May 05, 2009 -- The Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI®) recently recognized Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] with their 2009 Federal Business Partner of the Year Award for outstanding achievements in the areas of sales, innovative product development, and fostering ESRI technology into key products.

SAIC has been an ESRI authorized systems integrator for the past three years, and received the award for the development of GeoRover® geospatial software products, developed for ESRI’s ArcGIS® desktop platform. The products simplify the process of ingesting, creating, or editing spatial data for the end user. The tools also provide specific niche capabilities such as field data collection and rapid map data indexing. Learn more at http://www.georover.com.

ESRI presented the award to SAIC at ESRI's Worldwide Business Partner Conference. ESRI has approximately 500 business partners worldwide.

“SAIC created the GeoRover product line several years ago to support the needs of our customers,” said John Thomas, senior vice president and business unit general manager. “We are grateful to ESRI for recognizing our commitment to GIS technologies and look forward to continuing this valuable business partnership.”

Related Information:

SAIC GeoRover Software Product Line
http://www.saic.com/products/software/georover

SAIC GeoRover Software Products Selected for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Workstation
http://investors.saic.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=314892