CGI-AMS, the wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.SV.A; NYSE: GIB), today announced the release of Tapestry® 6.2, an upgrade of its modular rating, billing, and order management product. Tapestry provides the answers to the issues facing today’s telecom service providers, whether they be traditional providers or providers capitalizing on the rapidly converging market of telecom and IP services, with its full suite of convergent rating, billing, and order management solutions. These solutions help providers fend off intense competition and eroding profit margins by providing the agility and responsiveness necessary to be competitive with IP, content, and value-added services.
Tapestry 6.2 builds on Tapestry’s impressive performance figures and usability features with the following enhancements:
Simplified Tax Rate Maintenance
- enables tax definitions and rates to be easily maintained using the latest version of Vertex Commtax GUI.
Rating Performance Improvements
- increased memory performance and reduced data storage needs for key rating functions.
Streamlined Event Conversions
- eases the release upgrade process by removing the need for a special event conversion process. Events will automatically be upgraded as part of provided release installation procedures.
Eased CML Debugging
- simplifies the process of identifying errors in user-generated CML scripts through the inclusion of a debugger with the ability to control program flow, set break-points, and print variables in CML scripts.
About Tapestry
Tapestry is a state-of-the-art rating, billing, and order management solution suite to support convergent solutions and enterprise order management. Installed and proven in Europe and North America, Tapestry meets the evolving demands of a dynamic communications market. Tapestry has been IPDR certified since 2002. Tapestry is a registered trademark and is covered by the following U.S. patents: 6,456,986, 6,415,259, 6,240,422, 6,410,098, 6,463,439 and 6,415,298.
About CGI-AMS
CGI-AMS is the wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in North America. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 25,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in India and Canada. CGI’s annual revenue is currently CDN$3.7 billion (US$3.0 billion) and at September 30, 2005, CGI’s order backlog was CDN$12.9 billion (US$11.1 billion). CGI’s shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.SV.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: www.cgi.com.
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For more information:
Business development :
Keith Pigue
Executive consultant
Keith.Pigue@cgi-ams.com
(205) 403-8426
Media relations
Kirsten Paragona
communications director
kirsten.paragona@cgi.com
(978) 946-3124
