Cognizant Plans To Buy Fellow Microsoft Partner Of The Year 3Cloud

Cognizant Plans To Buy Fellow Microsoft Partner Of The Year 3Cloud

By Wade Tyler Millward
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Judson Althoff, Microsoft’s newly promoted CEO of its commercial business, says the deal ‘will create one of the most capable and credentialed partners in the Azure ecosystem.’


Cognizant, No. 7 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500, plans to buy repeat Microsoft partner of the year winner 3Cloud by the close of the first quarter of 2026.

Teaneck, N.J.-based Cognizant will add 3Cloud’s 1,000-plus Azure experts and engineers and 1,500-plus Microsoft certifications to its capabilities, according to a statement Thursday. The companies did not disclose financial terms for the deal. 3Cloud is also an Elite Databricks partner.

“This acquisition marks a pivotal step in Cognizant’s strategy to empower our clients for the future of enterprise AI,” Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S said in a statement. “3Cloud’s deep Azure expertise, industry-aligned…