Blue Agave and SAIC Team Up to Bring the Real-time Enterprise to Government Agencies

CAMBRIDGE , Mass. and SAN DIEGO , Calif. (April 6, 2005) - Blue Agave Software, Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced a Joint Marketing Agreement that targets Business Activity Monitoring (BAM). The proposed solution will provide the country's largest federal agencies with real-time performance management solutions to address process gaps within operations, logistics and intelligence.

The alliance has impact for government organizations, by delivering solutions that drive improvements in performance. These solutions enable government agencies to leverage large volumes of granular data from disparate systems to obtain a clear and comprehensive understanding of all developing issues in real-time, while there is still time to take corrective action.

"Many government agencies face the daunting task of transforming huge amounts of data into actionable information in very short cycles," said Anthony J. Rahner, program manager of SAIC's Integrated Systems Division. "Blue Agave's solution set enables us to configure and deploy real-time, decision-support applications that address the proprietary requirements of government agencies."

Deployed at Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently enlisted SAIC and Blue Agave to pilot their Active Performance ManagementT (APM) solution to identify and streamline delayed cargo shipments. This initial application integrates critical data from four separate DoD logistics systems in real-time, identifies exceptions, and provides specific recommendations for expediting delivery and resolving delays at selected DoD depots and aerial ports. The solution not only enables faster resolution times, but it also identifies the root cause of shipment problems, illuminating policy and process issues that can often be corrected to avoid recurrence. The Web-based Blue Agave solution was deployed to dozens of users spanning several organizations, including United States Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).

"We're helping to improve the reliability of one of the government's most important end-to-end logistics chains," said Jim Morganstern , vice president business development, Blue Agave Software. "Leveraging SAIC's domain experience in government, we are able to apply our technologies to help the Department of Defense provide better support to the Warfighter by ensuring uninterrupted movement of critical supplies through the supply chain."

The agreement combines Blue Agave's APM solutions with SAIC's professional services experience in federal integration, engineering, and supply chain practices. Configured to meet the needs of various organizations, APM provides a suite of applications that continuously evaluate real-time data to proactively identify and manage the resolution of time-sensitive operational exceptions, deliver up-to-the-minute insight into the current state of the business, and provide capabilities for ongoing continuous improvement.

SAIC and Blue Agave will develop and deploy APM-enabled applications to help government agencies address process gaps and improve operational performance. The Joint Marketing Agreement will also extend back into Blue Agave's core market in consumer packaged goods (CPG), relying on SAIC's experience deploying APM solutions in complex environments.

About Blue Agave Software

Blue Agave Software delivers next generation, real-time decision support capabilities that help organizations dramatically improve operational performance by addressing common, critical process gaps that often put service, revenue, and operations at risk. Its highly-configurable Active Performance ManagementT (APM) suite delivers measurable benefit to both public and private sector organizations in a variety of industries including consumer packaged goods, defense, healthcare, and financial. The software proactively identifies and recommends actions to address operational anomalies, monitors key aspects of business performance against company targets, and provides root-cause analysis for continuous improvement. Blue Agave is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge , Mass. and can be reached at www.blueagavesoft.com or (617) 621-3400 .

About SAIC

SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of nearly $7 billion, SAIC has more than 45,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com .

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Blue Agave Company Contact:
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