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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - CGI (NYSE: GIB)
(TSX: GIB.A) is partnering with Handicare, a leading Swedish-based
provider of lifting aids, operating in 30 countries worldwide, to
modernize the company's global IT environment and drive its digital
transformation. CGI will provide transformational outsourcing
services, including IT application administration, application
development, IT infrastructure services and the use of new digital
technologies, to provide long-term cost efficiencies while
modernizing and transforming Handicare's IT environment and
processes.
CGI will focus on optimizing the delivery of IT services and
modernizing systems and processes, and serve as the company's
primary service integrator, managing all vendors and operational
issues. In addition, CGI will help drive Handicare's transformation
by providing a broad range of digital skills and technologies.
Through the partnership, Handicare will free up resources to focus
on its core mission, while becoming more agile, customer centric
and competitive.
"Our long-term partnership with CGI will create the right
conditions for the next steps we must take in transforming how we
interact with and serve our customers," said Asbjorn Eskild, CEO at Handicare Group. "It will
give us access to extensive expertise and proven solutions."
"We are pleased with the confidence Handicare has placed in us
and look forward to helping it successfully modernize and transform
its enterprise-wide IT operations," said Pär Fors, CGI's Senior
Vice-President and Business Unit Leader in Sweden. "Our new agreement delivers what
clients increasingly expect from an IT partner, including a global,
long-term commitment, experience in legacy modernization, and
digital capabilities to transform IT for the future."
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 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.
SOURCE CGI Group Inc.