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This strategic move makes Cognizant one of Microsoft's largest Azure partners with enhanced capacity to deliver broad AI transformation projects. Enables enterprise modernization, cost reductions, and productivity gains at scale in healthcare and customer experience.

Cognizant and 3Cloud Acquisition Enhances Healthcare AI Intelligent Automation with Microsoft Azure

Use case typeAI development platformUpdated Jun 13, 2026

Cognizant has completed the acquisition of 3Cloud, combining Cognizant's global scale with 3Cloud's deep Azure, AI, and data expertise. The combined company now has over 21,000 Azure-certified specialists, making it one of Microsoft's most credentialed partners globally. 3Cloud, founded by former Microsoft executives, has delivered engineering-focused cloud engagements across banking, healthcare, technology, and consumer sectors. This acquisition strengthens Cognizant's position in delivering AI-driven cloud-native transformations especially in the healthcare and customer experience sectors.

Organization: Cognizant
Industry: Healthcare
Location: United States
Published: January 2026

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Strategic outcomes

New product / capabilityExpanded AI and automation delivery capabilitiesCompetitive differentiationStrengthened position in healthcare AI transformationsScale & capacityEnhanced capacity for large-scale AI projectsCost efficiencyEnabled enterprise modernization and cost reductions

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1AI-driven cloud-native transformation
2AI intelligent automation
3Healthcare modernization

Modernizing healthcare and enterprise systems to overcome inefficiencies, skill shortages, and integration challenges in deploying AI-driven customer experience and healthcare processes.

Integration of 3Cloud's Azure expertise with Cognizant’s global scale to offer end-to-end AI infrastructure, automation, and cloud integration capabilities using Microsoft Azure, Azure AI, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power Automate, and Microsoft Foundry.
Leveraging Microsoft's AI and automation solutions to drive business innovation and operational efficiency in healthcare and customer experience.

Technologies

Microsoft Azure Azure AI Power Platform Dynamics 365 Microsoft 365 Copilot Power Automate Microsoft Foundry

This strategic move makes Cognizant one of Microsoft's largest Azure partners with enhanced capacity to deliver broad AI transformation projects.
Enables enterprise modernization, cost reductions, and productivity gains at scale in healthcare and customer experience.

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3Cloud

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