This expansion of the companies' global alliance partnership, further strengthens their relationship and reaffirms a shared commitment to delivering measurable outcomes for clients worldwide.

Together, CGI and NetApp will help organizations modernize IT infrastructure, improve data management, and advance artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. By combining the power of the NetApp platform to help customers build intelligent data infrastructure supported by scalable storage capabilities with CGI's deep expertise in digital transformation, cloud, AI, and managed services, clients can strengthen operational efficiency, enhance cybersecurity, and accelerate innovation – enabling them to more effectively translate technology investment into business outcomes.

With NetApp Keystone, a flexible and simple subscription-based service that adapts to changing business needs, customers can accelerate critical block workloads with industry-leading performance, intelligent data management, and high availability across data centers and cloud environments, all delivered on storage with built-in security that provides real-time threat detection, protection and recovery.