BMO Financial Group selects CGI cloud computing services to launch a comprehensive social media hub
May 31 2011 - 8:45AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
MONTREAL, May 31, 2011 /CNW/ -- Stock Market Symbols GIB.A (TSX)
GIB (NYSE) www.cgi.com/cloud MONTREAL, May 31, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ -
CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of
information technology and business process services, today
announced that BMO Financial Group has chosen CGI's cloud computing
services to help launch a comprehensive social media Hub. The site
will feature a comprehensive set of multimedia tools such as blogs,
games and YouTube integration, a content management system for
quickly and easily updating content on the site, customer
relationship management tools, including e-mail registration and
updates, and the capacity to rapidly activate new services. In
addition, CGI is providing BMO Financial Group with cloud services
to support the launch of new mobile applications for its customers.
"Working with CGI, we developed the BMO SmartSteps for
Parents, an interactive, online hub to help parents
educate children about money management. The resource is free
and available to all Canadians and part of our commitment to Making
money make sense(®)," said Bal Sahjpaul, Head of eChannel, BMO
Financial Group. "We're excited about our move to the cloud and how
it will help us deliver exciting new services to our customers
faster." "As a leading cloud computing provider, CGI delivers
enterprise cloud solutions that address the performance, security
and governance challenges large organizations face," said Eva
Maglis, President, Global Infrastructure Services, CGI. "Our value
is in integrating cloud computing capabilities with more
traditional services to provide clients with robust solutions
customized to meet their specific business needs and enhance their
business performance," added Doug McCuaig, President, Canada, CGI.
The online community is available at www.bmo.com/smartparents.
CGI's end-to-end cloud computing offerings include cloud consulting
services that create a strategy based on client-specific priorities
and opportunities. CGI helps clients evaluate options including
public clouds, private clouds, hybrid clouds, IaaS, Platform as a
Service (PaaS) and SaaS offerings. Designed to meet the most
demanding commercial and government requirements, CGI's cloud
computing offerings drive innovation, flexibility and savings,
while providing for the security, availability and performance its
clients need. 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.
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