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Cognizant Acquires Zaffera

Cognizant, a provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Zaffera,  a strategic SAP retail consulting and software development firm based in Princeton, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. You can find the company’s official statement on the deal here.

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