Birlasoft Ltd, part of the CKA Birla Group, has been recognised as an ‘Enterprise Innovator’ in the HFS Horizons: Legacy Application Modernization Services report by HFS Research. The HFS Horizons assessment evaluates technology service providers on value proposition, execution and innovation, go-to-market capabilities and market impact. Birlasoft was recognised among 32 global providers assessed in the report, reflecting its engineering capabilities and use of artificial intelligence in enterprise application modernisation.
The recognition highlights Birlasoft’s approach to helping companies replace legacy applications with modern, cloud-based and AI-ready systems. The company has completed more than 450 application modernisation projects and 75 full-stack programmes across industries.
Birlasoft provides services covering application assessment, architecture redesign, cloud migration, development, testing and post-modernisation support. Its Birlasoft Cogito platform is an AI-based modernisation platform with nine AI agents designed to support activities such as code generation, defect identification and test automation. The company said Cogito has helped achieve up to 40% faster coding and savings of up to 35% in deployment effort.
Birlasoft also uses technology accelerators including SmartTRAM for data ingestion, DataSwitch for code conversion and migration, BTruBI for converting legacy reports to Power BI and DataCRAFT for data migration programmes. The company cited several customer outcomes, including 25-30% productivity improvement through AI and automation, 50% effort savings through GitHub Copilot integration, an 18% reduction in total cost of ownership for a UK financial services customer and a 44% reduction in development costs in a finance modernisation programme.
Angan Guha, CEO and Managing Director, Birlasoft, said the recognition reflects the company’s focus on combining engineering expertise with AI-led transformation. He said application modernisation has become an important business priority as companies seek greater agility, lower costs and a foundation for AI-based operations.
Phil Fersht, CEO and Chief Analyst, HFS Research, said Birlasoft has developed a strong modernisation proposition based on engineering capabilities, cloud-native execution and its Cogito platform. He added that the company’s practical accelerators and customer results strengthen its position as enterprises move from technology upgrades towards AI-enabled transformation.
Birlasoft supports modernisation programmes through partnerships with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, SAP, ServiceNow, Databricks and Snowflake. The company has more than 2,000 certified cloud engineers, over 25 years of engineering experience, an 80% repeat business rate and operates across 27 global locations with seven centres of excellence.
Birlasoft is a global technology company providing digital transformation services across Cloud, AI, Data and enterprise technologies. Part of the CKA Birla Group, the company has more than 11,000 professionals and works with enterprises across multiple industries. Birlasoft focuses on helping organisations improve agility, resilience and customer experience through technology-led transformation.
