Cognizant technologies, a leading provider of global consulting, technology and business process services, has entered into a five-year agreement with UK-based AstraZeneca, a leading pharmaceutical major, to provide application maintenance services in the business-critical areas of research, clinical development, and sales and marketing.

Under the extended agreement, Cognizant will work with AstraZeneca's Global Shared Services organization and implement world class, end-to-end application maintenance services. 

Geometric Limited, a leading provider of Engineering Services and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions and technologies, has entered into a reseller agreement with Autoline Design Software Limited (Autoline), a wholly owned subsidiary of Autoline Industries Limited.

Under this deal, AUTOLINE will distribute Geometric's desktop products like eDrawings Publishers, DFMPro and GeomCaliper.

Vakrangee Softwares Ltd., a leading integrated document management and printing management solutions provider, has entered into an agreement with Mumbai-based Financial Information Network and Operations Ltd. (FINO), the Smart Card Solution Provider.

Under the arrangement, both partners will combine their complementary skills and expertise for execution of the Rashtriya Swathya Bima Yojana (RSBY) scheme announced by Government of India for the provision of Health Insurance cover to families below poverty line.

Reliance Communications and HTC Corporation entered into a strategic alliance to introduce the innovation-packed HTC Touch Diamond - CDMA (P3051) in the Indian market.

The recent declaration further strengthens the successful partnership between HTC and Reliance Communication to roll out superior and top-notch mobile handsets for India in the strong-growing CDMA market in India.

Under the alliance, the HTC Touch Diamond - CDMA (P3051) will be exclusively provided on Reliance Communications state-of-the-art wireless network spread across 15,000 towns and 4 lakh Indian villages.