NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY  Goddard Space Flight Center,  
1990 Phase II 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 
1985 Phase II 
 

Qase Rt: Engineering Software Tool  

AST Engineering Services,  Inc. 

Englewood, CO 
 

INNOVATION 
    System engineering computer software tool to model how certain applications will affect a proposed system's performance
Qase Rt: Engineering Software Tool
Modeling Hardware Architectures
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
    • Model can be assembled, tested and modified to meet project requirements, long before funds are invested in the computer
    • Does real-time analysis of a proposed system after it has been configured
    • Consists of both analytics (less time consuming and fast mathematical model) and discrete event simulation (more time consuming and more precise)
    • Addresses all components of system, including hardware, software, network, and data placement
COMMERCIALIZATION 
    • Commercial product introduced, initial sales of $150K
    • Worldwide Sales Channel, one of 10 largest software distributors, projects commercial sales of $25M
    • Strategic partnership based upon technology established with large hardware company
    • Contract with Computer Associates supported porting to PC and UNIX environment, CA now markets and sells software as "Application Modeler"
     
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS 
    • Used to predict performance of proposed real-time, aerospace systems, embedded systems, and/or scientific systems
    • Resource planning exercises for enterprise-wide computer based systems after deployment
    • Currently used in support of NASA's Earth Observing System Data & Operational System (EDOS) initiative
     
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