OREANDA-NEWS. Box (NYSE:BOX) and Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) today announced a collaboration that will help enterprises transform the way they work with Box Platform. The companies will build and deliver custom solutions for vertical industries that modernize business processes, drive productivity, and replace legacy infrastructure by moving enterprise content to the cloud.

"Box Platform represents a transformative way for businesses in every industry to create new digital experiences for their employees, customers and partners,” said Jeetu Patel, SVP of Platform and Chief Strategy Officer, Box. "We’re thrilled to partner with Cognizant and leverage their deep client relationships to deliver solutions that will help our joint customers achieve new levels of productivity and value.”

Cognizant and Box will develop industry-specific solutions for customers in a variety of markets, including healthcare, life sciences, financial services, insurance, media and entertainment, manufacturing and logistics, and retail. Cognizant will also be Box's preferred systems integrations partner for creating customized migration approaches for moving critical business content from legacy environments to Box. The two companies will provide training, consulting and custom services for customers.

“Documents still sit at the core of many business processes today,” said Sean Middleton, Chief Operating Officer, Emerging Business Accelerator, Cognizant. “As clients transform those processes, Box Platform enables us to quickly build flexible solutions that leverage enterprise-grade content management, collaboration and security capabilities.”

Founded in 2005, Box (NYSE:BOX) is transforming the way people and organizations work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. As a leading enterprise content management platform, Box helps businesses of all sizes in every industry securely access and manage their critical information in the cloud. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process services, dedicated to helping the world’s leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. With over 100 development and delivery centers worldwide and approximately 221,700 employees as of December 31, 2015, Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.