IBM Awarded Analytics Contract to Improve Programming and Planning for U.S. Special Operations Command

IBM Awarded Analytics Contract to Improve Programming and Planning for U.S.
Special Operations Command

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Special Operations
Command (USSOCOM) has awarded IBM (NYSE: IBM) a technology and services
contract to modernize the planning, programming, budgeting and execution
functions within the command. USSOCOM and IBM will work together to design,
develop and integrate the Special Operations Resource Business Information
System (SORBIS) using advanced analytics and reporting capabilities to speed
access to information to improve the command's business enterprise. The award
has an estimated contract value not to exceed $20 million over the five-year
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.

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USSOCOM is the combatant command responsible for providing fully functional
Special Operations Forces to defend the U.S. and its interests, and planning
and synchronizing operations against terrorist networks.

IBM will implement a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), turnkey enterprise-wide
resource data management application for USSOCOM's headquarters and component
commands and integrate the command's legacy resource management systems with
the new SORBIS system. This effort is being supported by IBM's
subcontractors, CACI International, Inc. and National Interest Security
Company, LLC (NISC), both specialists in IT solutions and services for
defense, intelligence and homeland security.

"IBM is very pleased to support this important initiative," said Charles L.
Prow, Managing Partner, IBM Global Business Services, Public Sector. "Through
the SORBIS system, we believe USSOCOM will be able to leverage advanced
analytics to gain better insights into data resources and improve decision
making."

The use of analytics and optimization technologies is accelerating in the
government market, as agencies and departments seek to deploy 'smarter'
systems that can analyze data and enable faster, more accurate decision
making. IBM has established a Business Analytics and Optimization Services
practice for government and other public sector clients that includes experts
with deep knowledge in such areas as defense, logistics, cyber-security,
transportation, public safety, and customs and border management. These
professionals also collaborate with IBM researchers and tap into mathematics
and information management capabilities across IBM.

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Press Contacts:
Theo Chisholm
IBM Public Sector
914-765-6144
theoc@us.ibm.com

Wes Ticer, Major, USAF
Media Relations Officer
USSOCOM Public Affairs
813-826-4557
DSN: 299-4557

SOURCE IBM

Theo Chisholm, IBM Public Sector, +1-914-765-6144, theoc@us.ibm.com; Wes
Ticer, Major, USAF, Media Relations Officer, USSOCOM Public Affairs,
+1-813-826-4557, DSN: 299-4557