CGI Systems shows there is opportunity galore as an IBM Company; Wholly-owned IBM company finds strong market opportunity as a Premier Partner for Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes software and other non-IBM technologies.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1995--CGI Systems is living proof that company cultures and independent business strategies don't disappear after acquisition by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . To the contrary, CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. Systems has redefined its business plan and found new market opportunities in the two years since it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Armonk, N.Y.- based computer giant. "We are very surprised by all the talk these days of Lotus' imminent demise as an independent culture should IBM be successful in its takeover takeover bid Noun 1. takeover bid - an offer to buy shares in order to take over the company two-tier bid - a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares ," said Ian Cross, CGI Systems' director of marketing. "From our experience, the old days of IBM imposing its stringent creeds of behavior on its newly acquired partners is a thing of the past, much like the grey flannel flannel, large group of napped plain-weave or twill-weave fabrics made of cotton, wool, or man-made fibers. Flannel fabrics vary in closeness or firmness of weave and in degree of napping. suit that for years epitomized the IBM executive. In our case, it recognized the broader impact our company could have on the whole of IBM if it kept intact the core elements that made us an attractive partner for them in the first place." Since then, CGI Systems has pursued a number of independent activities on the world of client/server computing. Ironically, shortly after IBM acquired it in 1993, CGI Systems became one of the first Premier Partners for Notes, sponsored by the Lotus Development Corp., Cambridge, Mass., the target of IBM's current acquisition strategy. "Here we are in Boston, an IBM company that also happens to be a leading Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. expert in the region and provider of Notes-based applications to customers like Gillette, the Fleet Financial Group, Shipley and the Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, ," continued Cross. "We are also a Lotus Authorized Education Center, as well as Authorized Education Centers and consulting partners with Microsoft and Novell." As an IBM company, CGI Systems has available the resources of the world's largest information system provider to support its work in providing application development products and services for implementing a broad range of client/server and host-based systems. "As individual client requirements dictate, we can call on our parent company to provide consulting, services, and products to support our efforts," said Cross. "It's nice to have that capability as an adjunct to CGI Systems' own offering, which gives us a depth of expertise at our disposal unmatched by most other client/server system integrators. In many ways, it's like having our cake and eating it too." About CGI Systems Headquartered in Malvern, Pa., CGI Systems, a company of CGI Informatique and a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBM, provides Fortune 1000 companies with a range of consulting services to deliver mission-critical business applications based on state-of-the-art technologies. These include professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , business process reengineering See reengineering. , staff training, application development, system and network installations, training and education, and a variety of client/server products and legacy support systems. CGI Systems is a Lotus Premium Partner, a Microsoft Solutions Provider, and a Novell Enterprise Consulting Partner, and is one of the largest providers of Authorized Novell and Microsoft training in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, please contact Ian Cross, Director of Corporate Marketing, CGI Systems, 101 Arch Street, Boston, Mass. -- phone number 617/330-1331, ext. 23. CONTACT: CGI Systems Ian Cross, 617/330-1331 or Duval Woglom Brueckner & Partners David Thompson There are several men named David Thompson:
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