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MONTREAL, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CGI
Group, Inc. (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) a leading provider of
information technology and business process services and TIBCO
Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced their intent to
increase collaboration — supporting the transformation of Fortune
2000 companies.
Current market research shows a mounting need to provide fast,
secure, reliable access to the right information and at the right
time to improve decision-making.
As such, TIBCO and CGI aim to expand their
successful customer ecosystems in North America and Europe, and to
help improve the reliability and quality of connecting, automating,
optimizing and scaling processes, applications and data in
real-time. Clients will enjoy increased flexibility on how they
deploy TIBCO software when leveraging CGI's various managed service
offerings.
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"For over 35 years, CGI has operated upon the principles of sharing
in clients' challenges and delivering high quality services
supported by the best technology," commented Michael E. Roach,
President and Chief Executive Officer, CGI. "In working with a
leader like TIBCO, we are deepening our commitment to putting
clients and their results first by enhancing the tools and services
they need to achieve superior performance and gain a competitive
advantage. We look forward to winning and growing together."
"We are in an excellent position to benefit from
three key trends in enterprise IT this year: mobility, cloud
computing and real-time information," said Vivek Ranadivé, Chairman
and CEO, TIBCO Software Inc. "By partnering with an industry leader
such as CGI, we can broaden our business model and help customers
globally leverage our event-driven solutions to transform their
enterprise and build 21st century applications."
About TIBCO
TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) is a provider of infrastructure
software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud
computing environments. Whether it's efficient claims or trade
processing, cross-selling products based on real-time customer
behavior, or averting a crisis before it happens, TIBCO provides
companies the two-second advantage™ - the ability to capture the
right information, at the right time, and act on it preemptively
for a competitive advantage. More than 4,000 customers worldwide
rely on TIBCO to manage information, decisions, processes, and
applications in real time. Learn more at www.tibco.com.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent
information technology and business process services firms in the
world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 31,000
professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process
services to clients worldwide from offices and centres of
excellence in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia
Pacific. As at March 31, CGI's annualized revenue
was approximately C$4.5 billion and its order backlog was
approximately C$12.6 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX
(GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in both the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Website:
www.cgi.com.
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