Army Awards Contract for DefenseWeb to Expand Online Resource for Deployed Troops and Families Army-Wide.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- DefenseWeb Partners with Salute Our Services (SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). ) Organization to Take Army Readiness Efforts into 21st Century DefenseWeb Technologies, a premier custom software developer and systems integrator An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. serving Defense Department (DoD) organizations, announced today that the U.S. Army has awarded the company a contract to develop a new "Platinum Edition" of its successful Virtual Family Readiness Group (vFRG) application for deployed troops and their families. In August 2004, DefenseWeb's "Standard Edition" vFRG was released to the U.S. Army for use with troops and families from the Second Infantry infantry, body of soldiers who fight in an army on foot and are equipped with hand-carried weapons, in contradistinction originally to cavalry and other branches of an army. Division (2ID) in South Korea. Based on the success of the application, DefenseWeb was awarded a follow-on contract to develop an "Enhanced Edition," which launched earlier this year. The new "Platinum Edition" will add next generation features and will provide additional training, outreach and support. It will also be expanded across the entire U.S. Army, including Active and Reserve components. DefenseWeb CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Douglas Burke Douglas "Doug" Burke (born March 30, 1957) is a former water polo player who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of Stanford University. References
The Standard Edition vFRG application, which can be accessed at www.desertstrike.armyfrg.org, is a Web-based system that provides news, announcements, Army resources and tools that allow troops to communicate with their families across the globe. Family members can even share and post photos for public and private sharing with soldiers and other family members. The primary objective of the vFRG is to provide the Army with a system that replicates, in a virtual environment, all of the major components of Family Readiness Groups in a traditional, face-to-face environment. Tricia Johnson, Salute Our Services CEO and the spouse of an Army reservist re·serv·ist n. A member of a military reserve. reservist Noun a member of a nation's military reserve Noun 1. , is convinced that vFRGs will remedy many of the communication issues during deployments. "When a Soldier is deployed, their family serves, too," says Johnson. "DefenseWeb has developed an essential tool to ease the burden of deployments on both families and Soldiers." About DefenseWeb(R) Technologies, Inc. DefenseWeb Technologies, Inc. (www.defenseweb.com) provides customized enterprise software development services for Department of Defense (DoD) organizations. Founded in 1998, DefenseWeb delivers Enterprise Information Portals See corporate portal. , Case Management Systems, Clinical Information Systems, Business Process Automation Systems, Training Systems and Decision Support Systems for DoD health care, quality of life and family support organizations. The company's core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. located in San Diego, Calif. About Salute Our Services(TM) (SOS) Salute Our Services, Inc. (www.saluteourservices.org) was conceived by the spouse of a US Army Reservist to provide and develop programs that support Soldiers and families during deployments. Founded in 2001, SOS specializes in program development, marketing and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . Salute Our Services, located in McLean, Va. with a satellite office in San Diego, is both a small, woman owned business and a non profit 501 (C) (3). (C) 2004 DefenseWeb Technologies. All rights reserved. DefenseWeb(R) and Xtendable(R) Server are trademarks of DefenseWeb Technologies Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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