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Cigniti Technologies, formerly known as Chakkilam Infotech Limited is an Independent Software Testing Services Company, headquartered in Irwing, Texas. Cigniti technologies is publicly listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange and provides software testing services to enterprises and product companies in Europe, Asia and India. Cigniti Inc is the subsidiary arm in USA.

History
Chakkilam Infotech Private limited was incorporated in September 1998. In January 2000, Chakkilam became a Public Limited Company. The maiden public issue of HSE took place in January 2004 and in February 2008; the equity share was listed in Bangalore Stock Exchange. Later in May 2011, the company’s Equity Share was listed in Madras Stock Exchange.

Acquisition
In January 2012, Chakkilam Infotech acquired 100% stake in Cigniti Inc., a Texas based firm and its Indian arm Cigniti Software Services Private limited, Hyderabad, India. With the acquisition, Chakkilam infotech rebranded itself as Cigniti and became India’s largest Independent Software Testing Services Company. As on November 2012, the company’s revenue run rate was $27 Million at a consolidated growth rate of 17.6% in the third quarter.

Expansion
The company saw expansion in the executive management level by hiring industry experts to lead operations, enterprise solutions and Global sales. As part of the brand building initiatives, a new logo was released in October 2011, while the website was redesigned and launched in November 2012

Income
A substantial amount of income is from export services.

Offices and Locations
In March 2012, the global delivery center was moved from Panjagutta to Hi-tech city in Hyderabad, India. The global headquarters is located in Irwing Texas. In addition, the company operates out of
 * London
 * Bogota
 * Des Moines
 * San Jose
 * Atlanta
 * Dallas

Services and Solutions
Cigniti offers independent software testing services to ISVs, ITeS and Corporations. The service portfolio offers patented frameworks, test suites, tools and clouds. The test offerings include:
 * Security
 * Regression
 * Performance
 * Compatibility
 * Functionality
 * Test the Cloud
 * Test Automation
 * Mobile application
 * Testing as a Service
 * Test Advisory Services
 * Test Center of Excellence

The company's latest promotions have been centered around Smart Tools as effective point solutions that bridge the requirement gaps.
 * Static Requirements Analyzer
 * Automation accelerator Kit
 * iGenerate Test Scenarios
 * Web Services Validator
 * Performance Analyzer
 * Cigniti TestCloud
 * CIO Dashboards
 * Test Optimizer

Verticals

 * Automotive
 * Banking and Financial Service
 * E-Learning
 * Energy & Utilities
 * Healthcare
 * Media and Entertainment
 * Retail
 * Technology
 * Travel & Hospitality
 * Logistics
 * Embedded systems and Robotics

CSR: Project Cignificance
Cigniti’s CSR initiatives are undertaken under Project Cignificance. Project Cignificance is aimed to empower education with technology. The present initiative aims to impact Telugu medium school students by translating The Khan academy videos into Telugu. The videos are related to Mathematics and Science subjects that fall into the school syllabus followed across the state of Andhra Pradesh from standard V to X. As on February 15, 2012, the project has translated 75 Khan Academy videos into Telugu and launched them on the Khan Academy Telugu portal. In collaboration with project 511, Cigniti provides black boards and furniture to government run schools in Hyderabad.

Partnerships
Cigniti is a certified mobile testing partner of Keynote DeviceAnywhere.The company offers testing services to clients who choose to use the Mobile Testing Platform (Platform as a Service) of Keynote DeviceAnywhere.

Industry presence
Cigniti is known to promote Software testing at Industry events and conferences. The company’s interests in promoting viable cloud infrastructure for software testing were demonstrated in a session on Anti-cloud patterns in November 2012. Testing for Big Data applications is also being brought out as the next key offering by the enterprise. In line with the emerging trends, Cigniti promotes Testlets as a reliable Quality assurance mechanism for Big Data applications. Cigniti is recognized as a stakeholder in the IT industry and is known to facilitate media organized symposiums on emerging trends in IT careers

HR Policy
The human resource management group follows an ‘open door’ policy to maintain and promote transparency and accessibility across functions. Work schedules are spaced out to ensure proper work-balance. Decision making is known to e delegated across all levels of the workforce.