Cognizant, a global technology company, has introduced Cognizant Flowsource, a generative AI-enabled platform aimed at powering the new era of software engineering. The platform integrates all stages of the software development lifecycle, from design to launch, providing a unified experience for all stakeholders. Cognizant Flowsource leverages artificial intelligence tooling and process orchestration to enhance work pace, control, and transparency. It offers features such as self-service templates for code and environment provisioning, automated testing, documentation, enterprise knowledge bases for code reuse, and trained copilots for expediting coding processes.
Cognizant addresses the challenges organizations face in adapting to emerging technology, new industry players, and evolving customer demands. The platform aims to improve quality and consistency across development, enhancing scalability and market readiness for new products and services.
Prasad Sankaran, Executive Vice President of Cognizant’s Software and Platform Engineering highlighted that Cognizant Flowsource goes beyond increasing productivity by ensuring high-quality code output through well-architected practices and multiple levels of quality checks. The platform enables talent to focus on essential tasks rather than repetitive, non-value-added work.
Mukesh Dialani, IDC Research Vice President for Digital Engineering and Operational Technology Services emphasized that Cognizant Flowsource accelerates work processes while maintaining transparency within organizations’ software engineering ecosystems. The platform facilitates faster problem-solving, better understanding of impact, and seamless delivery of strategy.
Cognizant Flowsource is designed as an extendable platform, allowing organizations to incorporate third-party plugins to further expedite work processes. The introduction of Cognizant Flowsource is part of Cognizant’s commitment to upholding responsible and ethical AI principles, focusing on safety, security, privacy, transparency, and inclusivity. It joins Cognizant’s suite of platform offerings aimed at managing IT environment complexities and facilitating the transition to a cloud-native architecture.
