Business Objects to Support Department of Defense
Business Intelligence Solution Upgrade
SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 5, 2004 – Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJ; Euronext Paris ISIN code FR0004026250 - BOB), the world’s leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with American Management Systems, Incorporated, a global business and IT consulting firm, to provide an upgraded business intelligence solution to the U.S. Department of Defense Standard Procurement System (SPS) Program Office. Part of Increment 3, the next major release in the SPS project, the joint solution will enable the Department of Defense (DoD) and the armed services to more quickly and efficiently obtain the services, supplies, and materials necessary to uphold national security. When SPS is fully deployed, the DoD expects to save more than $395 million annually.
The Business Objects business intelligence solution will be implemented first as part of the upgrade to the new Web-based Increment 3 architecture of SPS, which handles more than $48 billion in goods and services each year. The DoD will then migrate the current 23,000 users from its existing business intelligence solution to Business Objects. The Web-based query and analysis solution from Business Objects, based on WebIntelligence®, will help expand the usage of SPS to more than 40,000 users.
“The Standard Procurement System is the first, and only, Department-wide standardized business solution and serves as the cornerstone of the DoD’s acquisition domain,” said Gino Magnifico, deputy program manager for SPS. “With Increment 3, users will be able to identify logistical needs earlier, use strategic purchasing patterns to reduce costs, and use procurement data to make better business decisions Department-wide.”
SPS is a Project Office in the Army’s Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), which develops, deploys, and acquires information technology systems and communications for the DoD. “I am looking forward to seeing SPS fully deployed to allow the DoD to realize the benefits of true seamless integration between logistics, procurement, and financial management systems,” said Kevin Carroll, program executive officer of PEO EIS.
SPS provides an automated contracting system that standardizes procurement processes across the Department of Defense. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and 13 other U.S. defense agencies all use SPS. The system has established the framework necessary for senior leadership to use business intelligence solutions to make better procurement decisions -- improving readiness, supplier management, and overall financial management.
“The Business Objects BI solution will enable the DoD to make better procurement decisions by allowing users to more easily access and analyze data from across multiple financial, logistics, procurement, and other legacy systems,” said Greg Lorden, vice president of Government for Business Objects. “Business Objects was chosen for this project based on our ability to assist those that support the Warfighter, and through proven results from deployments in other areas of the DoD. With Business Objects, SPS users will be able to do their jobs more effectively, more thoroughly, and with more insight into the department’s data. The solution is further strengthened by our tight business and technical integration with AMS.”
“AMS has been part of the SPS program since its inception, and we continue to play a key role in helping to streamline and simplify the military procurement process,” said John Hillen, senior vice president and general manager of defense and intelligence at AMS. “The DoD was looking for a faster, more flexible system to keep pace with modern procurement and logistics needs. The combination of AMS’s architecture and the Business Objects reporting and analysis software, delivers a completely Web-based solution to revolutionize the Department’s procurement system.”
Business Objects: Improving Performance in the Federal Government
Business Objects is a leading provider of business intelligence software to the U.S. Federal Government. Business intelligence improves the federal government’s ability to track, understand, and manage projects, budgets, procurement, human resources, and reporting to Congress. The Department of Defense and every major U.S. federal cabinet department use Business Objects software to help improve performance. Key customer deployments include the Army, Navy, Air Force, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Business Objects and its partners are helping federal professionals exceed the requirements of the President’s Management Agenda for competitive sourcing, strategic management of human capital, improved financial management, citizen centered e-Government, and budget-performance integration. For additional information on Business Objects BI solutions for the government, please visit: http://www.businessobjects.com/govt.
About Business Objects
Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 35,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects™ XI, offers the BI industry's most complete and trusted platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports®, the industry standard for enterprise reporting. Business Objects has built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects.
Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com.
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