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Center to showcase global solutions and enable
co-innovation with clients
MONTRÉAL, Feb. 18, 2020 /CNW
Telbec/ - CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) is pleased to announce
the opening of a new innovation center in Montreal, showcasing CGI's cross-industry
innovations with its clients from around the world, and offering
clients unique co-innovation opportunities.
Clients and business leaders are invited to experience an
immersive visit, taking advantage of virtual and augmented reality,
artificial intelligence and other innovative tools that leverage
key emerging technologies, CGI's best industry innovations, and
CGI's intellectual property solutions. The center also is equipped
with a state-of-the-art design thinking space where clients, guided
by CGI experts, can build digitization roadmaps and spark new
thinking—from ideation to rapid prototypes—with a process designed
to generate applied innovations. For CGI consultants, this facility
also provides a collaborative environment to test and evolve
innovations, and a space to share advances with the local
community.
"The new center is an extension of our proximity model," said
Guy Vigeant, President of CGI's
Canadian operations. "CGI's global network of innovation centers
and labs enables us to collaborate and innovate locally with
our clients. The center also will help us attract new talent to our
growing team of approximately 11,000 professionals in
Canada, which is spread across 21
offices and 11 centers of excellence, and delivers end-to-end
services."
"Montreal is one of the world's
top cities for artificial intelligence, among other emerging
technologies," added Michael Godin,
Senior Vice-President, CGI. "Our new innovation center demonstrates
our commitment to take an active part in the ecosystem, providing
clients and CGI teams with a dedicated space where they can
connect, think, explore, innovate and, most of all, get
inspired."
Based on the findings of in-depth interviews with 1,550 business
and technology leaders around the world, CGI's 2019 Client
Global Insights reveals that consistent application of
innovation is a pressing concern for clients, and developing new
products or services is a top priority. The company's new
Montreal innovation center is
designed to help clients identify, prioritize and apply relevant
innovations to improve their performance.
More than 65 Montreal-based and international clients already
have explored the innovation center as part of a phase 1
pre-launch.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the
largest independent IT and business consulting
services firms in the world. With 77,500 consultants
and other professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an
end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and
business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business
process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI
works with clients through a local relationship model complemented
by a global delivery network that helps
clients digitally transform their organizations
and accelerate results. With Fiscal 2019 reported revenue
of C$12.1 billion, CGI
shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE
(GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
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SOURCE CGI Inc.