Cognizant has been selected as a strategic partner by INTTRA, a provider of e-commerce solutions for the ocean freight industry, to streamline INTTRA’s applications and quality assurance portfolios.

As part of the multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement, Cognizant will provide a range of application development, application maintenance, testing, and quality assurance services using the managed services model.

With the market demand for multi-carrier e-commerce reaching an all-time high in 2011, INTTRA reported a record-breaking 22 million container orders initiated through its e-commerce portal last year. By streamlining and standardizing the e-commerce applications, Cognizant will help INTTRA and its clients harness the benefits of operational efficiencies throughout the supply chain, improve data accuracy and business insights, enhance collaboration, and provide a uniform experience across multiple trading partners.