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Cognizant Selected by EBRD for Five-Year Tech Blueprint Partnership
By News Desk ·
Key takeaways
- Cognizant was selected by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as a strategic partner for a five-year framework supporting the bank's Tech Blueprint.
- Cognizant plans to bring Neuro IT Operations, Flowsource and WorkNEXT to support service management, software engineering and workplace solutions at the EBRD.
- The framework covers outcome-led managed services and fixed-capacity services spanning digital and workplace management, cloud infrastructure, data and security, software engineering, automation and AI.
Cognizant has been selected by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as a strategic partner for a five-year framework supporting the bank's Tech Blueprint technology transformation programme, the company said on October 26, 2026. PR Newswire published the announcement.
Cognizant's Role in the EBRD Tech Blueprint
Under the five-year framework, Cognizant aims to deliver technology services across two service models: outcome-led managed services and fixed-capacity services. The scope spans digital and workplace management, cloud infrastructure, data and security, software engineering, automation and AI. The framework also involves a programme of continuous improvement and innovation designed to enhance services, strengthen resilience and deliver measurable value over time.
Cognizant plans to bring three proprietary AI solutions to the EBRD. Neuro IT Operations is intended to improve visibility across the bank's technology estate, anticipate and resolve issues faster, and strengthen service resilience. Flowsource is intended to deliver software faster and enable self-healing and left-shift capabilities by applying generative and agentic AI across the software development lifecycle. WorkNEXT is intended to provide workplace management through AI-powered voice and translation services and agent-enabled support orchestration.
Subhash Chandra Jose, Managing Director for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, said: "At the EBRD, the Tech Blueprint is our strategic roadmap for enhancing the technology and capabilities that support the Bank's mission and transformation." Simon Reeves, Director Technology at the EBRD, said the bank partnered with Cognizant for its managed services expertise, AI-enabled delivery and results-driven ways of working. Rohit Gupta, UK&I Managing Director at Cognizant, said the EBRD operates in a demanding, highly governed environment across three continents.
Cognizant's Recent AI and Partnership Moves
According to akta.pro company records, Cognizant completed the $600 million acquisition of Astreya in June 2026, expanding its AI infrastructure managed services capability and adding specialist capacity for AI operations deployments. The same records show Cognizant launched the Sovereign Physical AI Platform-as-a-Service in June 2026, extending the Neuro AI portfolio into operational technology, and deepened its ServiceNow partnership through integration of the Neuro AI Multi-Agent Accelerator.
Earlier Cognizant Partnerships This Month
On October 20, 2026, Cognizant was selected by Ingenico as its global strategic technology partner under a five-year agreement, embedding AI across Ingenico's infrastructure, security and data, PR Newswire reported. On October 19, 2026, Cognizant and Google Cloud announced an expanded partnership to accelerate agentic AI adoption, establishing a Gemini Frontier Capability Group with over 18,000 dedicated engineers, PR Newswire reported. On October 22, 2026, Cognizant launched Cognizant AI Nexus, a modular operating layer to govern AI spend, quality and results, PR Newswire reported.