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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Information technology provider Cognizant Technology Solutions /quotes/comstock/15*!ctsh/quotes/nls/ctsh (CTSH 34.59, +0.99, +2.95%) said its second-quarter profit rose to $141.3 million, or 47 cents per share, compared to $103.9 million, or 35 cents per share as revenue rose 13% to $776.6 million. Excluding items, it would have earned 50 cents a share. It upped its annual revenue growth view to at least 11.5% from at least 10% as it forecast third-quarter adjusted EPS of 44 cents and fiscal year adjusted EPS of $1.80 and third-quarter sales of at least $800 million. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected annual earnings of $1.54 on sales growth of 10.3%.