New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- During the 2008 financial crisis and for the next two years, Cognizant Technology Solution Corp.'s chief executive officer (CEO)-designate Brian Humphries served as the chief of staff to Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd. Those were tumultuous times for Hurd and the company he was helming. A few years later, HP was cleaved into half. On 6 February, Cognizant said Humphries will succeed Francisco D'Souza, who steered the company from a revenue of just $1.42 billion at the end of 2006 to $16.1 billion. Sure, Cognizant is not battling similar challenges faced by then HP. Still, Cognizant finds itself at a crossroads a quarter of a century after the company was set up in 1994. Humphries' experience at HP will come in handy...