Cognizant (CTSH) Buys Pepperweed Advisor Assets

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH), a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, announced the take- over of substantially all of the assets of Pepperweed Advisors. Pepperweed Advisors is the IT consulting services division of Pepperweed Consulting. The acquisition brings to Cognizant's IT Infrastructure Services (IT IS) practice a strategic consulting capability in two areas - IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM).