CGI in India Receives CIO100 FutureTech Leader Award for Future Technology Skills

BANGALORE, September 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a CIO100 FutureTech Leader Award by International Data Group (IDG) in recognition of identifying and deploying relevant future technology skills in its teams to service global clients.

The CIO FutureTech Leader Award is a new category under IDG's CIO100 Awards, which honours companies that have displayed exemplary vision for identifying and deploying relevant future technology skills or creating an environment to make their organizations future-proof. Awarded during IDG India's CIO100 symposium, the annual award program recognizes and honours organizations and their leaders for showcasing stellar leadership and outstanding IT implementations that further their business.

The award was received on behalf of CGI by Rakesh Aerath, Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific Global Delivery Centers of Excellence, who said, "We are honoured to receive the FutureTech Leader Award. CGI has a strong commitment to support the digital technology needs of our clients and ensuring that our professionals are continually equipped to deliver innovative services and solutions in this time of rapid change."

CGI focuses on developing the future skills of its professionals in areas such as agile methodologies, emerging digital technologies, consulting and leadership competencies. The learning and development programme consists of structured development offerings, digital learning platforms, a core group of learning champions and organisation-specific communication channels and collaboration tools to drive social learning to enhance digital skills.

Commenting on the occasion, IDG India's President & CEO Louis D'Mello said, "The CIO100 Award recognizes the best amongst the best, and the work by the team at CGI makes them truly deserving of this honour."

In India, CGI has around 14,000 professionals across eight offices in five cities, including Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad. For the past two decades, CGI's experts in India have provided global delivery support to 200+ clients across the globe, ensuring close collaboration, accountability, flexibility, superior service and, most importantly, expected business results.

About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 74,000 professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from IT and business consulting to systems integration, outsourcing 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 annual revenue of C$10.8 billion, CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

About CIO100 Awards 

IDG has a long and proud tradition of honouring leading companies for business and technology leadership and innovations through its premiere award program - CIO100. Over the last three decades, CIO100 has become a proud tradition that extends from the United States to dozens of countries around the world. It is an acknowledged mark of enterprise IT excellence. It's a celebration of 100 organizations and the people within them that are using information technology in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers. Hosted in countries such as Canada, Sweden, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hungary and India, the CIO100 Awards is a truly global recognition. It is an acknowledged mark of excellence in enterprise IT. According to a survey by PR Week magazine, CEOs named CIO100 among the top 10 most influential corporate scorecards anywhere, compiled by any publication or organization.

About IDG 

International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events and research company. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, IDG products and services reach an audience of more than 280 million technology buyers in 97 countries. IDG Communications' global media brands include ChannelWorld®, CIO®, CSO®, Computerworld®, GamePro®, InfoWorld®, Macworld®, Network World®, PCWorld® and TechWorld®. IDG's media network features 460 websites, 200 mobile sites and apps, and 200 print titles spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment, and video games worldwide. The IDG TechNetwork represents more than 500 independent websites in an ad network and exchange complementary to IDG's media brands. Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at http://www.idg.com

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