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U.S. Navy buys Leading Edge Design & Systems visual content management system: Naval Media Center in Washington, DC will utilize advanced media asset management technology to manage video and audio archives.


The Naval Media Center in Washington Washington, town, England
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, DC selected Leading Edge Design & Systems (Leading Edge) and DSMCi to provide a media asset management system to manage a large and growing digital archive of Navy and Marine Corps video and audio content. Leading Edge, a highly specialized spe·cial·ize  
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 defense contractor Noun 1. defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region";
, will deploy this system at the Naval Media Center's Washington, DC facility. The Navy selected this system for its technical excellence, ability to provide enhanced features over the current system, and its overall value.

The Naval Media Center is moving into the future of the military's information management vision with this system. It will create an information architecture for saving its critical digital history and for making the most use of it. The system is web-based and, therefore, provides access to authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal  to collaborate and re-purpose content. Navy detachments all around the world will be able to search and contribute content, which will cut costs and increase efficiency.

This system gives customers a means of saving, sharing, and re-purposing their multimedia content with a very user-friendly user-friendly - Programmer-hostile. Generally used by hackers in a critical tone, to describe systems that hold the user's hand so obsessively that they make it painful for the more experienced and knowledgeable to get any work done.  interface and in an affordable package. Mike Veronis, VP of Marketing and Business Development, said "The Navy needed a solution with a low-cost of ownership that is easy to use and configure See configuration.

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 and provides them with total control of their assets and can be used by personnel stationed an many locations around the world. They got this and more with our solution."

Leading Edge teamed with EastBay Eastbay is a leading world supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment. The company was established to meet the performance needs of local high school and college athletes within Central Wisconsin.  Media and DSMCi to develop, integrate, and provide ongoing management of the system. DSMCi's Media Archive Solution (MAS) software is the foundation of the system and was a key driver in the Navy's decision to select the Leading Edge solution over any others.

Leading Edge Design and Systems is a veteran-owned, small business that specializes in intelligence applications for defense customers. The Company is nearly 20-years old and has always been focused on helping customers develop defense applications and programs to create a safer world. Leading Edge provides systems, services, and products to deliver complete intelligence solutions and support to its customers.
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Publication:EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
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Date:Oct 27, 2003
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