Cognizant opens collaboratory in Melbourne

Digital professional services Cognizant has opened what it is calling a Digital Business Collaboratory in Melbourne.

The new facility will provide a dedicated space, as well as technology and a team of experts, for clients to use to work with the company and its partners to design and test innovative digital economy solutions.

With the facility, Cognizant expects to add more than 100 jobs in Melbourne over the next three years.

At the launch of the collaboratory, Cognizant held a workshop designed to demonstrate the potential of the space by imagining what Melbourne might look like in 2030 with the innovative application of new technologies.

Ideas presented include developing a single platform designed to give Melbourne residents access to data about the city’s people, places, services and events, as well as creating a safe and eco-friendly network of autonomous vehicles able to understand each other’s location, speed and direction.

Cognizant Head of Digital Business for APAC and the Middle East Dr John Burgin said the collaboratory has been designed to reflect the company’s understanding that success in the digital economy means balancing new technologies with a deep understanding of human wants and needs.

“Our collaboratory in Melbourne will bring the Internet of Things (IoT) to life and apply artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver brand new experiences for people. The collaboratory integrates these elements in a practical creative space that will help our clients and partners innovate securely and quickly,” he said.

“Cognizant’s new collaboratory opening in Victoria is a huge vote of confidence for our local tech sector and the growing talent pool we have here,” added Victorian Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade Philip Dalidakis, who inaugurated the facility by cutting a digital ribbon with a VR light sabre.

“To have another world-leading digital company choose Melbourne as its operational base for Australia cements our reputation as a magnet for tech and business investment.”

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