In this issue...

• Message from Irene Nesbit, President NSi
• New NSi Web Site
• Welcome New NSi Clients
• New Maintenance Module for Equipment Tracking System

Message from Irene Nesbit

The NAB trade show energized all of us here at NSi. We met many new people who are doing innovative broadcasting. We also saw many long time customers and friends. Their loyalty to our system speaks to our high quality of product and service. I am very proud of that.

We completed our installation at the AXA Gallery this past month. It is the first time we have applied the Media Library System to art holdings. (The AXA Gallery is a small museum, owned by Axa Financial. It is located at 51st and 7th Avenue in NYC and open to the public.). We added viewable thumbnails and customized the data elements for inventory, tracking and loaning of art works. It's great to see MLS working so well for this business.

About two years ago we started analyzing ways to bring digital video files into MLS. We designed a module called Preview+ that supported ingestion and integration of digital files and meta data into MLS. Once in MLS, the digital image can be viewed and its associated data can be displayed. The goal is see all media types within the system. This past month I started meeting with customers and colleagues to review this design and to determine what your objectives are for the digital operation. I am still deep into my analysis g every meeting. If I have not called you, please call me. I'd love to talk with you. Thanks, and have a great summer.

New NSi Web Site

There are a few things on the new Nesbit Systems site we would like to point out. In addition to the normal product and client listings we have added a series of white papers and customer assistance worksheets that we feel will be beneficial to anyone who is taking a look at their media asset management needs. Here is a quick summary of these papers:

• Ten Tips on Organizing Your Media Assets: a concise tutorial on efficiently managing your media library
• Reconsidering Digital Asset Management: a critical look at DAM in today's production environment amid the need to continue to track tape
• MLS Benefits and ROI: how the purchase of the Media Library System is cost effective and cost justified.
• Prospect Questionnaire: a brief questionnaire designed to help prospective customers think about their current media asset requirements and design a system to meet their unique needs.

Please take a look at these new items on our web site - we think you will find them interesting and useful.

Welcome New NSi Clients

We are pleased to announce that Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc., a regional clinical laboratory with focused market testing capabilities, has chosen Modern Media Services to store and track patient records as well as provide Internet access to the records using Nesbit Systems Media Library System and WebMLS. Modern Media Services is a strategic partnership between Fort Lee Film and Nesbit Systems that provides state of the art media asset management technology with modern storage and preservation services, including management of videotape, film, sound assets, computer data tapes and documents. We look forward to a successful relationship with Bio-Reference Labs.

We also would like to welcome Tangible Vision as a new client for MLS. Tangible Vision is a production company based in Nashville specializing in country music videos.

New Maintenance Module for the NSi Equipment Tracking System

Our Equipment Tracking System (ETS) is used by major broadcast and cable companies to archive, manage, ship and locate equipment assets as they are used in the production process. We use bar code technology and powerful tracking software to allow for efficient and flexible management of valuable equipment assets. We have just added a new Maintenance Module to the system to provide detailed management of all maintenance issues for equipment.

The ETS Maintenance Module provides detailed information on maintenance of equipment assets, including next maintenance due date; date of last maintenance and status; notes on equipment maintenance; who performed the last maintenance; date shipped for maintenance and warranty information and any cost related to past and current maintenance. Also, NSi will allow additional data elements and report structures customized for individual company's needs. We feel this new module will greatly add to the existing ETS system. For more information please contact Don Fourre at 609 799 5071 or Donf@nesbit.com.