NASA LAUNCHES INMAGIC PRESTO AND DISCOVERS A NEW WAY TO MANAGE KNOWLEDGE

Ujjwal Kumar Joshi

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Agenda

1. Overview about NASA2. Key Challenges of NASA3. Introduction about Inmagic Presto4. Why Inmagic was selected?5. Benefits after implementing Inmagic

a. Operational Benefitb. Financial Benefitsc. Strategic Benefits

6. Voice of the Employee

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NASA

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was established in 29th July, 1958. It is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the national civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.

Industry Aerospace and Defense

Employees 17000

Headquarter Washington, D.C.

Website www.nasa.gov

Vision To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that we do and learn will benefit all humankind

Major Work Areas

AeronauticsHuman Exploration and OperationsScienceSpace Technology

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Key Challenges

Need a secure repository for thousands of high definition images, more than 5 million photos, 10,000 videos and up to 7,000 motion picture films.

Require centralized one-stop access to huge archives of shuttle mission photos and videos.

Want ability to rapidly search images collections for each stage of the mission.

Provide secure access to internal NASA staff and external contractors.

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Inmagic Presto A software package developed by the

Inmagic Inc.

Includes necessary tools to perform database definition and maintenance, information retrieval, and report production.

Stores the high definition images to compare the condition of shuttle parts during various stages of the mission to identify possible problems.

stores images and documents and enables officials to retrieve them using a "Google-like" search through a web-based system.

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Why Inmagic was selected?

Support for the depth and variety of NASA's diverse document types, including very large photo and video images.

Fast, relevant, real-time search of image archives

Seamless integration with 3-D image viewer

Providing one, intuitive administrative and user interface

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Benefit after implementing Presto Software NASA has advanced the safety of the

shuttle missions and the crew by enhancing its ability to search and retrieve critical shuttle images and videos.

Beside these, NASA is benefited in following 3 ways:

Operational Benefits Financial and strategic Benefits Ownership Benefits

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Operational Benefits8

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Financial and Strategic Benefits

Greatly reduce flight risks. Advance critical mission and crew safety. Provides continuous support in the mission

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Ownership Benefits

Secure, centralized information access Seamless integration of internal and external data

sources Improve image comparison for rapid diagnostics

Voice of the Employee

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Inmagic Presto has helped us organize and provide agency-wide access to mission critical video and imaging

assets allowing us to increase mission safety.

Jeff Wolfe Photo Planner IMCS, Photo & Media

Services Kennedy Space Center