Image Management (IM) at NR is exactly as it sounds. It is the storage and re-distribution of maintenance imagery.

Image management is done very much on an ad-hoc basis, often with the images held in a substantial number of MS Access databases floating around the company.

TBC

The IM solution needs to be able to provide the following:

• Storage and maintenance of both stills and videos.
• * Stills are often generated from mobile phones etc. Videos from front of train capture
• Version management and control of all images.
• Internal access by desktop, laptop and mobile device
• External access in the future (?access methods, security?)

and will need to take account of:

• Current CMS (aka CCMS) - Documentum.
• Current levels of mobile deployment (limited to Supervisory level trackside at the mo)
• Multiple delivery methods (i.e. network, MMS / SMS)

and must be:

• Easier and more efficient for the current workforce to use than the current tools in use.

• Q: Blob vs file system storage
• T: Transcoding of video streams ? (have a chat to KJorg)
• Q: How do we identify current MS-Access / other apps that hold this kind of information

TBC but may include:

• Imaging Roadmap
• Infrastructure platform definition
• Personnel skills matrix and training requirements