Cognizant is a global IT services company founded in 1994 with over 821 active customers, 50 global operations centers, and 25 regional sales offices. They have one of the largest IBM Smarter Process practices with over 2100 trained consultants and 200 deployments. The presentation discusses how customer experience is transforming industries and proposes the concept of "Code Halo's" to describe the digital information around any noun. It also describes how Cognizant leverages technologies like big data, analytics, and complex event processing to enable digital transformation through engaging, integrated, and contextual experiences.