CGI was created when CGI Group, one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in North America, acquired AMS in May 2004. The combined companies are a full-service information technology and managed services provider. The company offers IT management and consulting and systems integration services, such as technology management, application management, systems integration and development and business process management. CGI provides planning, design, implementation and management of IT environments in the fields of banking, insurance, telecommunications, utilities, manufacturing, retail and distribution, oil and gas, government and health care. The company s global delivery capabilities include onsite, home-shore, near-shore and off-shore options.