Outsourcing specialist Cognizant has acquired Galileo Performance, a Paris-based provider of information technology (IT) testing consulting services.

Galileo will expand and complement Cognizant’s fast-growing global testing practice, currently among the world’s largest with more than 10,000 testing professionals, while strengthening Cognizant’s existing business presence in France.

The company supports French companies in the optimisation and extension of business performance through IT system measurement, management and testing.

Outsourced testing services have been growing significantly, not only for their value in lowering the cost of quality assurance and software maintenance, but also for ensuring tighter alignment of IT with business objectives, greater operational effectiveness, and improved governance and risk mitigation.