Founded in 1976, CGI Group is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 26,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific, as well as from centres of excellence in North America, Europe and India. As at 31 December 2009, CGI’s order backlog was US$11.4bn.