BAE Systems Turns to BackWeb for Mobile Access to Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM Suite of Applications; Provides Anytime, Anywhere Access to Critical Applications, Regardless of Network Connectivity.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- BackWeb Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: BWEB BWEB Broadcast Web BWEB Bacula Web Interface ), a leading provider of offline and mobile web software, announced today that BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. , an aerospace and defense company, has licensed BackWeb's software to mobilize their Oracle PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. ) suite of applications in their U.S.-based operations. BAE Systems' initial plan for the BackWeb(R) Offline Access Server(TM) is to mobilize their Oracle PeopleSoft ePerformance Management solution, enabling mobile employees and managers to complete performance review documents while on the road and disconnected from the network. The Oracle PeopleSoft ePerformance enables BAE Systems to improve the speed and accuracy of the company's performance management with a paperless process. By extending this application with BackWeb, managers and mobile employees have their ePerformance Management application available anytime, anywhere. They will automatically synchronize their workflows and pending employee performance reviews to their laptops. While mobile and disconnected from the network, they are free to continue working on their performance reviews in the ePerformance Management web user interface as they do normally. Whenever mobile users acquire a network connection, their mobile work and the current state of the application are automatically synchronized. All ePerformance Management centralized administration, work processes, and user interfaces are automatically reflected in users' mobile applications. "BAE Systems has employees around the world, and ensuring that they have consistent access to the processes and tools that support them, such as access to performance management tools, is a challenge and a requirement if they are to continue to achieve high levels of personal and company productivity," said Curt Gray, senior vice president, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. at BAE Systems. "Our focus is to provide our employees and managers with consistent access to the Oracle ePerformance Management application regardless of their location or network status." "We welcome BAE Systems to our family of customers," said Moshik Raccah, vice-president sales and business development at BackWeb. "We will help them achieve their goal of mobilizing multiple HCM applications for their distributed workforce. Our proven technology delivers and we look forward to helping BAE Systems improve employee productivity and accelerate company workflows." About BackWeb Technologies BackWeb mobilizes critical web applications and content for mobile workforces and remote offices. Mobile professionals can be productive anytime, anywhere, without interruption, regardless of connection status or network availability. BackWeb's patented web and polite synchronization mobile solution delivers a seamless and simple user experience. The solution is commonly deployed to sales forces, field employees, mobile managers and remote operations. Typical e-business applications include enterprise sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , e-learning and training and Human Capital Management (HCM). Content examples include document repositories, business intelligence data and rich media. BackWeb customers include market leaders such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Eastman Kodak, GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a $18 billion (USD) unit of General Electric (GE). It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment headquartered outside the United States. , Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, KLA Tencor KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) is a semiconductor company which manufactures inspection equipment for wafers and reticles. KLA Tencor headquarters is in San Jose and offices are in Milpitas. KLA-Tencor was formed in May 1997 when KLA Instruments and Tencor Instruments merged. , Lam Research Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and service of semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. , and Pfizer. BackWeb also serves customers through partnerships with BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , Oracle, and SAP. BackWeb's operations are centered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and Rosh Ha 'ayin, Israel, with field offices in the U.S. and Europe. Make every minute of your mobile professional's day productive; visit www.backweb.com or call (877) 222-5932. (C) 2006 BackWeb Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. BackWeb is a registered trademark and Offline Access Server is a trademark of BackWeb Technologies Ltd. Oracle, JD Edwards See J.D. Edwards. , and PeopleSoft are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Statements in this news release, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements of beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that BackWeb solutions enable mobile employees and managers to complete performance documents when on the road and disconnected from the network, that mobile employees will be able to automatically synchronize their ePerformance Management workflows and pending employee performance reviews while disconnected from the network, and that mobile employees can achieve consistent access to the ePerformance Management application regardless of location or network status. Actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, the uncertainty of market acceptance of offline access products or our ability to license those products to customers; general economic conditions or any downturn in IT industry spending; the ability of BackWeb to develop innovative technology and deliver solutions that meet customer needs; and the potential emergence of competitive technologies or competitor companies. In addition, please refer to our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, which contain more detailed descriptions of the risk factors facing our business. BackWeb assumes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements in this release. |
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