Safari Books Online
Awarded GSA IT Schedule 70 Contract

Government Information Technology Users Get Enhanced Purchase, Procurement Ability from Safari Books Online's Extensive
On-Demand Digital Library

Sebastopol, CA - March 02, 2009
Safari Books Online, the leading on-demand digital library and a joint venture of O'Reilly Media Inc. and Pearson Education, today announced that the General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Safari Books Online an Information Technology Schedule 70: Federal Supply Schedule contract number GS-02F-0162T. The Information Technology Schedule 70 was established by GSA to assist federal, state and local government agencies with their procurement of IT products, services, and solutions as needed to meet their agency IT goals and to offer the ability to negotiate pricing at pre-determined rates.

The five-year GSA Schedule contract was awarded on December 8, 2008, and will expire in 2013. Safari Books Online content will be available through GSA Advantage!®, the government's central online shopping superstore at www.gsaadvantage.gov.

Safari’s new GSA IT Schedule 70 award provides a streamlined procurement process for government clients to subscribe to Safari's on-demand digital library. The library is rich in exclusive content and offers a comprehensive range of digital book and video content from leading publishers including Prentice Hall Professional, O'Reilly Media, Addison-Wesley Professional, Microsoft Press, Sams, Que, Peachpit Press, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, lynda.com, IBM Press, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Sun Microsystems Press, FT Press, Wharton School Publishing, among others.

"We've had a great relationship with the federal sector over the past few years and our GSA IT Schedule 70 contract provides another opportunity for us to serve this important customer segment along with the state, regional and local sectors as well," said Paige Mazzoni, vice president of marketing, Safari Books Online. "Finding answers at a moment's notice or gaining in-depth training for continuing education and professional certifications are all things that Safari Books Online's on-demand digital library provides to government employees or eligible contractors."

Interested government agencies and employees can find pricing and purchasing information for Safari Books Online products by contacting Denise Nason at Safari Books Online govsales@safaribooksonline.com or call 910-233-2435.

About Safari Books Online

Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com) is an on-demand digital library delivering expert content in both book and video form from the world’s leading authors in technology and business. Technology professionals, software developers, Web designers, and business and creative professionals use Safari Books Online as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning and certification training. Safari Books Online offers a range of business-to-business product mixes and pricing programs for every sized organization, as well as business-to-consumer options for individual users.

Thousands of books, prepublication manuscripts, short documents, articles and instructional videos are available at Safari Books Online in one fully searchable database from publishers like Prentice Hall Professional, O'Reilly Media, Addison-Wesley Professional, Microsoft Press, Sams, Que, Peachpit Press, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, lynda.com, IBM Press, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Sun Microsystems Press, FT Press, Wharton School Publishing, Apress, Manning, New Riders, Apple Certified, Course Technology, Splash Media and dozens more. For more information about Safari Books Online, please visit us online.

About General Services Administration

Founded in 1949, General Services Administration (GSA) serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services.

GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and eGov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions. More information is available at www.gsa.gov.

Contacts

Safari Books Online
Paige Mazzoni / Rose St. Clair » (707) 827.4100
rstclair@safarijv.com
or
Rocket Science
Rich Mullikin » (415) 464.8110 x 216
rich@rocketscience.com

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