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NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/09/12 -- Practical Law Company (PLC), a provider of practical legal know-how to law firms, law departments and law schools, announced today the launch of its newest online service, "PLC Intellectual Property & Technology" (PLC IP&T). Like all PLC services, PLC IP&T addresses the challenges lawyers at every level and background face and is designed to help frontline lawyers increase efficiency and improve client service.

To help shape the direction of this new service, PLC also announced the addition of a prestigious panel of five new members to its Advisory Board. These new Advisory Board members, specializing in Intellectual Property & Technology law, are industry leaders in their areas of practice and include Jeffrey Cunard, Debevoise & Plimpton; Parag Gheewala, Wilson Sosini Goodrich & Rosati; Bruce Goldner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Richard Raysman, Holland & Knight; and Eric Walters, Morrison & Foerster. The new Advisory Board members will act as high-level consultants, advising on emerging trends and practice developments.

"We are very happy to be supporting intellectual property and technology lawyers by providing them with hundreds of up-to-date practical resources that will help them achieve improved efficiency," said Jeroen Plink, CEO of PLC US. "Three years ago we launched in the US with our corporate, securities and finance services. Today, our resources cover all major practice areas and our subscribers now include nearly 75% of the Am Law 200 and over 500 legal departments. It is fantastic to be playing a part in bringing about positive change in the legal industry."

About Practical Law Company: Formed in the UK in 1990 and in the US in 2009, Practical Law Company provides practical legal know-how to law firms, law departments and law schools. Through its team of expert attorney editors, PLC provides practical, up-to-date resources across major practice areas to help lawyers get up to speed quickly, save time and protect the bottom line. Learn more at www.practicallaw.com or via Twitter http://twitter.com/practicallawUS.

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Source: Practical Law Company

Pipeline Is the First Fully Integrated CRM for Fishbowl Inventory® 2012

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Businesses wanting to integrate Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with Fishbowl Inventory software can sign up for the first web-based CRM product, PipelineTM Contact Manager, from Fishbowl® today. Customers can purchase the new software from www.fishbowlinventory.com at special pre-release pricing for a limited time.

Unlike third-party CRM solutions, Pipeline is fully integrated with Fishbowl Inventory 2012, so there’s no need for third-party integration and implementation of Pipeline. Fishbowl customers can launch Pipeline instantly, eliminating the need for double entry of customer information and allowing them to experience the increased efficiency of Pipeline Contact Manager right away.

“The Pipeline offering is the result of feedback from our customers, who listed CRM as their single most desired new functionality for Fishbowl Inventory 2012,� Fishbowl CEO David K. Williams said.

He also noted that salespeople can use the new integration to access up-to-the-minute contact information they need to generate sales from any location, without having to leave one system and enter another before closing a deal.

Watch a two-minute video on Fishbowl Pipeline: http://bit.ly/ydIL9x

Notable features in Pipeline Contact Manager include:

• Web-based Software
• Lead Tracking
• Task and Opportunity Tracking
• Direct Integration with Fishbowl Inventory—up and running immediately with no third-party integration or implementation required
• Custom Fields
• SOAP API

Pipeline Contact Manager is “clean and lean,� Williams said, in keeping with Fishbowl’s strategy to provide the robust features and information businesses need without weighing them down with expensive and cumbersome IT.

As noted in the January 24 review by Small Business Computing’s Pam Baker, “This [Fishbowl Inventory 2012] product is ideal for small businesses and smaller-end mid-market businesses with basic to complex inventory and asset tracking needs.�

About Fishbowl

Fishbowl and its cornerstone product, Fishbowl Inventory, make it possible for every business to have the level of flexible and mobile inventory management solutions large organizations enjoy. Fishbowl Enterprise is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for SMBs with a robust feature set that allows Fishbowl to provide organizations with all the components required to meet their inventory and business management needs.

Snapp Conner PRRyan Oaks, 801-994-9625ryan@snappconner.com

Source: Fishbowl

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/09/12 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB)(TSX: GIB.A), a six-year, US$21.28 million contract to host its financial accounting and management systems in the CGI-hosted Momentum® Community Cloud, with the goal of reducing costs while increasing efficiencies.

Under the contract, CGI will transition NRC's financial system, the Financial Accounting Integrated Management Information Systems (FAIMIS), from their current hosting provider to CGI's Momentum Community Cloud infrastructure, consistent with the government's commitment to maximize its return on investment on IT. Additionally, CGI will provide end-to-end application support, including help desk, maintenance, systems analysis, and training.

"Last year, we partnered with NRC to replace a dozen legacy financial systems with one integrated enterprise-wide system, streamlining their processes and increasing efficiency - to help them do more with less," said Toni Townes-Whitley, Senior Vice-President, CGI. "Transitioning the NRC's system to the cloud takes these efforts to the next level by helping them improve operations while ensuring their business functions remain affordable, flexible, and secure."

The Momentum Community Cloud is built in CGI's certified, secure cloud and provides a shared infrastructure that is dedicated to Momentum's federal government ERP clients who have unique security and compliance requirements. Through this hosted solution, Momentum clients benefit from expedited deployment, financial predictability, faster upgrades, and greater return on investment. CGI delivers cloud solutions for both the government and commercial enterprise markets in the United States and Canada.

About CGI Federal Inc.

CGI Federal Inc. is a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated to partnering with federal agencies to provide solutions for defense, civilian, and intelligence missions. Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 31,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices and centers of excellence in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. As at December 31, 2011, CGI's annualized revenue was approximately $4.1 billion and its order backlog was approximately $13.6 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Website: www.cgi.com/usfederal.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this press release that do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. These statements and this information represent CGI's intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, of which many are beyond the control of the Company. These factors could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. These factors include but are not restricted to: the timing and size of new contracts; acquisitions and other corporate developments; the ability to attract and retain qualified members; market competition in the rapidly evolving IT industry; general economic and business conditions; foreign exchange and other risks identified in the press release, in CGI's annual and quarterly Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A"), in CGI's Annual Report, in CGI's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov), and in the Company's Annual Information Form filed with the Canadian securities authorities (filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com), as well as assumptions regarding the foregoing. The words "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "foresee," "plan," and similar expressions and variations thereof, identify certain of such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. In particular, statements relating to future performance are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. CGI disclaims any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements or on this forward-looking information.

www.cgi.com/newsroom

Contacts:
Investors
Lorne Gorber
Senior Vice-President
Global Communications and Investor Relations
lorne.gorber@cgi.com
514-841-3355

Media
Linda Odorisio
Vice-President, US Communications
linda.odorisio@cgi.com
703-267-8118

Source: CGI Group Inc. and CGI Federal Inc.