CGI's completion of its acquisition of Logica will see the departure of the company from the Stock Exchange at the end of this week and effectively the end of the Logica brand. CGI recently announced that it has completed the £1.7bn acquisition after Logica shareholders voted 99.54% in favour of CGI's offer at a shareholders …

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Friday 24th August 2012 09:07 GMT QuietLeni

93 million citizens?

"The company has SAP and Oracle expertise and says it has successfully implemented more than 400 government ERP systems, managing in excess of $700bn and serving more than 93 million citizens."

Last time the ONS did their servey thing, didn't it say that there are 62 million citizens in the UK? Or is this including all of the illegal immigrants? I knew that this country was getting crowded?!!?

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1. Friday 24th August 2012 09:52 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: 93 million citizens?
  
  I think it refers to CGI's software, not Logica's and includes citizens in other countries.
  
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2. Friday 24th August 2012 09:55 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: 93 million citizens?
  
  Judging by the tone of your post, you would be far more comfortable with a Daily Mail survey into the "true" population.
  
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Friday 24th August 2012 10:41 GMT Anonymous Coward

@ AC: 9:55

judging by the tone of your post you don't get irony...

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Friday 24th August 2012 12:37 GMT Anonymous Coward

Well, it's a start...

Any news on Crapita?

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1. Friday 24th August 2012 12:49 GMT Yet Another Anonymous coward
  
  Re: Well, it's a start...
  
  They managed to buy themselves in a hostile takeover and are now shutting themselves down to save costs concentrate on core activities and promote excellence in customer experience.
  
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Friday 24th August 2012 12:48 GMT Furbian

Almost sad to see it go.

As an ex-employee who saw it going from someone competing to becoming a major powerful British IT company, to one that ended up shifting most of its business to India, it's still sad to see it being de-listed from the LSE. End of road. Alas poor Bogica as it was affectionately known at times. On reflection my career their had its ups and downs, but I have fond memories, and I always found the atmosphere to be 'proper' and above board, with only the occasional hiccup.

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Friday 24th August 2012 14:37 GMT Random Coolzip

Seems odd...

Seems strange that they'd drop the brand. Has Logica become "tainted" in recent years? I had friends who worked there back in the '80s and it was a well-known company even then, can't imagine why they'd just walk away from that kind of brand recognition.

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1. Friday 24th August 2012 20:21 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: Seems odd...
  
  Why would they use the Logica brand when the parent group's CGI brand is all over every Hollywood blockbuster?
  
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Tuesday 28th August 2012 17:48 GMT PeterM42

Goodbye.....

..............and good riddance!

From someone who was TUPE'd to Logica and thought their management style was CRAP. (As was the way they treated their employees.)

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1. Wednesday 29th August 2012 14:34 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: Goodbye.....
  
  The company really only went downhill after the mid 1990's under Read and completely lost it under Green who's valedictory parting shot to the staff claimed he'd successfully built "One Logica". From where I'm sitting all he did was build "No Logica". Shame really, we had something for a while until the accountants got hold of it.
  
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