DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE INITIATIVE (ESI) 2003

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Department of Defense (DoD) Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI)

Department of Defense (DoD) Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI)

2003 FOSE/Federal Leadership Councils Showcase of Excellence Award Finalist

2003 DoD CIO Team Award

The Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) is a joint project designed to implement a true software enterprise management process within the Department of Defense (DoD). By pooling commercial software requirements and presenting a single negotiating position to leading software vendors, ESI provides pricing advantages not otherwise available to individual Services and Agencies. Twenty-three software best practices have been identified and adopted by the ESI Working Group, leading toward a DoD-wide business process for acquiring, distributing and managing Enterprise Software. The ESI vision is “Point and Click IT Shopping at the Lowest Cost”, using the Internet. ESI can use the Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF) to provide “up-front money” for initial wholesale software buys. This funding process assures maximum leverage of DoD’s combined buying power, producing large software discounts. Agreement negotiations and retail contracting actions are performed by IT acquisition and contracting professionals within participating DoD Services and Agencies, as ESI “Software Product Managers” (SPM). For more detailed information visit the ESI Home Page: http://www.don-imit.navy.mil/esi/.

ESI is endorsed by the DoD Business Initiative Council (BIC), which authorized ESI to extend Software Asset Management to the DoD Component level, via BIC Initiative IT11. The BIC also approved extension of the project to establish a Virtual Information Technology Marketplace (VITM) for online purchasing of Information Technology, located at http://www.vitm.gov.

Current ESI Agreement Highlights

Accenture, BearingPoint, Computer Sciences Corp, Deloitte, and IBM systems integration services – enabling program managers to integrate commercial software (primarily ERP packages) into their delivered capabilities – are now available through the ESI!
Red Hat Linux operating systems software license subscriptions and services at 10% to 48% off GSA FSS price!
SecureInfo’s RMS, C&A, and EVR software and IT professional services are discounted 10% to 87% (depending on quantity purchased) off list price.
Telos’s Xacta Web C&A automated security accreditation tool is priced at 36% - 46% off GSA FSS.
Microsoft’s software products for desktop configurations, servers and other products at up to 38% off GSA FSS pricing by nine resellers. Microsoft’s Premier Support Services provided at 4% off list price.
Network Associates, Symantec, and Trend Micro’s anti-virus products are provided at no cost through ESI!
CAC Middleware products now available through ESI from Datakey, Litronic, and Spyrus.
CA Products such as: Unicenter enterprise management software is available at 64% off; BPwin and Erwin modeling tools (including product, maintenance, and upgrades) are available at 56% off GSA FSS prices.
Sun Support Total Enterprise Warranty (SSTEW) is offered at 35% to 57% off GSA FSS prices.
Adobe software at up to 13% off GSA FSS pricing - home use authorized too!
SAP enterprise resource planning software at 16% off GSA FSS prices.
Oracle's pre-negotiated discounts reach 27% off GSA FSS prices. Greater discounts available for “special offers” on database and application software licenses, support, training, and consulting services.
Sybase’s limited “Golden Disk” for Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) entitles DoD to unlimited seats at 64% off GSA FSS prices.
Novell offers discounts of 48% off list pricing for NetWare, GroupWise, ZenWorks, and more!
HiSoftware offers automated tools to help DoD IT managers comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Amendments of 1998. HiSoftware's AccRepair, AccVerify, and AccMonitor tools range from $75 to $1,049 per seat/server.
Merant’s PVCS Change Management Software is offered at discounts of 21% off GSA FSS pricing.
Popkin Software’s System Architect software license for Enterprise Modeling, and all Popkin add-on products are available at up to 15% off GSA FSS prices.
IBM’s Informix database software is available at up to 27% off GSA FSS pricing. Rational enterprise architecture software and maintenance discounts up to 14% off GSA FSS.
PeopleSoft ERP software is now available at up to 20% off GSA FSS pricing.
Asynchrony Solutions’ Envoke Software, a collaboration tool, is available with discounts up to 63% off GSA FSS.
First Virtual Communication’s Click to Meet collaboration software (formerly called CUSeeMe and MeetingPoint) is available at 6% to 11% off GSA FSS.

ESI Working Group Co-Chairs

Jim Clausen, (703) 602-0980, ext 169, [email protected]

Floyd Groce, (703) 607-5658, [email protected]

ESI operates under the purview of the ESI Steering Group, led by the Deputy CIO, DoD.

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