ESG is crucial to becoming a modern business. As the banking industry gathered at the Di BankTech event in Stockholm, we deep-dived into key challenges for financial services institutions when it comes to ESG commitments, establishing a data-driven approach and forming an ESG-inclusive culture.
More than half of Swedish businesses have derived significant value from tech investments (not from AI though), according to a recent study from The Economist. However, most businesses are in need of a data-driven intelligence boost in their quest to become future-ready.
Cognizant joins the Girls in Tech Nordic board driving the importance of inspiring girls to explore the exciting world of technology, science, and engineering.
How do you prepare a business for whatever happens next? According to the results from a recent comprehensive Economist Impact study, the ingredients are about getting the full value from technology investments and data, ensuring that the workforce has a digital mindset and taking real ESG action to become resilient.
How can banks position themselves for faster, more purpose-driven cloud adoption? What are the pitfalls? How should they think about multi-cloud strategies and the “hyperscalers” to unleash the business value from cloud?
Cognizant and Microsoft share a common purpose to improve everyday life. We kicked off our commitment to the Microsoft Partner Pledge in Sweden by supporting #SkillUpSweden. Here is how our team could see the eagerness among the participating teenagers to learn how to code and build amazing games, apps and websites.
In recent years, the new technology market has exploded, and at the same time, the world is facing a major transformation to reach the Paris Agreement and the 17 UN sustainable development goals. As a global consulting company, we think that the technology industry should be considered as an ecosystem, where we share innovation that contributes to protecting what is best for our planet. Within boundaries that still generate profitability; we need to take a step back, to look at things from what is best for society.
Cognizant’s Green Rush report states that the impact of sustainability investments goes beyond regulatory compliance – a majority of respondents believe initiatives are also linked to business gains. EU is ahead of the rest of the world, and I believe Swedish companies are well-positioned in this context. Here, I explain why.
New joiner Patrik Tillman is strengthening our Gothenburg office as our new Client Relationship Manager for the Volvo Cars accounts with the purpose to drive growth and build our brand in the Western region of Sweden. Tillman combines his strong background within business development and relationship management with a sporty spirit.
Roland Revsäter joins us at Cognizant’s Sweden office as a Service Line Specialist (SLS), Digital Business & Technology for Industry+, including the Internet of Things. Here he lets us know what can transform a client business and that he enjoys restoring antique radios in his spare time.
Explore Cognizant’s annual report, our response to Covid-19, and how we are preparing for the post-Covid-19 world, in which we believe clients weill be accelerating their shift to operating with digital business models.
According to industry estimates, roughly 80% of digital initiatives ultimately fail. Why? Many digital initiatives are conducted as side experiments, are focused on incremental enhancements to a user experience, aren’t scalable or don’t address significant problems related to broken processes. A more holistic approach can combat that – think big, start small, put humans at center, and scale quickly.
