Application Development

Drawing on our experience in all major industries, we develop solutions that meet the most challenging IT problems.

Our team follows one of two approaches to development. In full lifecycle application projects, we assume complete responsibility for analysis, design, implementation, testing and integration of systems. In cooperative development, we work with your IT professionals to jointly analyze, design, implement, test and integrate systems.

Cognizant Advance Apps (CA2)

CA2 is an Agile application development and deployment platform using open and standard technology. It simplifies and streamlines application design and development through visual modeling, instant code generation and automatic deployment. This model enables faster development of enterprise‑class applications, improves developer productivity and reduces time to market. CA2 offers solutions and services in these areas:

• Enterprise application development
• Mobile application development
• Rapid business prototyping
• Industrialization solutions
• Product training, consulting, support and customization

The functional components of CA2 include:

• CA2 App Studio: Helps jumpstart prototyping of Web applications using visual modeling, business logic and APIs.
• CA2 Server: Converts application models to working code using templates. It includes a prototyping engine for rapid generation of business prototypes, a collaboration engine for collaborative development using visual modeling and solution accelerators.
• CA2 Store: An organization-wide repository of assets and reference applications.

Advanced Solutions

With experience across all major industries, we can create solutions for meeting the most challenging IT problems. We combine deep technology expertise, architecture solutions capability and program management skills to help you integrate and acquire new capabilities for heterogeneous systems that span both mainstream and emerging technologies.

Specialists across our global delivery network work with you to provide the skills you need, when you need them, for streamlining, managing and maximizing all systems, applications and enterprise platforms including:

• Java/J2EE
• Microsoft .NET
• Portals and content management
• SOA
• Messaging and integration