Business Objects to Support Department of Defense Business Intelligence Solution Upgrade.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2004 U.S. Department of Defense Standard Procurement System Provides a Basis for Department-wide Business Intelligence Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ) (Euronext Paris ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. 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 American Management Systems (previous NASDAQ symbol: AMSY) was founded in 1970 as a technology and management consulting firm. It was founded by a group of five former United States Department of Defense officials who worked under Robert McNamara in the Kennedy and Johnson , 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 (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. ) 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 The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. 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 In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. 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(R), 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 mag·nif·i·co n. pl. mag·nif·i·coes 1. A person of distinguished rank, importance, or appearance: "He is both an old-world and a new-world figure, a feudal magnifico and a modern technocrat" , 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 - Andrew Message System ." "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 Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. 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 The President's Management Agenda is an initiative, announced by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2001, to make the U.S. federal government more efficient and effective. In its drive to make government more "citizen-centered, market-based, and results-oriented," the 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. Business intelligence enables organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), and customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) systems. Popular uses of BI include enterprise reporting, management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, financial reporting, and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity, and improve financial performance. In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in enterprise reporting. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications, and data integration. In addition, Business Objects offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has more than 24,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB). It is included in the SBF SBF Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Franciscan School of Biblical Investigations; Jerusalem, Israel) SBF Small Block Ford (automotive engine) SBF Single Black Female SBF Société des Bourses Francaises 120 and IT CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and http://www.businessobjects.com. 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