CGI to provide flexible, mobile, secure,
disaggregated ICT services
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LONDON, United Kingdom,
May 11, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - CGI
(NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) has been awarded a contract to provide
information and communications technology (ICT) services to
Highways England (formerly The Highways Agency). The
three-year end user computing services contract will support
Highways England through a major IT refresh and its transition from
a government agency within the UK Department for Transport to a
government-owned company. CGI will provide end user computing
services through a collaborative ICT model for over 3,500 Highways
England staff.
The Highways England contract with CGI will enable it to further
benefit from disaggregated ICT services, providing greater
flexibility to facilitate the modernisation of its ICT
infrastructure.
The new end user computing services model implemented by CGI
will improve business agility, mobility and security, allowing
Highways England to adopt a range of mobile devices such as secure
laptops and tablets. The solution will be supported 24x7 by CGI's
five-star award-winning service desk, Secure Government Cloud
Infrastructure and Secure Operations Centre (SOC).
Highways England handles over
20,000 road incidents a month and is responsible for maintaining
England's Strategic Road Network
(SRN) to ensure the smooth running of road traffic.
"We are delighted to have been awarded this strategic contract
with Highways England, which will take advantage of our experience
in modernising other public sector clients' systems and delivering
stable, secure end user computing systems," said Steve Thorn, Senior Vice-President, CGI Public
Sector, UK. "This contract is further evidence of transport
authorities in the UK turning to CGI to manage their core
infrastructures," he added.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent
information technology and business process services firm in the
world. Approximately 68,000 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 a wide range of
proprietary solutions. With annual revenue in excess of
C$10 billion and an order backlog of C$20 billion, CGI shares are listed on the TSX
(GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB).Website: www.cgi.com.
About Highways England
Formerly the Highways Agency,
Highways England is the new government company charged with
operating England's motorways and
major A roads. This includes modernising and maintaining the
highways. It also manages - and helps prevent - incidents on
England's motorways through its
Traffic Officer service. Highways England manage the same road network as the
Highways Agency. This network is around 4,300 miles long and is
made up of motorways and trunk roads.
Whilst the Highways England network represents only 2 per cent
of all roads in England by length,
it carries a third of all traffic by mileage - and two thirds of
all heavy goods traffic, making it the economic backbone of the
country.
SOURCE CGI Group Inc.