CGI to help curb agency's rising data maintenance
costs, transition data centers to hybrid cloud environment
FAIRFAX, VA, Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX:
GIB.A) announced that it has been awarded a five-year US$68.2M contract by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) Bureau of Management, Office of
the Chief Information Officer to support its enterprise data center
and disaster recovery efforts. USAID will leverage CGI Unify360
enterprise software to help combat the soaring costs associated
with maintaining data centers while transitioning the agency to a
hybrid cloud environment.
CGI Unify360's cloud provisioning tools will enable USAID to pay
only for servers that it actually uses on a monthly basis. Further,
USAID will have the ability to view the domain and analyze the
impact of changes through continual evolution to the latest
strategies and technologies.
"We are pleased to work with CGI to implement a hybrid cloud
solution designed to reduce costs and gain efficiencies, while
enabling continued implementation of new best practices," said
USAID Contracting Officer, Joseph
Lentini.
"CGI is honored to have the opportunity to help spearhead the
digital transformation of USAID's current enterprise data center
and disaster recovery efforts," said Kenyon
Wells, Senior Vice-President, CGI. "Our proven track-record
and expertise will help the agency transform and our hybrid cloud
solution is expected to result in a significant financial savings
and technical improvement for USAID."
CGI has a proven record as a secure cloud hosting and services
provider for high-profile federal agencies. CGI Unify360 enables
holistic management of both on-premises and cloud-based services
and helps organizations maximize their IT portfolios for greater
agility, innovation and competitive advantage. It also facilitates
modernization and "cloudification" of business applications, as
well as allows for more flexible and rapid DevOps to support
innovation and transformation.
About CGI Federal
CGI Federal Inc. is a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI
Group Inc., dedicated to partnering with federal agencies to
provide solutions for defense, civilian, healthcare and
intelligence missions. Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth
largest independent information technology and business process
services firm in the world. Approximately 70,000 professionals
serve thousands of global clients from offices and delivery centers
across the Americas, Europe and
Asia Pacific, leveraging a
comprehensive portfolio of services including high-end business and
IT consulting, systems integration, application development and
maintenance, infrastructure management as well as 150 IP-based
services and solutions. With annual revenue in excess of
C$10 billion and an order backlog
exceeding C$20 billion, CGI shares
are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB).
Website: www.cgi.com.
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