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17^th Aug 2018, Hyderabad, India: Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent quality engineering services company has opened its 4th offshore delivery center at Hyderabad, today. The facility was inaugurated by Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman and Managing Director of Cigniti Technologies.

The new facility with 37000 sq. ft. will accommodate around 400 employees. Overall Cigniti has around 2 lakh sq. ft. of space which accommodates over 2100 employees.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Subramanyam said, “this new facility would further help Cigniti cater to its strategic clients which also includes companies in Fortune 500 and Global 2000, to deliver high end software Quality Engineering solutions. This is another milestone in our journey towards becoming the world’s largest and most respected independent quality engineering services company.”

About Cigniti Technologies

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, NSE: CIGNITITEC; www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing (IST) 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 2000+ software testing specialists 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.

HYDERABAD, India & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cigniti Technologies has been positioned as a Niche Player in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide. Cigniti has been positioned in the Magic Quadrant for 3 years in a row.

“This achievement reinforces our ability to provide world class IP Led testing and Quality Engineering services to clients of most sizes, helping them succeed in their Digital, Agile, and DevOps transformation initiatives. We have invested in our domain capabilities and over the years we have developed strong success stories in airlines, BFSI, high tech, retail, and energy & utilities verticals,” says Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO - Cigniti Technologies Inc.

“Cigniti adopts a client-centric approach, adapting to clients' individual needs and their specific demands. Clients also appreciate our ability to turn around change requests fast, its customer centricity and its willingness to change in line with client demands. We have strong delivery capabilities, good timeliness on engagements, robust testing methodologies and frameworks, and high-caliber resources who are ready to go the extra mile on an engagement,” Srikanth added.

“Demand for better application quality is growing as organizations deal with pressure from digitalization and focus on customer experience.” Gartner mentioned in the Research.

The application testing service market, with a copious number of providers, is fast-growing. Both full IT services providers, and dedicated, pure-play application testing service providers coexist. Gartner is aware of about 300 companies in this market. This Magic Quadrant assesses 18 of the leading application service providers based on specified inclusion criteria.

Access the Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide here.

About the Magic Quadrant
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide, Susanne Matson, Gilbert van der Heiden, 21 November 2017.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Cigniti Technologies
Cigniti Technologies Limited (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing (IST) Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2000+ career testers 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 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance and Quality Assurance.

Media Contacts: Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com

27^th August 2017, Hyderabad, India: Mr. Srinath Batni, global IT industry veteran, has joined the board of Cigniti Technologies Ltd. as an Independent Director. Mr. Batni was the Head of Delivery Excellence at Infosys and served on its board as a whole-time Director from May 2000 to July 31, 2014.

On this momentous occasion, Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman and Managing Director, Cigniti, said “Srinath’s rich experience in Delivery excellence will help us to excel in delivering projects efficiently, enhance client satisfaction, and bring in innovation. His advice will help the Cigniti Management drive further business growth. We firmly believe that his association, inputs, and strategic direction will help us further accelerate our journey towards becoming the world’s largest and most respected independent software testing services company.”

Commenting on this occasion, Mr. Srinath Batni said “As businesses are getting digitally transformed, the imminent need of delivering quality and agility together has become vital. The IP-led Quality Engineering approach of Cigniti ensures global enterprises and independent software vendors can stay ahead in the market leveraging the power of automated and intelligent software quality engineering”. He further added that “I am very happy to be a part of this exciting journey.”

Mr. Srinath Batni is a Co-Founder of Axilor Ventures. Mr. Batni served as Group Co-Head of Worldwide Customer Delivery at Infosys Limited. He served as Head-Delivery (GCARE) and Head of Strategic Groups & Co-Customer Delivery at Infosys Limited. From 1996 to 2000, he served as Senior Vice President and Head-Retail and Telecommunications Business Unit of Infosys Limited. He has been an Independent Director at AXISCADES Engineering Technologies Limited since August 08, 2014. He serves as Director of Infosys Technologies China (Shanghai) and Infosys Technologies Australia Pty Limited, subsidiaries of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Mr. Batni served as Whole-Time Director of Infosys Limited from May 2000 to July 31, 2014. Mr. Batni received a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Mysore University and an M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

About Cigniti Technologies:

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, NSE: CIGNITITEC; www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent 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 2300+ software testing specialists 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, Next Generation Testing, Core Testing, and cutting edge Mobile, IoT, 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.

Hyderabad, India, 10 Aug 2017: Cigniti Technologies has been positioned as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Continuous Testing Service Providers, Q3 2017. Forrester cited that Cigniti Technologies is among the top three global vendors for clients looking for independent and pure-play CT services focused on Agile DevOps.

Speaking on this achievement, Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO – Cigniti Technologies, said “This positioning from Forrester testifies our forward-looking investments into IP-led automation centric CT services. Cigniti has been investing in the areas of DevOps, Agile, and CT since the last 18-24 months and has been able to deliver significant results for diverse clients. We have observed that Global 2000 companies, software product companies, and unicorns that we are working with the world over, have realized that CT is the key in achieving complete benefits of DevOps. Our competent quality engineering experts and partnerships with leading test automation and DevOps tool vendors put us in a very strong position to meet the expectations of modern day businesses.”

Forrester in the report states: “Cigniti Technologies differentiates its pure-play CT services with a DevOps focus. Cigniti Technologies, an India-based provider of pure-play testing services with a growing presence in the US and UK, is rapidly maturing its Agile and DevOps CT services. Cigniti stands out for its IP investments in BlueSwan, a comprehensive testing services platform accelerator; in LIQE, a US testing client community growing globally; and in an innovative, machine-learning-powered tool for analyzing user experience for the airline industry. These, coupled with Cigniti’s strong, diverse engineering skills and its DevOps consulting capabilities, support Cigniti in its shift. The vendor also has solid client programs, methods, and frameworks for CT transformation consulting. It provides a breadth of CT practices and services with points of excellence in test execution automation, test environment provisioning, and testing in production.”

About Cigniti:

Cigniti Technologies Limited (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 1800+ career testers 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, Next Generation Testing, and Core Testing.

Media Contacts: Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com

Cigniti Technologies Ltd., a global leader in independent software testing services company, has further strengthened its board by appointing three (3) industry leaders – Mr. R.K. Agarwal, a qualified Chartered Accountant, Mr. Phaneesh Murthy, a global IT industry veteran, and Ms. Nooraine Fazal, Managing Trustee, CEO & Co-Founder of Inventure Academy, on its Board as Independent Directors.

Mr. R. K. Agarwal, aged 64 years, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a 40 years’ experienced professional in various fields like Audit, Taxation, Company Law, Consultancy, etc. He has been a partner with S. R. Batliboi & Co. since 1978 and was the Managing Partner of the Firm at the time of his retirement in June, 2013. Mr Agarwal has been connected with various Chambers of Commerce like Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Indian Chamber of Commerce, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce, etc. as Committee Chairman/Executive Committee Member, Permanent Invitee, etc. He has served as the Chairman of Services, Economic Affairs, Company Law and Taxation Sub-Committees of CII (Eastern Region).

Mr. Phaneesh Murthy has been serving as a Non-Executive Director of Cigniti Technologies Inc, USA (100% subsidiary of Cigniti Technologies Ltd.) since 19th January 2017. Mr. Phaneesh is a business leader with 25 years of experience in structuring and managing large outsourcing deals for Fortune 500 companies whose previous roles include CEO & President of iGate Corporation and Worldwide Head of Sales and Marketing, Head of Communications, and Product Solutions Group at Infosys Ltd. Mr. Phaneesh is widely recognized as an Industry pioneer in propelling organizations to an all-round, multifold growth, and helping them reach leadership positions. He also consults for various businesses.

Ms. Nooraine Fazal has a Master of Science degree in Management from Boston University and has worked with IBM and Reuters for a period of 10 years in a front-line and managerial capacity. Post a period of introspection about the future, Ms. Nooraine returned to India in 2003 (after twelve years across the UK, USA, Middle East, Australia, and the Greater China region) in order to be a ‘citizen with a say’ in the way the country is developing.

Commenting on this, Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman and Managing Director of Cigniti Technologies, said that “This is a very significant development towards strengthening brand Cigniti. In line with our global aspirations, and the planned growth in the years ahead, we believe these three eminent personalities will add immense value in multiple dimensions across the company. I am confident that with their association, inputs, and constant support, we will further accelerate our journey towards becoming the world’s largest and most respected independent software testing services company.”

Cigniti Technologies has appointed Mr. Srikanth Chakkilam as the Chief Executive Officer of the company. In his new role, Srikanth will focus on developing the company strategy to be in line with the vision, mission, and the values of the organization. Srikanth has relocated to US and shall operate from Dallas office.

He will drive client acquisition strategies, provides oversight to Sales, set business targets, and ensure quality deliverables are met to the clients. He shall set the direction to the company, aligning with the markets and shall propel the company to greater heights. Srikanth is a great believer in building a sustainable forward thinking organization with a binding principle called Work = Play. He is focused to build a highly successful, impactful, and ethical business in all forms.

Prior to taking over as CEO, Srikanth was responsible for driving Sales at U.K., EU, ANZ, Middle East, and APAC regions. Further, he was directly involved with the Marketing heads in devising marketing strategies for the Company. He, along with the CFO, represented the company with investors in the public domain.

Srikanth has an MS from the University of Southern California where he was a teaching assistant to Barry Boehm, one of the legends of software engineering and quality. He holds a Graduate Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India.

Speaking on the occasion, Srikanth said “I am proud to have taken over as the CEO of this Company. I thank all the Board members of Cigniti for entrusting me with such a prestigious responsibility. While I am all committed to make this organization the most respected and world’s largest independent software testing services company, I assure you that it is possible only with your support, hard work and the trust you have on us.”
“Every Organization is focusing all their energies and budgets in transforming their products and services to be digitally ready, the need to ensure software quality is taken care with highest priority. New age businesses need new age testing to deliver both quality and speed. Hence, world over Global 2000 companies, Fortune 500 companies and leading, upcoming independent software vendors, product companies and start-ups are partnering with accomplished software quality engineering and independent software testing service providers. This translates to a stated market potential of 25.9 Billion USD for the independent software testing services providers by 2020 and am very confident that we at Cigniti are well positioned to ride this wave of growth,’’ Srikanth added further.

About Cigniti:
Cigniti Technologies Limited (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2200+ 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 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s offerings include Quality Engineering, Digital Assurance, Advisory & Transformation, and Quality Assurance services powered by BlueSwan™ - the next generation proprietary software testing platform.

Phaneesh Murthy, global IT industry veteran, who spearheaded the growth story of companies like Infosys and iGate, has joined the board of Cigniti Technologies Inc. as a Non-Executive Director.

Phaneesh is a business leader with 25 years of experience in structuring and managing large outsourcing deals for Fortune 500 companies. Phaneesh’s previous roles include CEO & President of iGate Corporation and Worldwide Head of Sales and Marketing, Head of Communications, and Product Solutions Group at Infosys Ltd. He also consults for various businesses. Phaneesh is widely recognized as an Industry pioneer in propelling organizations to an all-round, multifold growth, and helping them reach leadership positions.

On this momentous occasion, Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman and Managing Director, Cigniti said “Phaneesh will advise the board and work closely with the Management at Cigniti to drive the business growth. We firmly believe that his association, inputs, and strategic direction will help us further accelerate our journey towards becoming the world’s largest and most respected independent software testing services company.”

Speaking on this occasion, Phaneesh said “In today’s rapidly changing digital world, organizations are powered by Intelligent software. Companies are now leveraging DevOps to release applications on an hourly mode, instead of annual basis as was the norm just a few years ago. I am excited to be a part of the company, which is attempting to ensure this agility through its leading IP-Led software testing services.”

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Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com | +91- 8886093093

Cigniti Technologies has been positioned as a “Niche Player” in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide. Cigniti has been positioned in the Magic Quadrant for 2 years in a row.

“This achievement reinforces our ability to provide world class testing and Quality Engineering services to clients across small to midsize to large enterprises, helping them succeed in their Digital, Agile and DevOps transformation initiatives. We have invested in our domain capabilities and over the years we have developed strong success stories in airlines, BFSI, high tech, retail, and energy & utilities verticals,” says Pradeep Govindasamy – CTO & President - NA, Cigniti Technologies.

“By 2020, Agile and DevOps initiatives will cause at least 75% of enterprises to implement test automation. By 2020, 60% of testing resources will need to have a combination of testing skills, application development skills, and business process skills or industry skills,” Gartner mentioned in the Magic Quadrant.

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“We have great focus on developing IP and methodologies that help client automate testing. Our next generation software testing platform, ‘BlueSwan’ is an outcome of our innovations,” Pradeep added.

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“With this positioning, Gartner Magic Quadrant has featured Cigniti 2 years in a row, solidifying our growth in the software testing services marketplace. We have been growing steadily, with a 57% CAGR during the past four years and more than 40% YoY revenue growth, as well as 38% growth of testing resources from the second half of 2015 through the first half of 2016,” says Srikanth Chakkilam – Executive Director, Cigniti Technologies.

The application testing service market, with a copious number of providers, is fast-growing. Both full IT services providers and dedicated, pure-play application testing service providers coexist. Gartner is aware of about 300 companies in this market. This Magic Quadrant assesses 18 of the leading application service providers based on specified inclusion criteria.

Access Magic Quadrant here.

About Magic Quadrant

Gartner does not endorse any vendor; product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Cigniti

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758) (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing (IST) Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 1800+ career testers 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 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Next Generation Testing, and Core Testing.

1 Gartner Magic Quadrant by Susanne Matson, Patrick J. Sullivan, Gilbert van der Heiden, 28-Nov-16

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Lucy Dass, +91-9618782706
Lucy.dass@2020msl.com

SUBWAY® restaurants was recently presented with the “Most Innovative” award for its Quality Engineering & Assurance practices at LiQE 2016, one of the most prestigious and global Quality Engineering (QE) event held at Texas. Leadership in Quality Engineering (LiQE) has become one of the leading Quality Assurance (QA) platforms, giving QE & QA professionals a forum to learn and share their views on software testing trends.

“We are delighted to have won this award,” said Carman Wenkoff, CIO and Chief Digital Officer of SUBWAY®. “Today, Quality Assurance is so much about the value that end users derive from a product. Organizations are quickly grasping that the job is far from done upon the initial launch or eventual delivery of the product or service.”

Cigniti Technologies is recognized as a Leader by NelsonHall, in the Pure-Play market segment in the recently published NEAT report for Software Testing, 2016. Cigniti has also been identified as a Leader in the Overall, Digital, and Consulting market segments.

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According to NelsonHall’s 2016 Cigniti Software Testing profile by Dominique Raviart, IT Services Practice Director, “Cigniti’s visibility among testing pure-plays is a strength: with its 2,200+ career testers, Cigniti is the second largest software testing pure-play by headcount.” Dominique further added, “Cigniti continues to develop IP and accelerators, like SMART Tools, Migration Tools (QuickLean, Migrate2Selenium) and new age DevOps Dashboard, Agile & Digital IPs. This is in line with NelsonHall’s view that the future of software testing industry is about complementing testing tools with proprietary IP and platforms.”

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Cigniti Technologies is positioned as a Star Performer and Major Contender in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix™ for Independent Testing Report, 2016. In the report, Cigniti has once again been conferred with the “Best in Class” rating for Buyer Satisfaction in the Service Provider Assessment.

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Leading financial media reported Cigniti Technologies as one of the major companies from India to have aggressively invested and grown in London in 2015. The report and the latest data released by London & Partners, the official promotional company for London says, Since 2005 there has been a 117 per cent increase in Indian companies across all business sectors investing in London, with a 133 per cent increase in tech companies investing in the city, which accounts for 46 per cent of all projects, according to the latest data. The data mentions "Major tech investments in London from India in recent years include software testing service Cigniti Technologies.”

2015 witnessed tremendous increase in adoption of digital transformation, and digital assurance will now play a key role in 2016. According to Pradeep Govindasamy, CTO & President – Americas at Cigniti Technologies, following are the key software testing trends for this year.

Confianza Integrated Communications (P) Ltd. is hosting the 2nd edition of the annual BFSI India Conclave on the 14th & 15th of May at the Holiday Inn Resorts, Goa this year. Partner to the event are some of the most prestigious organizations, Xerox being the Platinum Partner, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. as the Gold Partner, CtrlS as the Keynote Partner, Cigniti as the Bronze Partner and f5 Networks as the supporting partner.

The conclave brings together the top names of the BFSI sector, participating in tech talks, panel discussions, presentations and workshops.

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Cigniti, North America’s largest independent software testing services company, is pleased to announce its partnership with ZAPTEST, a leader in cross-client / cross-platform test automation. With this partnership, Cigniti is further equipped to offer the most innovative and cost-effective mobile and cross-environment test automation services to its valued customers.
As a channel partner of ZAPTEST, Cigniti will resell the licenses of ZAP products and leverage its software suite of test automation solutions for MOBILE, Windows, Mac, Linux and Agile/CI environments to deliver faster, cheaper and better mobile test automation services. ZAPTEST offers market-leading products for enterprise testing that allow testing of any software application and execution of test framework across multiple environments. This partnership allows Cigniti to offer flexible test coverage to its customers with maximum ROI by reducing number of test artifacts and the need for test script maintenance. Main products of ZAPTEST for test automation include: zapFARM Private Cloud – a test device hosting management system for mobile and conventional devices, ZAP-fiX add-in for HP UFT, and ZAPTEST MultiRun for expedited test execution on mobile and conventional devices with single test script.

Speaking about the partnership, Pradeep Govindasamy, CTO, Cigniti Technologies said, “With the proliferation of mobile and wireless devices, enterprises are rapidly building rich and personalized mobile apps across multiple platforms and devices in addition to conventional web or desktop applications. There has been great traction towards web and mobile test automation services including mobile device provisioning and mobile performance testing that ensure effective functionality and performance of web and mobile applications. We have evaluated the marketplace for effective test automation tools and partners that can support us in addressing such demand, and selected ZAPTEST for its innovative portfolio of testing products and solutions integrated with HP’s market leading solutions in the functional testing and the ALM space. By leveraging ZAPTEST’s products, we will help our customers transform their business-critical applications into next-generation mobile infrastructure that increase business flexibility.”

"We are extremely excited to build this relationship with Cigniti for many important reasons, but are particularly attracted to our common cultures and histories as software testing innovators and the incredible QA and testing expertise that Cigniti brings to our collaboration on a worldwide basis. We both strongly believe that as enterprises increasingly develop and deploy key business and commercial applications to diverse and dynamic mobile and conventional platforms in order to increase revenues and competitive position, it is critical that they collaborate with vendor partners that bring more than technology alone, but can demonstrate expertise and experience throughout the entire delivery and testing environment. Both ZAP and Cigniti can immediately take a seat across the table from enterprise customers that need efficient way to do modern software testing and speak a common language," said Alex Chernyak, Founder and CTO of ZAPTEST.

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Cigniti Technologies, a leading provider of independent software testing services globally, today announced that it has been positioned as a "Challenger" in the Gartner's 2015 Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide. Please visit https://staging.cigniti.com/analyst-commentary-by-Gartner to view the full report.

The Magic Quadrant Report assesses 17 of the leading application service providers based on specified inclusion criteria. It reviews each provider's strengths and cautions in the application testing service categories, as well as emphasizes the areas the providers are strong in and the areas that need improvement.

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Alfa Mutual Insurance Co. has partnered with Cigniti Technologies to establish a dedicated Test Center of Excellence (TCoE). This multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract is just the latest step Alfa® is taking to enhance its technology.

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Verbat Technologies, a Global Digital Technology Services company and Cigniti, a Global Leader in Independent Software Testing Services, today announced a strategic partnership to bring together a potent combination of Digital Technology Services and Quality Assurance for the UK and the European markets.

As part of this partnership, Verbat and Cigniti will jointly offer One Digital that brings together Distributed Agile Development and DevOps based Quality Assurance.

Jijo Olassa, CEO at Verbat Technologies, comments, "We have a strong presence in the UK and Continental Europe market and have already built a reputation of being a one stop shop for the Digital Technology needs of Enterprises, particularly around Microsoft, Open Source, and Mobile technologies. Through this strategic partnership with Cigniti, we will be able to provide end-to-end services in the Digital Technology space.”

Sharing his excitement at the partnership, Srikanth Chakkilam, Executive Director at Cigniti, said, "The UK and Continental Europe are growth markets for us, and we see Verbat’s market presence helping us serve even more clients. As digital technology disrupts every facet of the industry, clients are looking for a comprehensive offering that can ensure quality software delivered at the speed of agile delivery. We are confident this partnership will meet these needs.” Nanda Padmaraju, VP, Sales – UK and Europe added, “DevOps, aided by emerging technologies like Cloud, Big Data, Mobility and IoT are helping enterprises bring differentiated offerings quickly to their customers. Quality@Speed is increasingly becoming the central theme in this new Digital era. Cigniti and Verbat complement each other perfectly in our ability to deliver a pragmatic end-to-end service offering to our clients which assures superior software quality.”

About Verbat Technologies

Verbat is a Digital Technology Services company delivering Internet and Mobile Solutions to Enterprises, through Agile Development and Application Management methodologies. Our primary expertise is in Microsoft, Open Source, Mobile and Cloud Technologies. We leverage our Innovation Ecosystem to bring disruptive thinking to next-generation Digital Technology Services and Products. We service our customers across the globe via our offices in the USA, UK, UAE and India.

About Cigniti

Cigniti Technologies Limited (BSE: 534758, www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing (IST) Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 1800+ experts 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 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include services in Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Next Generation Testing, and Core Testing. With over a decade of experience in serving several 500 fortune enterprises, Cigniti has translated its learning and solutions into SMART Tools™ to accelerate test efforts. Cigniti has India's first of its kind Robotics Test Lab, a Mobile Cloud Test Lab with HP & Experitest, a Cloud enabled Performance Test Lab, and an IoT & Smart Meter Lab. Leading Analysts like Gartner, Forrester, NelsonHall, Everest, Frost & Sullivan, and Forbes recognize Cigniti as a leader in the IST Services space. Cigniti has been awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud 6 framework for providing Lot 4: Specialist Cloud Services that provide PSEs better access to Cigniti's expertise. Cigniti’s CSR initiative, Project Cignificance, aims to impact 1 million+ lives through education as an enabler.

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Cigniti Technologies, the world's third largest independent software testing provider, and Enov8, the specialist provider of DevTest Environment Management and Data management solutions, announced a partnership that allows Cigniti to strengthen Agile & DevOps testing services based on Enov8's DevTest products & solutions.

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