M2M business enablement

Aggregating M2M data, applications and data services

By making everyday objects "intelligent," M2M is leading to a flood of new innovative improvements and offerings in virtually every industry. Through M2M, "devices" (sensors or meters) are added to objects enabling them to capture data in real time and support its translation into valuable business information. To exploit these devices, however, enterprises need an M2M business enablement platform that captures device data, supports its use by M2M applications, and facilitates the rollout of M2M-driven products and services that drive customer value and business growth.

CGI offers such a platform. Our M2M Business Enablement Platform helps clients across industries harness the power of M2M data and applications to drive innovation, differentiate themselves and increase profitability in today's highly competitive business world.

What we offer

CGI's M2M Business Enablement Platform aggregates data from potentially millions of devices that operate on different communication networks or use different protocols for communication. It provides a workbench that allows for easy integration of new device types.

As devices provide data to the platform, it processes the data and either stores it for later retrieval or distributes it to M2M applications for conversion into valuable business information that drive innovative products and services. The platform provides an open application programming interface (API) that allows for easy integration of M2M applications, thus creating an ecosystem of devices and applications.

In addition, the platform provides supporting data services such as data analytics, data modeling and event processing for M2M applications and enterprise clients. Based on the platform's flexible architecture, new services can be added based on changing requirements, such as geo-fencing or maps.

The value we deliver

CGI's M2M Business Enablement Platform reduces the complexities and costs involved with M2M service enablement by offering the following competitive advantages:

• Increased business agility: The platform's ability to manage any type of device, application or data service, regardless of network, communication protocol or hardware, enables clients to easily respond to the dynamic needs of their business.
• Easy, fast integration: Integration of all devices, applications and information services is facilitated by the platform's "plug and play" integration environment, which includes an open application programming interface (API).
• Faster time-to-market: The platform's flexible architecture enables the quick rollout of M2M services with minimal IT overhead.
• Increased business value: Clients can focus more on the core business value produced by their M2M applications, and innovate around that value, while allowing the platform to manage the device, data, network and other complexities of M2M technology.
• User-friendly administration and reporting: The platform's readily accessible, easy-to-use graphical interface allows the end user to efficiently manage clients, M2M business applications, devices and device data. The interface also allows users to view and monitor reports.
• Configurable data warehousing: Data captured and processed by the platform can be stored for later retrieval. The platform's data warehousing capabilities are fully configurable based on application/client requirements.

Why CGI?

CGI is at the forefront of M2M, delivering M2M consulting, business enablement, platform and solutions support to a broad and diverse range of organizations. Highlights of our extensive M2M expertise and experience include the following:

• Designed, built and continue to support two of the world's three largest and most complex M2M platforms
• Developed and operate our own highly successful M2M platform
• Numerous industry awards for our M2M capabilities, including "European M2M Platform Provider of the Year 2012"
• Proven M2M consulting engagement methodology and toolkit
• Highly collaborative M2M consulting approach
• "Pay as you grow" pricing model that aligns costs with revenues (to minimize client M2M investment risks)
• Full portfolio of M2M services backed by extensive system integration capabilities, enabling us to offer a true end-to-end solution for clients
• Extensive business insight and analytics capabilities, which are core to M2M technology
• Strong track record of high-quality service delivery and availability
• Scalable and shared services to maximize ROI
• Global M2M partnerships with leading suppliers