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BMO Chooses CGI Group For Cloud Services

cgi group [1]Montreal’s CGI Group Inc. [1], a provider of information technology and business process services, today announced that BMO Financial Group has chosen CGI’s cloud computing services [2] to help launch a comprehensive social media Hub [3].

The site will feature a comprehensive set of multimedia tools such as blogs, games and YouTube integration, a content management system for quickly and easily updating content on the site, customer relationship management tools, including e-mail registration and updates, and the capacity to rapidly activate new services.

In addition, CGI is providing BMO Financial Group with cloud services to support the launch of new mobile applications for its customers.

“Working with CGI, we developed the BMO SmartSteps for Parents, an interactive, online hub to help parents educate children about money management.  The resource is free and available to all Canadians and part of our commitment to Making money make sense®,” said Bal Sahjpaul, Head of eChannel, BMO Financial Group. “We’re excited about our move to the cloud and how it will help us deliver exciting new services to our customers faster.”

“As a leading cloud computing provider, CGI delivers enterprise cloud solutions that address the performance, security and governance challenges large organizations face,” said Eva Maglis, President, Global Infrastructure Services, CGI. “Our value is in integrating cloud computing capabilities with more traditional services to provide clients with robust solutions customized to meet their specific business needs and enhance their business performance,” added Doug McCuaig, President, Canada, CGI.