COGNICASE Announces $5 Million in New Contracts.MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1999-- COGNICASE Inc. (Nasdaq:COGI COGI Coalition on Government Information (also known as the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information, or MNCOGI; promotes open access to public records) )(ME:COG)(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COG) announces five new contracts totalling Cdn.$5 million from Quebec public sector entities and government ministries. The projects involve the development of new applications, including Internet and Intranet links, as well as improvements to existing mission critical systems. To be completed over a two-year period, the projects are based on a range of leading-edge technologies using high level software such as Powerbuilder, Oracle and DB2. "These contracts demonstrate that COGNICASE is an important player in the Quebec market and a growing information technology supplier to the public sector," said Ronald Brisebois, President and Chief Executive Officer. "With the recent acquisitions of Roy, Bourassa & Associes Inc. and Groupe de consultation en management et systemes informatiques MSI MSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. Inc., our market position has been further strengthened in terms of technological depth, number of IT professionals and ability to deliver large scale projects on time and on budget." The contracts announced today are with Commission de la sante et de la securite au travail TRAVAIL. The act of child-bearing. 2. A woman is said to be in her travail from the time the pains of child-bearing commence until her delivery. 5 Pick. 63; 6 Greenl. R. 460. 3. (worker compensation), Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (automobile insurance), Societe immobiliere du Quebec (real estate), Commission administrative des regimes de retraite et d'assurances (pensions and insurance), as well as with large government ministries, such as ministere de la Solidarite sociale (social welfare). Founded in 1991, COGNICASE is an international provider of value-added information technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. services, solutions and software. The company offers a full range of IT solutions including complete and partial outsourcing, WEB/E-commerce development, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. implementation, client/server application development, network architecture, management and development of client/server software, Web-based development tools, as well as software for automated internet application conversion and platform migration. The company has over 2,300 professionals serving customers from offices located in 15 cities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Australia. |
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