Although cloud computing solutions have matured greatly during the past 18 months, clients still have questions on how best to take advantage of this delivery model. Many public cloud offerings require you to go “all in,” meaning your entire application and database must be moved into the cloud. This “all in” approach for enterprise applications is something that concerns many companies and government agencies, citing reasons such as the size or sensitivity of the database and performance issues, to name a few. More...

While many enterprise CIOs have “moving to the cloud” as part of their vision, a lot of clients we speak with are still determining their strategy for what to move to the cloud. When thinking about the public cloud, I often recommend a “toe in the water” approach. More...

Last week we named a new client for our global trade finance SaaS platform with the media announcement "CGI to work with Scotiabank for global rollout of Trade360." As president of CGI in Canada Doug McCuaig cites in the release, “Moving its legacy system to a managed service application delivered in the cloud will help accelerate expansion of Scotiabank’s global trade business, while ensuring a secure and reliable platform.” More...

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