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- MySQL Case Study: Nasa
- The NASA Acquisition Internet Service is responsible for providing the general public with information regarding contract opportunities with the revered space organization. A network of servers interconnecting 12 of NASA's field installations, NAIS is the only means for obtaining acquisition information for contracts ranging between $25,000 and $500,000. Given NAIS'...
- Tags: NASA, MySQL, NASA Acquisition Internet Service, Databases, Open Source, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
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- NASA Optimizes Operations by Tracking Hazardous Materials With RFID
- NASA Dryden Flight Research Center is demonstrating a project called ChemSecure, designed to improve the management of hazardous materials to enhance security and safety, while significantly reducing ongoing supply chain costs. Once implemented, the ChemSecure program will integrate Radio Frequency IDentification RFID and sensor-based technology with the Department of Defense's...
- Tags: NASA, RFID Journal, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, RFID, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Enterprise Software, Software
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- NASA's World Wind Puts the Planet at the Fingertips of Internet Users Anywhere
- World Wind is a program developed by the Ames Research Center Learning Technologies, a division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA. Using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft DirectX, World Wind enables anyone with a PC and a broadband Internet connection to take a...
- Tags: NASA, Internet User, Microsoft Corp., World Wind, Broadband Internet, Internet, .Net, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Networking
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- Podcast: Building the James Webb Space Telescope
- When the Webb Telescope takes off for its perch in space, it will be operated by some 200,000 lines of software code. Since a system failure would involve a space shuttle mission to repair, the software needs to be right the first time. In...
- Tags: Software, NASA, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Internet, Management, Software/Web Development
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- A NASA and National Park Service (NPS) Educational Project Uses Adobe#$#s Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) to Streamline File Management and to Tag Hundreds of Photographs With Global Positioning (GPS) Location Data
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is renowned for its thousand-year-old pueblo structures. NASA, on the other hand, is known for the latest in technology, and its spirit of exploration. These two organizations - along with Ideum, an interactive design firm based in Sausalito, California - have collaborated...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., National Park Service, NASA, Streamline, Positioning, Photograph, GPS, Branding, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing
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- A NASA and National Park Service (NPS) Educational Project Uses Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) to Streamline File Management and to Tag Hundreds of Photographs With Global Positioning (GPS) Location Data
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is renowned for its thousand-year-old pueblo structures. NASA, on the other hand, is known for the latest in technology, and its spirit of exploration. These two organizations - along with Ideum, an interactive design firm based in Sausalito, California - have collaborated...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., National Park Service, NASA, Streamline, Positioning, Photograph, GPS, Branding, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware
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- Nortel Networks Case Study: NASA Kennedy Space Station's Joint Industry Press Center (JIPC)
- The Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, wanted to provide wireless mobility, connectivity and accessibility to journalists from around the world reporting the most recent space shuttle launch from the Kennedy Space Center. A Nortel mobility solution based on Wireless Mesh Networking, allowing journalists to use their laptops and...
- Tags: NASA, Nortel Networks Corp., Mobility, Mesh Networking, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Networking
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- Tropos Wi-Fi Hotzone Equipment Tested at Meteor Crater
- Tropos 5110 Wi-Fi cells were successfully tested by NASA at its on-site field trial at Meteor Crater in Arizona as part of NASA's multi-center, human-robotic exploration research. The company said that this is the first time NASA has used outdoor cellular Wi-Fi technology as the communications network for potential interplanetary...
- Tags: NASA, Tropos Networks, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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- VMware Helps Lockheed Martin Space Operations Provide Low-Cost, Efficient Support to NASA
- When Lockheed Martin Space Operations was awarded NASA's $3 billion+ Consolidated Space Operations Contract CSOC, the contractor took on the responsibility of providing end-to-end space operations support for NASA missions, including the Space Shuttle and International Space Station mission operations and planning systems design, development, and integration. They needed to...
- Tags: NASA, Lockheed Martin Corp., VMware Inc., EMC Corp., Storage, Microsoft Windows NT, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
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- Optimal Case Study: NASA
- NASA's unique mission of exploration, discovery and innovation has preserved the United States' role as both a leader in world aviation and as the preeminent spacefaring nation. To improve and modernize the agency's financial management and accounting processes, NASA implemented its Integrated Financial Management Program IMFP. The goal of IMFP...
- Tags: Accounting, NASA, Financial, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance
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- Geek Trivia: Fuel for disaster
- On May 4, 1988, the U.S. National Earthquake Information Center NEIC in Colorado detected a seismic event of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale, situated in or around Henderson, Nevada. At first blush, it appeared to be an earthquake barely strong enough to be felt by locals, but still notable...
- Tags: Geek Trivia, NASA, PEPCON, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Geek Trivia: Five for (Saturn) five
- Thirty-five years ago -- May 14, 1973 -- saw the end of an era: The last Saturn V rocket ever to fly was launched from Cape Kennedy. By almost every measure, the Saturn V was the most powerful rocket ever to fly. The Soviet N-1 was a bit wider, and...
- Tags: Earth, NASA, Moon, Rocket, Apollo, S-IVB, Corporate Communications, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Strategy, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- NASA Night Launch (jar)
- Dark Theme for Firefox. Inspired by the night launch of STS-116. This theme is for people who like it dark. If you're running a dark desktop then this is for you. So zip up your flight suit, make sure your harness is secure, and enjoy the ride. The latest release...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, NASA, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-03-26
- Images: Watching Earth from space
- From satellites and manned spacecraft, NASA has been observing the Earth and seeing what man has done to it for the past 50 years. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, nasa
- Image galleries 2008-04-23
- Photos: NASA's top-10 views of Earth
- To celebrate Earth Day, NASA released its 10 favorite photographs of Earth that were taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, nasa
- Image galleries 2008-04-23
- Photos: Orbiter takes closeups of Martian moon Phobos
- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took snapshots as it whizzed past Phobos, the larger of Mars' two tiny moons. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, nasa, mars
- Image galleries 2008-04-10
- Geek Trivia: A trial of the Spirit
- Editor's note: Since one of NASA's Mars rovers recently escaped the executioner's axe, the Trivia Geek is using that as an excuse to recycle this Classic Geek, which originally ran on Jan. 3, 2006. Two years ago this week, Spirit -- the first of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers...
- Tags: Software, NASA, Flash Memory, Rover, Spirit, Memory, Tools & Techniques, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Photos: iPod flies high with space shuttle
- A NASA photo of space shuttle Endeavour shows a certain Apple music player sitting in the window console. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, ipod, nasa
- Image galleries 2008-03-24
- Photos: NASA tunes up trucks for the moon
- NASA is developing robotic trucks and rovers that will explore the lunar surface when astronauts return to the moon--probably around 2020. by CNET News.com
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., NASA, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-02-28
- NASA Normal (jar)
- Based on NASA Web Site Style Guidelines. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: NASA
- Software downloads 2007-08-15
