Five-year agreement will help simplify and modernize Ingenico’s global technology operations

LONDON, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced that it has been chosen by Ingenico, the smart technology powering in-person commerce, as its global strategic technology partner. Under the five-year agreement, Cognizant has been tasked with embedding AI across Ingenico’s infrastructure and operations, security and data to support the modernization of Ingenico’s technology operations, including infrastructure, security, business and corporate applications and data systems, while providing managed services across end-user services, service desk, application support and engineering.

Every day, Ingenico’s smart technology powers millions of interactions worldwide, helping businesses deliver better customer experiences, build loyalty and drive growth. By combining seamless payment acceptance with powerful data and insights, Ingenico enables customers to reduce complexity and get more from every interaction, all backed by the security, reliability and trust the company is known for. To support its next phase of growth and innovation, Ingenico sought a strategic technology partner to simplify and modernize its technology operations and create a scalable foundation for future growth.

Cognizant will support the consolidation and modernization of Ingenico’s IT environment, helping strengthen security, improve operational efficiency and increase agility across the business.

“The payments industry continues to evolve rapidly, with growing demands around security, resilience, operational efficiency and innovation,” said Rohit Gupta, UK&I Managing Director at Cognizant. “We’re proud to have been selected by Ingenico as a strategic partner. Together, we’ll help modernize key operations, strengthen core technology foundations and support Ingenico’s long-term growth ambitions.”

“At Ingenico, we’re constantly evolving our technology and capabilities to help our customers grow, simplify complexity and deliver superior customer experiences,” commented Tim Fulton, CIO at Ingenico. “As we looked for a partner to support the next phase of that journey, Cognizant stood out through its industry expertise, global scale and understanding of our business. Together, we will modernize key IT operations, strengthen the foundations that underpin the trusted solutions our customers rely on, and increase agility across the business to support future growth and innovation.”

About Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is an AI builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

About Ingenico 
Ingenico is the smart technology powering in-person commerce. Every day, its intelligent solutions help businesses turn millions of payment interactions into opportunities to deliver superior customer experiences, build loyalty and increase revenue. 

With more than four decades of innovation and expertise, over 3,000 employees worldwide, and tens of millions of devices deployed across more than 120 countries, Ingenico combines seamless acceptance with powerful data and insights. Its intelligent solutions help businesses reduce complexity, grow faster and get more from every customer interaction, backed by the reliability, security and trust for which Ingenico is known. For more information, visit www.ingenico.com

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Continent 8 is the first partner globally to run Varnish CDN in a Box in production, powering SecureEdge, its managed CDN with built-in edge security, on its own private network.

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Varnish Software, the data acceleration platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Continent 8 Technologies, a leading provider of managed hosting, connectivity, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions for the global iGaming and online sports betting industry. Continent 8’s managed CDN service, SecureEdge CDN, is built on Varnish CDN in a Box, deployed directly onto Continent 8’s private network. As the first partner globally to use the model, Continent 8 brought SecureEdge live in a fraction of the time an in-house CDN build typically takes. The service combines content delivery with built-in edge security, including DDoS mitigation and a standard WAF, with an Advanced WAF available as an add-on.

From software to a managed service

Varnish has developed high-performance caching and content acceleration technology for nearly two decades, with its flagship product, Varnish Enterprise, built on the open-source Varnish Cache engine. CDN in a Box packages that technology as a complete, turnkey managed service that infrastructure owners can deploy on their own network.

The model is designed for telcos, hosting providers, and managed service providers that want to turn existing network capacity into a new source of revenue, without the capital expenditure and engineering overhead required to build a CDN from scratch. Varnish provides pre-configured cache nodes, a centralized control plane, and 24/7 managed operations, while the service runs on the partner’s infrastructure under the partner’s own brand.

The Continent 8 deployment

Continent 8 provides managed hosting, connectivity, cloud, and cybersecurity services to iGaming and online sports betting operators and suppliers worldwide, operating a private network across more than 100 locations globally.

Running SecureEdge CDN on infrastructure it already operates lets Continent 8 offer a high-performance, white-label CDN without a separate build-out or multi-year development timeline. For iGaming businesses, SecureEdge CDN provides:

Low-latency delivery for real-time gaming, live dealer, streaming, and betting applications, with traffic kept on Continent 8’s private network and delivered on-net when the origin is hosted with Continent 8.Control over where content is served from, to match target markets and in-jurisdiction requirements.Integrated edge security, with a standard WAF covering the OWASP Top 10 and DDoS mitigation, plus an Advanced WAF with managed rule sets and bot detection available as an add-on.Origin shielding and cache persistence to protect infrastructure during traffic surges.Managed TLS certificates, instant cache purge and real-time traffic statistics.A single, trusted vendor relationship, with the CDN delivered and supported under the Continent 8 brand.

Jesper Hedblom, Head of Varnish CDN at Varnish Software, said: “Continent 8 already has the network, the customer relationships, and the trust of the iGaming industry. What we’ve done is give them a way to turn that into a CDN business of their own, fully branded and backed by Varnish’s technology and operations. It’s a model we think a lot of infrastructure owners will want to follow.”

Justin Cosnett, Chief Product Officer at Continent 8 Technologies, said: “Our customers demand high-performance, resilient and secure digital infrastructure, particularly during peak sporting events and periods of significant traffic growth. Through our partnership with Varnish Software, we’ve been able to bring a fully managed CDN and edge security solution to market quickly, while leveraging our global infrastructure footprint and industry expertise to deliver the experience and support our customers expect from Continent 8 Technologies.”

Any telco, hosting provider, or managed service provider with its own network footprint can deploy Varnish CDN in a Box, turning existing infrastructure into a branded, revenue-generating CDN service for its own customers.

About Varnish Software

Varnish Software is a global leader in high-performance caching and content delivery. Trusted by leading streaming services and enterprises worldwide, Varnish optimizes the delivery of digital content, APIs, and applications. Its customizable platform empowers businesses to scale efficiently, reduce costs, and deliver outstanding user experiences across video, web, and cloud environments. Varnish is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Learn more at varnish-software.com.

About Continent 8 Technologies

Continent 8 Technologies is an award-winning, multi-jurisdictional global hosting, connectivity, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions provider. Connecting and managing critical digital infrastructure, Continent 8 operates a private global network spanning more than 100 locations, trusted by the world’s leading brands in regulated industries such as iGaming. Learn more at continent8.com.

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Investment opens new London office and fuels regional hiring as enterprises move to prevention-first cybersecurity

LONDON, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chainguard, the trusted source for open source, today announced $200 million in continued investment in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) to accelerate growth, strengthen regional customer support, and help organisations prevent AI software supply chain attacks. The investment reflects Chainguard’s multi-year expansion in EMEA, including opening a new office in London to serve as its EMEA hub and adding 200 new roles across engineering, sales, and customer success in the region.

The urgency of software supply chain security in EMEA

Open source software (OSS) now comprises over 90% of the code in modern applications, and almost none of it is written by the organization shipping it. Those inherited dependencies carry vulnerabilities, many of which have sat dormant for years. Frontier AI models like Claude Mythos and GPT-6 Astra can now surface those vulnerabilities and chain low- and medium-severity flaws that teams routinely deprioritise into working exploits in a matter of hours. Traditional approaches to patching cannot keep up, and the only defence that scales is prevention.

At the same time, increasing scrutiny under compliance frameworks and regulatory standards like DORA, NIS2, PCI DSS, and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), as well as sector-specific requirements in finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, means organisations must find scalable ways to reduce their attack surface and demonstrate end-to-end software integrity.

“Pulling open source straight from public registries is like picking a USB stick up off the pavement and plugging it into your laptop. Maybe you could survive that when finding a flaw took a human engineer months, but you can’t now that a model does it in an afternoon,” said Ian Burley, Group Vice President, EMEA, Chainguard. “Some of the best engineering and security teams we work with are in EMEA, and they know prevention is the only option. We’re putting $200 million, a London office, and 200 new roles behind them, so more organisations across EMEA can put an end to AI supply chain attacks.”

Strong growth and customer adoption in EMEA

Chainguard has experienced remarkable growth in EMEA since first establishing a presence in the region in October 2023. In the past 12 months alone, Chainguard:

Saw 400%+ year-on-year ARR growth in EMEA;Expanded its customer base by 800% in EMEA;And started working with EMEA-based organisations such as Aleph Alpha, Cato Networks, and Siemens.

Organisations around the world are turning to Chainguard to enable their engineering teams to build at machine speed while preventing supply chain attacks. Chainguard now serves more than 800 customers globally and was named a Leader in the inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Software Supply Chain Security in June 2026.

“By fundamentally reducing supply chain risk in our platforms with Chainguard, we strengthened the reliability of a system that supports global shipping operations across hundreds of ports and thousands of daily transactions. Just as importantly, we achieved this without diverting engineering capacity from our broader Freight Information System transformation,” said Daniel Höpfner, Chief Architect and Head of Cloud Engineering, Hapag-Lloyd. “That balance between resilience, scalability, and execution speed is what makes working with Chainguard truly valuable for Hapag-Lloyd.”

A new London hub and continued hiring across the region

Chainguard’s new London office, located at 3 Herbal Hill, Clerkenwell, anchors the company’s presence in the region and gives EMEA customers direct access to local engineering, sales, and customer success teams. The office will serve as a gathering place for nearly 70 employees located in the UK today, as well as customers, partners, and the open source community across the region.

Earlier this year, the company appointed Ian Burley as Group Vice President, EMEA, to lead its regional go-to-market strategy and expansion. Burley brings 20 years of B2B SaaS experience across both startups and established technology companies, such as Benchling, Snowflake, and BMC Software, with a track record of building and scaling high-performance sales organisations.

As a remote-first company, Chainguard hires top talent close to customers in key markets. Chainguard’s creation of 200 new roles in EMEA will fuel local talent development, support regional customers, and accelerate product innovation tailored for the needs of local organisations.

To learn more about Chainguard, visit: https://www.chainguard.dev/ 

About Chainguard

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By providing engineers and AI agents with hardened, trusted, and production-ready artifacts, Chainguard helps organisations prevent AI supply chain attacks, increase engineering velocity while reducing toil, and maintain continuous compliance. Customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, DocuSign, OpenAI, Public Storage, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital. For more information, visit: https://www.chainguard.dev/ 

Brittany Hendrickson, press@chainguard.dev 

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