Based on client insights and implementation
experience this new book describes data's transformation from raw
material into products, services and insights
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FAIRFAX, VA, April 5, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - CGI (NYSE: GIB)
(TSX: GIB.A) announced the release of Data to Diamonds, its
guide to help clients harness the power of data analytics to create
new business value at a time when the world's volume of stored data
doubles every year. Based on the implementation experience of
5,000 CGI data analytics consultants worldwide and 965 in-person
client interviews conducted in CGI's annual Voice of Our Clients
program, Data to Diamonds points the way forward for
businesses and government organizations looking to build stronger
customer relationships, improve operations and generate new sources
of revenue.
"We hear from clients and see in the work we deliver that
organizations everywhere are focused on becoming customer-centric,
digital organizations," said Matthew
Kuckuk, CGI's Data Analytics Global Practice Leader and
author of Data to Diamonds. "In their digital transformation
initiatives, business and IT executives want to evolve the role of
data from a raw material asset to a generator of increased value
through the creation of data-based products, services, information
and insight."
Now in its second edition, Data to Diamonds integrates
the insights from the latest digital transformation trends with the
analysis of thousands of client engagements to identify priorities
for the data and analytics industries. These priorities include
integrating data silos to create new enterprise views, marrying
information to the product and service development cycle,
harnessing sensor data to better run and change organizations, and
using customer data to improve the digital customer experience.
"Customer and citizen actions speak louder than words," said
Kuckuk. "Given the rapid pace of technology innovation, customers
today have higher expectations for instant gratification—they are
real-time obsessed and expect a seamless experience, across all
interactions and channels with the commercial organizations they
buy from or through the services they receive from government
organizations. For large enterprise organizations, delivering on
these expectations is complex as they need to connect data across
lines of business and legacy systems. That's why we focused in
Data to Diamonds on showcasing case studies that are
practical and proven."
Whether applied to predictive elevator maintenance, setting car
insurance rates, guiding guests to the best theme park experience,
or analyzing rush-hour traffic patterns, Data to Diamonds
details CGI's methodology and how its consultants help
organizations worldwide realize the value of information, which
lies in its use and application by consumers. The book cites
examples from a variety of industries including financial services,
healthcare, manufacturing, retail, distribution, government, energy
and utilities, and communications and media.
"If getting insights from data analysis is good for an
organization's internal purposes, it is even better when insights
are shared securely across its ecosystem with customers, partners,
and other key stakeholders," added Kuckuk.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth
largest independent information technology and business process
services firm in the world. Approximately 65,000 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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