing services will enable the DGCX Group to ‘acceptance test’ the applications – covering both functional and non-functional testing – and reduce the amount of overall time and effort expended on testing.

Speaking on this occasion, Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO at Cigniti Technologies, said: “We are excited to partner with the UAE region’s largest commodity derivatives exchange – DGCX. This would further strengthen our position in the financial services market. The capital markets are based on real-time data and are increasingly complex. The introduction of digital technologies has brought in advanced practices and further encouraged new segment of investors and traders. Convenience, speed, reliability, security and efficiency are key to create a transparent and open environment. This requires an end-to-end testing of digital applications for the better performance and user experience.”

Les Male, CEO at DGCX Group, said: “Innovative digital solutions form a key part of the DGCX's efforts to maintain operational excellence and continue to deliver unparalleled efficiencies. Nowhere is this more evident than in our technology agreement with Nasdaq Market Technology, which is ultimately aimed at enabling us to provide our members as well as their clients with increasingly sophisticated levels of service performance. Our most recent announcement of Cigniti as our strategic quality assurance provider reinforces these efforts. We are confident that these agreements and subsequent testing will ultimately provide an improved user experience for our members, which are at the heart of every decision that we make.”

Cigniti’s dedicated FinTech Domain Competency Group concentrates on testing complex real-time digital applications. Cigniti’s 90+ BFS clients include 3 Fortune 500 banks and is led by more than 300 domain and technology experts.

With these partnerships , DGCX continues to be the leading commodities derivatives exchange in the Middle East, serving both the Middle Eastern and the global capital markets.

About Cigniti:
Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across UAE, USA, UK, Australia, Canada, India, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

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02 Dec

Cigniti Technologies appoints Ganesh Ramamoorthy as Chief Revenue Officer

Texas, 2nd December 2020: Cigniti Technologies, world’s leading Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services company, today announced the appointment of Ganesh Ramamoorthy as their Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), responsible for Global Sales, Marketing, and Customer success.

Ganesh comes with over 28 years of experience as a technology leader with a proven track record of building global digital transformation business across industry verticals. Prior to joining Cigniti, Ganesh spent 20 years at HCL, led strategic relationships with Fortune 100 enterprise clients in Financial Services and Technology verticals and developed significant revenue streams across international markets. He also led the transformation of horizontal technology services offerings to consumer industry focused on digital and platform offerings in high growth markets.

Announcing Ganesh’s appointment, Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO, Cigniti Technologies, said “We’re happy to welcome Ganesh into our team. As we pivot towards building a fast-growing digital transformation services organization with a Quality-first culture, Ganesh’s rich experience will be immensely helpful to lead Cigniti through our next stage of growth.”

Ganesh is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, and holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

About Cigniti: Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.
Cigniti is the world’s first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 27001:2013 certified.

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18 Nov

Cigniti Technologies is now a proud Underwriter of PhillyCIO

PHILADELPHIA - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, is now a strategic Underwriter of PhillyCIO, a local arm of the InspireCIO Leadership Network. Together, they regularly convene leading CIOs, foster meaningful relationships and help CIOs thrive in today’s most challenging C-suite executive role.

As an Underwriter of PhillyCIO , Cigniti would be part of InspireCIO programs such as CIO Philadelphia Advisory Board Meetings, PhillyCIO Awards Nominee Event, PhillyCIO Awards Finalist Event, CIO Only Programs, CIO Wine Experience, and Philadelphia CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards and for the promotions purposes by leveraging the key resources to support the expansion.

Speaking on this association, Kalyan Rao Konda, President at Cigniti Technologies, said, “We are excited to be part of this association which brings together the CIOs across industries of Philadelphia. This association would help understand from the CIOs themselves the innovation and technology trends. This platform provides an opportunity for Cigniti to share the latest innovation and best practices related to Quality Engineering.”

Jen Wise, Executive Director of PhillyCIO, said, “We are thrilled to have Cigniti joining PhillyCIO as an Underwriter of the chapter. As an Underwriter, Cigniti will play an essential role in helping to connect local CIOs with their peers through year-round, non-commercial chapter programs and recognizing deserving Philadelphia-based CIOs through the annual PhillyCIO of the Year ORBIE Awards. Cigniti’s support of these programs provides ongoing opportunities to foster relationships among top CIOs. We look forward to working together to serve and celebrate the PhillyCIO community.”

InspireCIO programs are made possible through the corporate support of strategic partners known as Underwriters. These organizations represent the highest-level investors in local chapters and the senior executives of Underwriter organizations are regarded as peers by the CIOs serving on Advisory board of Philadelphia.

About Cigniti:
Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across US, Canada, UK, Australia, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

About PhillyCIO
PhillyCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network for Philadelphia chief information officers. PhillyCIO membership is comprised exclusively of CIOs (or equivalent executive roles) from public and private companies, government, education, healthcare and non-profit organizations.

PhillyCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board which sets the annual program agenda for the association. Events are facilitated by a full-time Executive Director and professional staff. PhillyCIO events are CIO-led and attended solely by CIO-level executives.

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09 Nov

Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Selects Cigniti Technologies as a Strategic Quality Engineering Partner

MELBOURNE, Australia - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, is now a strategic Quality Engineering panel vendor for Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA), a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, to help accelerate its Quality & Digital transformation journey over the next 3 years.

Speaking on the occasion, Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO at Cigniti Technologies, said: “It is exciting and a proud moment for all of us at Cigniti to serve a leading automobile company. In this IOT enabled future of connected and autonomous vehicles, Technology will disrupt the entire automobile value chain. Software is going to greatly influence the future of the automobile industry. Digital transformation in the automobile industry will take place in the future across the value chain from the connected supply chain and manufacturing, to providing a virtual experience in the car buying process, Car Mobility as a Service, and autonomous driving. It is very important to ensure that high quality software will enhance the customer experience.”

Cigniti has been working with Toyota Australia since 2017. This new agreement with Cigniti will assist Toyota in increasing its automation cadence by achieving test automation and non-functional testing goals across multiple digital platforms.

Cigniti Australia has enabled over 80 organisations from Airlines, Government agencies, Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Energy & Utilities and Manufacturing sectors in their software testing and quality assurance transformation journey in the past 6 years.

About Cigniti:
Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across Australia, UK, US, Canada, India, UAE and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organisations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions. Cigniti is the world’s first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 27001:2013 certified.

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Mr. Midhun Pingili
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22 Oct

Cigniti Technologies is now a proud Underwriter of HoustonCIO

Houston, 22nd Oct 2020: Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, is now a strategic Underwriter of HoustonCIO, a local arm of the International CIO Leadership Association (ICLA). Together, they intend to foster technology innovation, help Houston IT community become aware of the best practices and trends being implemented, and bring together the CIOs of Houston to a single platform.

As an Underwriter of HoustonCIO association, Cigniti would be a part of the Inspire CIO programs such as HoustonCIO Advisory Board Meetings, Nominee Events, Finalist Events, CIO Only Programs, the Wine Experience, and the Houston CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards and support its expansion by promoting and leveraging key resources.

Speaking on this association, Pradeep Govindasamy, President & CTO at Cigniti Technologies, said, “We are excited to be a part of this association with HoustonCIO, which brings together the CIOs across industries of Houston. This association would not only help understand the CIOs’ perspective about innovation, technology trends and the best practices being implemented across the verticals, but will also help the IT community of Houston to learn about the new generation technology leaders and their contributions via a vast leadership network on a single platform."

InspireCIO programs are made possible through the corporate support of strategic partners known as Underwriters. These organizations represent the highest-level investors in local chapters and the senior executives of Underwriter organizations are regarded as peers by the CIOs serving on the HoustonCIO Advisory Board.

About Cigniti:
Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across Australia, UK, US, Canada, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation.

About the Houston CIO Leadership Association:
HoustonCIO is the preeminent professional association for Houston chief information officers. It is a peer-based approach to helping CIOs maximize their leadership effectiveness, create value, reduce risk and share success. Our membership is comprised exclusively of CIOs (or equivalent executive roles) from public and private companies, government, education, healthcare and non-profit organizations.

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22 Oct

Cigniti Technologies is now a proud Underwriter of CharlotteCIO

Charlotte, 22nd Oct 2020: Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, is now a strategic Underwriter of CharlotteCIO, a local arm of the International CIO Leadership Association (ICLA). Together, they intend to foster technology innovation, help Charlotte IT community become aware of the best practices and trends being implemented, and bring together the CIOs of Charlotte to a single platform.

As an Underwriter of CharlotteCIO, Cigniti would be a part of the InspireCIO programs such as CharlotteCIO Advisory Board Meetings, Nominee Events, Finalist Events, CIO Only Programs, the Wine Experience, and the Charlotte CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards and support its expansion by promoting and leveraging key resources.

Speaking on this association, Pradeep Govindasamy, President & CTO at Cigniti Technologies, said, “We are excited to be a part of this association with CharlotteCIO, which brings together the CIOs across industries of Charlotte. This association would not only help understand the CIOs’ perspective about innovation, technology trends and the best practices being implemented across the verticals, but will also help the IT community of Charlotte to learn about the new generation technology leaders and their contributions via a vast leadership network on a single platform."

InspireCIO programs are made possible through the corporate support of strategic partners known as Underwriters. These organizations represent the highest-level investors in local chapters and the senior executives of Underwriter organizations are regarded as peers by the CIOs serving on the CharlotteCIO Advisory Board.

About Cigniti:
Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across US, Canada, Australia, UK, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings include QE, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and QA solutions.

About CharlotteCIO:
CharlotteCIO is the preeminent professional association for Charlotte chief information officers. It is a peer-based approach to helping CIOs maximize their leadership effectiveness, create value, reduce risk and share success. Our membership is comprised exclusively of CIOs (or equivalent executive roles) from public and private companies, government, education, healthcare and non-profit organizations.

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01 Oct

London based BABB partners with Cigniti Technologies for software testing of their cryptocurrency platform

London based BABB partners with Cigniti Technologies for software testing of their cryptocurrency platform

London, 1st Oct 2020: BABB, the blockchain banking and fundraising challenger partners with Cigniti Technologies to leverage its cutting-edge Quality Engineering expertise.

The BABB business model is primarily delivered via their mobile apps. BABB wanted to ensure their application is highly secure, provides the best user experience and keeps pace with changing market conditions. This demanded an intense and structured approach to testing across devices and platforms (iOS and Android).

Cigniti leveraged it’s proven mobile quality engineering methodology to perform both functional and non-functional testing of the BABB mobile app. The team executed user acceptance testing of the key user journeys that includes multiple functionalities and features. Cigniti also performed security testing in the form of dynamic application security testing, mobile application security testing and API security testing.

Speaking on the occasion, Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO of Cigniti Technologies said, “We are excited to be a part of BABB’s journey and look forward to growing in the space of cryptocurrency. Blockchain is being implemented across industries that will impact our day-to-day lives. It becomes imperative for organisations to pay heed to the quality and testing needs of these technologies.”

On this journey with Cigniti, Grant Van Wyk, CTO of Babb stated, “The current ‘unbanked’ world market of approximately 2 billion people represents a $380B untapped industry. Our launch in the UK is just the beginning. To be able to scale up and grow rapidly it was crucial to have an independent specialist ensure the quality of our platforms. Cigniti has demonstrated the steep learning curve and agility required to test such a platform.”

About BABB
BABB, a company that aims to become the World Bank for the Micro-Economy, stands for Bank Account Based Blockchain. It offers a hybrid decentralised financial service system using a utility ERC-20 token on the Ethereum network. Their vision is to increase businesses on a global scale by improving financial support in communities, help improve living conditions, and have an overall impact on countries and the global economy especially those underserved by traditional financial systems.

About Cigniti
Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent QE & Software Testing Services. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across the USA, UK, Europe, Canada, India, Dubai, Australia and South Africa. Cigniti’s test offerings include QE, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and QA solutions.

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10 Sep

NelsonHall recognizes Cigniti as a Leader in AI Testing & overall Quality Engineering capabilities

Dallas, TX, 8th Sep, 2020: Cigniti Technologies has been positioned as a Leader in NelsonHall Vendor Evaluation & Assessment Tool (NEAT) chart 2020 for AI Testing, Continuous Testing, and overall Quality Engineering capabilities.

Evaluating vendors on both their ‘ability to deliver immediate benefit’ and their ‘ability to meet client future requirements’, vendors are identified in one of four categories: Leaders, High Achievers, Innovators, and Major Players. Leaders are the vendors that exhibit both a high ability relative to their peers to deliver immediate benefit and a high capability relative to their peers to meet clients’ future requirements.

Speaking on the occasion, Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO – Cigniti Technologies said, “there is an increased adoption of AI-based systems across the industries to provide better customer experience and delivering quality applications at speed. Cigniti leverages AI to test as well as tests AI-based systems. Our AI-driven quality engineering approach for continuous testing (CT), Agile, and DevOps helps enterprises accelerate their digital transformation.”

“We continue to significantly invest in our IP, BlueSwan™ and enhance its capabilities, to create new IP-based solutions, such as AI-led test data management, test environment management and security engineering. We have enriched Verita and Velocita with the AI-based analytics use cases which are helping our enterprise clients to achieve significant acceleration in their org-wide test automation initiatives.” Srikanth added.

The NelsonHall Vendor Evaluation & Assessment Tool (NEAT) allows strategic sourcing managers to assess the capability of vendors across a range of criteria and business situations. It helps them identify the best performing vendors overall with a specific focus on AI testing, continuous testing, UX testing and more.

Commenting on this, Dominique Raviart, IT Services Practice Director at NelsonHall said, “Cigniti has expanded its capabilities toward continuous testing and functional automation. The company has a systematic IP strategy to bring further automation to QA in the context of continuous testing and agile projects. Cigniti has also quickly expanded its range of AI use cases; it is one of the few vendors that has invested in non-functional AI use cases, targeting security testing.”

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About Cigniti:

Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services,   serving Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises.    Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, Next-Gen testing and Quality Assurance solutions.

About NelsonHall:

NelsonHall is the leading global analyst firm dedicated to helping organizations understand the ‘art of the possible’ in digital operations transformation. With analysts in the U.S., U.K., and Continental Europe, NelsonHall provides buy-side organizations with detailed, critical information on markets and vendors (including NEAT assessments) that helps them make fast and highly informed sourcing decisions. NelsonHall’s research is based on rigorous, primary research, and is widely respected for the quality, depth and insight of its analysis.

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04 Aug

Cigniti Technologies Q1FY21 Revenue

Cigniti Technologies Q1FY21 Revenue:
Consolidated Revenue Rs. 218.40 crores and Net Profit Rs. 29.11 Cr
Standalone Revenue Rs. 72.99 crores and Net Profit Rs. 12.20 Cr

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q1FY21 v/s Q1FY20 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 218.40 crore v/s. Rs. 207.58 crore [á 5.2%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 36.05 crore v/s. Rs. 31.64 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 29.11 crore v/s. Rs. 28.50 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q1FY21 v/s Q4FY20 (Corresponding Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 218.40 crore v/s. Rs. 233.04 crore [-6.3%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 36.05 crore v/s. Rs. 31.55 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 29.11 crore v/s. Rs. 29.26 crore

Mumbai, August 4, 2020: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.

The company’s Net Profit for Q1FY21 stood at Rs 29.11 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 29.26 crore in Q4FY20.

The Company’s Consolidated Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration stood at Rs 218.40 crore as against Rs 233.04 crore in Q4FY20.

EBIDTA for the June quarter was at Rs 36.05 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 16.5%.

Other income includes Net foreign exchange gain of Rs. 2.26 Cr. for the quarter ended June 30, 2020

Management Commentary

Commenting on the results Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD said, “I am pleased to announce that for the first quarter we have witnessed sustained growth performance on the back of increased efficiency and new opportunities. As a company, we are optimistic on new growth prospects and new strategies in the post COVID world with the emergence of digital innovation.”  

Highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2020

  • Revenue from top 5 clients contributed approximately 20.2% of the Revenue
  • Travel & Transport, BFSI and Retail & e-Commerce sector contributed the most to the revenue for Q4FY20
  • Revenue split geographically: North America & Canada – 90%, UK & Europe – 6%, Rest of the World 4%

About Cigniti Technologies Limited

Cigniti Technologies Limited (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing and Quality Engineering Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2500+ employees are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is the world’s first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance.

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07 May

Cigniti Technologies Q4FY20 Revenue

Cigniti Technologies Q4FY20 Revenue:
Consolidated Revenue Rs. 233.04 crores and Net Profit Rs. 29.26 Cr
Standalone Revenue Rs. 78.65 crores and Net Profit Rs. 15.79 Cr

Consolidated Financial Performance for FY20 v/s FY19 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 871.97 crore v/s. Rs. 816.08 crore [á 7%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 128.69 crore v/s. Rs. 132.77 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 121.60 crore v/s. Rs. 147.36 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q4FY20 v/s Q4FY19 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 233.04 crore v/s. Rs. 206.44 crore [á 13%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 31.55 crore v/s. Rs. 28.82 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 29.26 crore v/s. Rs. 29.88 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q4FY20 v/s Q3FY20 (Corresponding Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 233.04 crore v/s. Rs. 216.75 crore [á 8%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 31.55 crore v/s. Rs. 28.62 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 29.26 crore v/s. Rs. 28.11 crore

Mumbai, May 7, 2020: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2020.

The company’s Net Profit for FY20 stood at Rs 121.60 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 147.36 crore in FY19.

The company’s Net Profit for Q4FY20 stood at Rs 29.26 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 29.88 crore in Q4FY19; a decrease of 2% Y-o-Y.

The Company’s Consolidated Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration stood at Rs 233.04 crore as against Rs 206.44 crore in Q4FY19.

EBIDTA for the March quarter was at Rs 31.55 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 13.5%.

The company’s Net Profit for Q4FY20 stood at Rs 29.26 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 as against Rs. 28.11 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2019; an increase of 4% Q-o-Q.

Management Commentary
Commenting on the results Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD said, “I am happy to announce that Cigniti Technologies Ltd. has maintained a positive growth in FY20. I would like to extend my gratitude to our dedicated employees, clients and other stakeholders for their constant support in these trying times.

“As we move into FY-21, entire world is engulfed with challenges created by crisis. However, this situation shall open up new opportunities and it is all about how quickly we adopt and move forward with new normal and ensure the business continuity. I am confident that industries like Healthcare, Communication, Edu-tech, Public sector, e-commerce, etc. where we have been serving enterprises will yield more revenues in the years to come” he added.

Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2020

  • Revenue from top 5 clients contributed approximately 20.2% of the Revenue
  • Travel & Transport, BFSI and Retail & e-Commerce sector contributed the most to the revenue for Q4FY20
  • Revenue split geographically: North America & Canada – 85%, UK & Europe – 11%, Rest of the World 4%

About Cigniti Technologies Limited
Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, NSE: CIGNITITEC, www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is CMMI-SVC Level 5 (v1.3) appraised and is ISO 13485:2016, ISO 9001:2015, & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

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Cigniti Technologies
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31 Mar

Cigniti Technologies contributes Rs. 50 Lakhs for fighting Corona Virus (Covid-19)

30th March, 2020, Hyderabad: Hyderabad based Cigniti Technologies, Leaders in Software Testing Services, contributed Rs. 50 Lakh to Chief Minister relief fund today, to support Government of Telangana to tackle the unprecedented situation caused by COVID-19. Cigniti’s Chairman & Managing Director, Mr. C V Subramanyam, handed over the cheque to Mr. K T Rama Rao, Minister of IT , Municipal Administration &Urban Development and Industry & Commerce, Govt. of Telangana.

Cigniti Technologies contributes 50 Lakhs for fighting Corona Virus (Covid-19)

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22 Jan

Cigniti Technologies Q3FY20 Revenue: Consolidated Revenue Rs. 217 crores and Net Profit Rs. 28 Cr Standalone Revenue Rs. 75 crores and Net Profit Rs. 15 Cr

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q3FY20 v/s Q3FY19 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of

Rs. 216.75 crore v/s. Rs. 209.97 crore [á 3%]· EBITDA of Rs. 28.62 crore v/s. Rs. 38.70 crore

  • PAT of Rs. 28.11 crore v/s. Rs. 28.79 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q3FY20 v/s Q2FY20 (Corresponding Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 216.75 crore v/s. Rs. 214.60 crore [á 1%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 28.62 crore v/s. Rs. 36.87 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 28.11 crore v/s. Rs. 35.72 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for 9MFY20 v/s 9MFY19 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 638.93 crore v/s. Rs. 609.64 crore [á 5%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 97.14 crore v/s. Rs. 103.61 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 92.34 crore v/s. Rs. 117.49 crore

Hyderabad, January 22, 2020: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2019.

The company’s Net Profit for Q3FY20 stood at Rs. 28.12 crore on a consolidated basis.

The Company’s Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration stood at Rs. 216.75 crore as against Rs. 209.97 crore in Q3FY19 on a consolidated basis.

EBIDTA for the December quarter was at Rs. 28.62 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 13.2%.

Other income includes net foreign exchange gain of Rs. 183.51 lakhs and net foreign exchange gain of Rs. 86.89 lakhs for the quarter and nine month ended December 31, 2019 respectively

Management Commentary

Commenting on the results Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD said, “This quarter our EBITDA is marginally low due to addition of manpower for commencement of new projects the billing of which commenced from Mid-November and we expect this to even out in the coming quarters. Additionally, we have made investment in sales and marketing cost which shall fuel growth in the subsequent quarters.”

Highlights for the quarter ended December 31, 2019

  • Revenue from top 5 clients contributed approximately 20.6% of the Revenue
  • Travel, Transport, Health Care & BFSI sector contributed the most to the revenue for Q3FY20
  • Revenue split geographically: North America & Canada – 84%, UK & Europe – 12%, Rest of the World 4%

About Cigniti Technologies Limited

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, NSE: CIGNITITEC, www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is CMMI-SVC Level 5 (v1.3) appraised and is ISO 13485:2016, ISO 9001:2015, & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

For further information, please contact:

Sanjay Punjabi / Chintan Kotak / Raveena Shetty
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Cigniti Technologies
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01 Nov

Cigniti Technologies Consolidated Q2FY20 Revenue stood at Rs. 215 crores and Net Profit at Rs. 36 Cr

Consolidated Q2FY20 Revenue up by 3% to Rs. 215 Cr

 Consolidated Financial Performance for Q2FY20 v/s Q2FY19 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 214.60 crore v/s. Rs. 204.96 crore [á 5%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 36.87 crore v/s. Rs. 37.34 crore
  •  PAT of Rs. 35.72 crore v/s. Rs. 49.52 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q2FY20 v/s Q1FY20 (Corresponding Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 214.60 crore v/s. Rs. 207.57 crore [á 3%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 36.87 crore v/s. Rs. 31.64 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 35.72 crore v/s. Rs. 28.50 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for H1FY20 v/s H1FY19 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 422.18 crore v/s. Rs. 399.67 crore [á 6%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 68.52 crore v/s. Rs. 65.26 crore
  • PAT of Rs. 64.22 crore v/s. Rs. 88.68 crore

Hyderabad November 1, 2019: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2019.

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22 Sep

Cigniti Technologies wins the ‘Corporate Leader of the Year’ award at the 15th Indo-American Corporate Excellence (I-ACE) Awards

Mumbai, 20th September 2019: Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport & Highways of India and Ministry of MSME, presented the ‘Corporate Leader of the Year’ award to Mr. C V Subramanyam Chairman & MD, Cigniti Technologies at the 15th Indo-American Corporate Excellence (I-ACE) Awards on Friday, September 20, 2019, in Mumbai. The award recognizes businesses which have served as an industry benchmark, showcased high performance, and discharged their fiduciary duties to all stakeholders effectively.

Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent quality engineering services, has been recognized for its significant contributions to Indo-U.S. trade. Cigniti has displayed laudable capability in delivering global business projects while enabling seamless digital transformation for its clients. This proficiency of the company has helped its clients to radically rethink their key business processes and achieve performance breakthroughs meeting their digital goals.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD, Cigniti Technologies Ltd. said, “We are happy to have won the Corporate Leader of the Year award. This award strengthens the presence of brand Cigniti in US & India and aligns with our vision and global aspirations of working with Fortune 500 companies. I extend my gratitude towards our dedicated employees and loyal customers without whom this journey would be incomplete.”

The I-ACE Awards was established in 2004 by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) to celebrate corporate excellence and recognizes top Indian Companies in the US and US companies in India in various categories. The award ceremony was attended by over 300 distinguished guests including representatives from the Indo-U.S. business community, IACC members, members of the American and other diplomatic communities, leading expatriates and celebrities.

About Cigniti Technologies:

Cigniti Technologies Limited, Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2,300+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is the world’s first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

Contact: Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com

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08 Aug

Cigniti Technologies (UK) Ltd. is ranked as one of the fastest growing Indian Companies in the UK.

8th Aug 2019, Hyderabad, India & London, UK: Cigniti Technologies (UK) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cigniti Technologies Ltd. (headquartered in India), is ranked as the one of the fastest growing companies in the United Kingdom in the report titled “India meets Britain Tracker 2019” released by Grant Thornton in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Grant Thornton analysed data from almost 850 UK-incorporated limited companies that are owned directly or indirectly, or controlled, by either an Indian-incorporated parent or an Indian citizen resident outside the UK. Grant Thornton mentioned that Cigniti’s latest growth in the UK was pegged at 38.78%. Cigniti is ranked at 22 out of the 842 companies released by Grant Thornton. Cigniti Technologies (UK) Ltd. started operations in 2014.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO – Cigniti Technologies said, “This ranking shows how committed we are in strengthening our presence in the UK. We are working with several leading enterprises which are part of Global 2000 companies. Independent software testing and quality engineering services are poised to grow at a high rate in this region and Cigniti is one of the highly ranked organisation for independent quality engineering and software testing services. I am confident that we will grow multi-fold in the years to come.”

Dr. Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, said,  “There are 842 Indian companies operating in the UK, with combined revenues of almost £48 billion and employing 104,783 people. In the last 5 years, our association with Cigniti Technologies has become more strategic. We commit to help Cigniti in all its endeavors towards their growth in the UK. Cigniti is one of the very few IT companies ranked in top 25 fastest growing Indian Companies in the UK.”

About Cigniti

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, NSE: CIGNITITEC, www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is CMMI-SVC Level 5 (v1.3) appraised and is ISO 13485:2016, ISO 9001:2015, & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

Contact: Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com

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25 Jul

Cigniti Technologies Consolidated Q1FY20 Revenue stood at Rs 207.57 crores and Net Profit at Rs. 28.50 Cr

Consolidated Q1FY20 Revenue up by 7% to Rs. 208Cr

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q1FY20 v/s Q1FY19 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 207.57 crore v/s. Rs. 194.71 crore [á 7%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 31.64 crore v/s. Rs. 28.18 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q1FY20 v/s Q4FY19 (Corresponding Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 207.57 crore v/s. Rs. 206.44 crore [á 1%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 31.64 crore v/s. Rs. 28.82 crore

Hyderabad, July 24, 2019: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2019.

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03 May

Cigniti Technologies Consolidated FY19 Net Profit up by 358% to Rs 147 Cr

Consolidated FY19 Revenue up by18% to Rs. 816 Cr 

 Consolidated Financial Performance for FY19 v/s FY18 (Corresponding Year)

  • Revenue of Rs. 816.08 crore v/s. Rs. 693.28 crores [á 18%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 132.77 crore v/s. Rs. 52.04 crore
  • PAT at Rs. 147.36 crore v/s. Rs. 32.17 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q4FY19 v/s Q4FY18 (Corresponding Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 206.44 crore v/s. Rs. 178.65 crores [á 16%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 28.82 crore v/s. Rs. 21.23 crore
  • PAT at Rs. 29.88 crore v/s. Rs. 19.8 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q4FY19 v/s Q3FY19 (Sequential Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 206.44 crore v/s. Rs. 209.97 crores
  • EBITDA of Rs. 28.82 crore v/s. Rs. 38.70 crore
  • PAT at Rs. 29.88 crore v/s. Rs. 28.79 crore (refer note below)

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31 Jan

Cigniti Technologies Consolidated Q3FY19 Net Profit at Rs 28.79 Cr as against Q3FY18 Net Profit of Rs 8.25 Cr

Consolidated Q3FY19 Revenue clocked Rs. 210 Cr

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q3FY19 v/s Q3FY18 (Corresponding Quarter)

· Revenue of Rs. 209.97 crore v/s. Rs. 177.13 crores [á 18.5%]

· EBITDA of Rs. 38.70 crore v/s. Rs. 16.76 crore

· PAT at Rs. 28.79 crore v/s. Rs. 8.25 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q3FY19 vs Q2FY19 (Sequential Quarter)

· Revenue of Rs. 209.97 crore v/s. Rs. 204.95 crores [á 2.5%]

· EBITDA of Rs. 38.70 crore v/s. Rs. 37.14 crore

· PAT at Rs. 28.79 crore v/s. Rs. 49.53 crore (refer note below)

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13 Nov

Cigniti Technologies Consolidated Q2FY19 Net Profit at Rs 49.53 Cr as against Q2FY18 Net Profit of Rs 9.81 Cr

Consolidated Q2FY19 Revenue clocked Rs. 204.96 Cr

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q2FY19 v/s Q2FY18 (Corresponding Quarter)

  • Revenue of Rs. 204.96 crore v/s. Rs. 169.02 crores [á 21%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 37.14 crore v/s. Rs. 13.96 crore
  • PAT at Rs. 49.53 crore v/s. Rs. 9.81 crore

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q2FY19 vs Q1FY19 (Sequential Quarter

  • Revenue of Rs. 204.96 crore v/s. Rs. 194.71 crores [á 5%]
  • EBITDA of Rs. 37.14 crore v/s. Rs. 28.19 crore
  • PAT at Rs. 49.53 crore v/s. Rs. 39.15 crore

Hyderabad, November 12, 2018: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering services, today announced the consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2018.

The company’s Net Profit for Q2FY19 stood at Rs 49.53 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 9.81 crore in Q2FY18.

The Company’s Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration stood at Rs 204.96 crore as against Rs 169.02 crore in Q2FY18.

EBIDTA for the September quarter was at Rs 37.14 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 18.1%.

Other income includes Net foreign exchange gain of Rs. 684.12 lakhs for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 (net foreign exchange gain of Rs. 566.99 lakhs for the quarter ended June 30, 2018) and export incentive of Rs. 1,646.23 lakhs pertaining to the period from April 2015 to September 2018 recognized in the current quarter based on the duty scrips grant received/receivables.

Highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2018

  • 18 clients added during the quarter
  • Focusing on new service lines such as IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Digital and Quality Engineering to cater to enterprises across the globe.
  • Revenue from top 10 clients contributed approximately 30% of the Revenue
  • Travel, Transport & Hospitality sector contributed the most to the revenue for Q2FY19
  • Revenue split geographically: North America & Canada – 84%, UK & Europe – 11%, Rest of the World 5%

Management Commentary

Commenting on the result Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD - Cigniti Technologies said “I am happy that we continued in delivering another quarter of performance consistent over the last few quarters. We have been optimizing our cost and delivering an enhanced EBITDA and profitability over the last five quarters.  Our revenue pipeline is robust, and we anticipate to close large enterprise deals in the coming months which shall contribute to our revenue in a significant way. Our continued performance accelerates our journey in becoming the world’s largest and most respected independent software testing and quality engineering services company.”

About Cigniti Technologies Limited

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, NSE: CIGNITITEC, www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2,500+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is CMMI-SVC Level 5 (v1.3) appraised and is ISO 13485:2016, ISO 9001:2015, & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

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Midhun Pingili
Cigniti Technologies
Mob: +91 8886093093
Email: midhun.pingili@cigniti.com

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16 Oct

Cigniti partners with Passbrains to offer Crowd Testing & Digital Assurance Services

Hyderabad, 11/10/18 India: Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software testing services company, has partnered with Passbrains to offer Crowd Testing Services.

Cigniti, Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing, and Passbrains, provider of enterprise crowdsourcing solutions & services for digital assurance and crowd testing, announced a partnership that will enable Cigniti's team of verified domain testers for crowd testing to help enterprises use the services of real testers on real devices anywhere.

After nearly two years of close collaboration, Cigniti and Passbrains agreed on getting into a strategic partnership to leverage each other’s offerings to help customers in designing, testing and validating leading apps, websites and digital products. Through this strategic partnership, Cigniti further leverages the Passbrains’ global vetted community of over 50,000 user testers and testing professionals.

The new alliance aims to accelerate software innovation for enterprises and ensure an impeccable user experience for their customers. Passbrains’ rapid automated crowd staffing ability and crowd project management tools provided through their proven platform technology allow Cigniti to achieve record device coverage and turnaround times by ramping up carefully selected test participants and reporting results in a matter of hours, which are made accessible through Passbrains’ powerful online analytic tools.

Gartner predicts that by 2020, crowd testing will be a critical element in 60% of mobile application testing service engagements. Many IT service providers and global organizations already include real user research and crowdtesting in their quality assurance processes and projects. This helps accelerate their market launches and gain economies of scale for their web & mobile apps and digital devices.

“We are excited about our strategic partnership with Passbrains”, said Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO, Cigniti Technologies. “This partnership will enable both Cigniti and Passbrains to offer a complete portfolio of Quality Engineering services to our clients, delivered through a global crowdsourcing platform. It empowers us more to help improve the quality and user experience of enterprise applications, resulting in better value for our clients, globally." 

"Cigniti’s leading market position and excellent service portfolio combined with Passbrains’ proven platform solution and long-term expertise in user research and crowd testing will enable us to deliver best-in-class digital assurance solutions to customers of both companies. This strategic collaboration is a significant step forward for our companies and will actively contribute to our mutual success!” says Dieter Speidel, CEO of Passbrains.

About Cigniti:

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, NSE: CIGNITITEC; www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti Technologies Inc., a Delaware incorporated corporation, with its principal place of business within US at Irving, Texas and King of Prussia, Philadelphia, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cigniti Technologies Limited, India. Cigniti group’s 2100+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is the world’s first IST Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance and Quality Assurance, powered by Mobile, IoT, Smart Meter, Medical and Robotics labs. Having served several Fortune 500 & Global 2000 companies, Cigniti has translated its R&D into BlueSwan, the next generation and proprietary test platform. Leading Analysts like Gartner, Forrester, NelsonHall, Everest, Frost & Sullivan, and Forbes have consistently mentioned, awarded, and commended Cigniti for its leadership and growth in the independent software testing services space.

Press Contact: Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com

About Passbrains:

Passbrains is a global provider of crowdsourced digital testing solutions through a leading technology platform. With a global community of more than fifty thousand user testers and testing professionals, the company helps customers to design winning apps and digital products through user research, open innovation, design assessments, and field validation.

Passbrains operates delivery centers in Switzerland, Germany, Serbia, and India, serving global clients including fortune 500 enterprises across telecom, media & entertainment, retail, financial services, energy, automotive and other high-tech industry sectors.

Press Contact: marketing(at)passbrains.com

 

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