CGI is one of the world’s leading IT services providers with more than 3,500 customers globally. Its end-to-end services include the management of IT and business processes, consultancy, systems development and integration. Headquartered in Canada (where it is the country's largest independent IT services provider), CGI has operations worldwide employing more than 20,000 professionals, with a particularly strong presence in both Europe and North America.

In Europe, CGI specialises in the financial services industry, where it has built considerable expertise. To provide organisations with the best possible service, CGI has recruited the majority of its consultants directly from the industry, thus combining in-depth business knowledge with IT expertise. This approach continues to pay dividends in terms of customer satisfaction, retention rates and the acquisition of new contracts. CGI's philosophy uses a highly customised, cost-efficient delivery model combining on and off-site operations. The company has a reputation for innovative, cost-effective solutions, across all distribution channels, tailored specifically to meet it’s client’s business needs.

End to End IT Services
By outsourcing IT or business function management (in whole or in part) to CGI, customers have access to leading-edge information technology while achieving significant savings and, most importantly, retaining control over strategic IT functions. Services provided as part of an outsourcing contract may include facilities management (data centres, call centres, networks and desktop services), application maintenance and support, development and integration of new projects and applications, alongside business processes such as document management, finance and accounting administration or insurance policy administration.

Selecting CGI as a technology partner ensures access to tools and expertise to meet both today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. From life, pensions and investments, mortgages and savings through to personal and commercial insurance, CGI specialises in the integration, implementation and support of technology across a vast range of platforms.

CGI has also developed a number of major solutions for the insurance industry, including: GIOS - a truly flexible, integrated insurance administration system supporting all lines of business; RISKWRITER – providing underwriters with the freedom to quote and write business through to adjustment and renewal; RATABASE – CGI’s proven rating management system designed for the financial services industry; RTM – a Personal lines administration system deploying windows technology; MPOWER® - CGI’s integrated, comprehensive portfolio management and accounting software system and THE INTUITIVE SOLUTION SUITE - a component suite that can be configured to deliver customer engagement solutions which automate the sale of financial products across all deployment channels.

Flexible Approach
CGI has developed an innovative and personal approach to providing IT services, using a global delivery model but with each contract structured to meet the customer's unique business goals. Flexibility is at the heart of each customer relationship, to ensure the services provided can evolve to adapt to changing requirements.

Cost-effectiveness
The company has a highly practical approach to developing and implementing the most sensible, cost-effective solutions to achieve savings without sacrificing quality or control. Adherence to an ISO 9001certified IT Management Framework, along with the Company’s SEI CMM Level 5 certification, ensures that CGI consistently delivers the highest quality solutions, on time and on budget.

Commitment to Customers
A total commitment to customer service makes CGI the ideal IT partner. Its professionals demonstrate a high level of dedication and can be counted on for superior technical capabilities, industry knowledge, multi-vendor experience and a proven ability to deliver large projects. CGI takes customer satisfaction seriously, with regular reviews acting as a stimulus for further improvement: indeed, annual surveys reveal that CGI's outsourcing customers consistently rate the company very highly.

For more information, please contact:
CGI Group (Europe) Limited
Broadlands House, Primett Road
Stevenage, Herts SG1 3EE

Tel: 01438 791524
Tel: 01438 314368
www.cgi.com

 

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