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Intelligence and Insight You Can Trust

Copyright © 2008 IHS Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1


Objective and Agenda

• Top level overview of IHS Jane’s subscriptions available through the MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library & Armor Research Library and basics of Jane’s online

Content Included:– Company Overview– IHS Jane’s Online Products – How can I use IHS Jane’s content?– Online Demonstration: “Jane’s 101”


Who is IHS Jane’s?

• Founded by Fred T Jane in 1898

• More than 110 years of experience

• Leading provider of intelligence and analysis on national and international defence, security and risk developments

• Online, offline and paper solutions

• Open source intelligence


IHS Jane’s Content Areas

Equipment

Specifications; Utilization; Markets; Inventories; Manufacturers and Forecasts

Companies/organizations

Profiles; Capabilities; People; Capacity; Culture; Strategy; Performance and Prospects

Markets

Demographics; History; Current status & developments; Trends & Forecasts; Future opportunities

Governments

Political parties, people, policies and budgets that underpin the national standing

Countries

Demographics; Military forces; State stability; International relations; Proliferation and procurement; Terrorism; ORBAT

Events

Tracking the events, incidents and announcements that occur every day around the World

News, reference and analysis of global developments


Jane’s Online

• All titles available in an online format• Most frequent updates on an as-needed basis• Subscriptions consist of individual titles and

product groupings– Microsites– Libraries– Intelligence Centres


Microsites

Each publication has its own ‘microsite’

• Features:– Includes only the content from that individual publication– Individual sets of navigation items

• Typical Subscribers:– Organizations who have selected content needs


MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library & Armor Research Library IHS Jane’s Subscriptions• Jane’s Armour & Artillery • Jane’s Military Vehicles and Logistics • Jane’s Infantry Weapons • Jane’s World Armies • Jane’s World Insurgency and Terrorism • Jane’s Defense Weekly • Jane’s Intelligence Review • Jane’s Terrorism Watch Report


Commonly Used by…– Program Managers– Operations/Logistics Officers– Engineers– Business/Market Analysts– Competitive/Business Intelligence– Security/Policy Analysts

To…– Track emerging technologies and their procurement/proliferation – Assess the capabilities of an individual country and its armed forces– Understand stated government policy – Understand current and future market climate and trends– Identify business opportunities

IHS Jane’s News & Analysis

Currently featured in:

Jane’s Defence WeeklyJane’s Intelligence ReviewJane’s Terrorism Watch Report


Commonly Used by…– Program Managers– Operations/Logistics Officer– Weapons Recognition Officers– Equipment Specialists– Engineers– Business/Market Analysts– Security/Geopolitical Analysts

To…– Understand overall specifications of a platform– Understand individual systems that make up a platform– Understand the capabilities of an individual platform or system– Evaluate mission critical equipment– Visual Identification and recognition

IHS Jane’s Specification Data


Jane’s Armour & ArtilleryJane’s Military Vehicles and LogisticsJane’s Infantry Weapons


IHS Jane’s Country Reference DataCommonly Used by…

– Security/Geopolitical Analysts– Program Managers– Operations/Logistics Officers– Business/Market Analysts– Competitive/Business Intelligence

To…– Assess current stabilities, threats, and security environments within an

individual country– Evaluate global political and diplomatic policies– Understand current capabilities of global armed forces, including

ORBAT, procurement and inventory details– Assess terrorist and insurgent groups active within a particular country


Jane’s World ArmiesJane’s World Insurgency and Terrorism


Online Demonstration: Jane’s 101

What questions do you have that can be answered by your IHS Jane’s subscriptions?


Upcoming Initiatives

• Jane’s 2.0 – Beta Testing commences April 2012– Your opinion matters!

• Structured Specifications Project– Advanced specification search capabilities– Standardization of all defense equipment specs

• Defense Equipment Portfolio Realignment– More comprehensive organization of the equipment

content


Thank you for your time

Questions?

Erin Horansky Sherrie M. Floyd, MLS

Senior Account Executive MCoE Libraries

IHS Jane’s [email protected] [email protected] usarmy.benning.mcoe.mbx.donovan-ref-desk @mail.mil

Phone: 703.236.3129 [email protected]

Phone: 706 545-6411/706 626-8663

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