NASCENT Technology, LLC & Vector Resources, Inc. Strategic Partnership Integrated Terminal Solutions.

NASCENT Technology, LLC & Vector

Resources, Inc.

Strategic Partnership

Integrated Terminal Solutions

NASCENT Technology, LLC.

Company Background

Founded in 1996 by ex Sea-Land employees

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina

Single Focus – “Technology for Transportation”

Introduction to NASCENT’s Automated

Gate Systems (AGS)• Nascent coined the term “Automated Gate System”

• First to production with “Remote Gate” Operation • Sea-Land San Juan (1999)

• Nascent continues to lead the way in Gate/Checkpoint automation technology

• Major components of SYNAPSE AGS™ include:• Gate Kiosks• Gate Lane Equipment• Portal Technology• AGS Software

• BNSF Railway – 7 Facilities

• Norfolk Southern – 13 Facilities

• Horizon Lines – 4 Facilities • Virginia International

Terminals (formerly APMT Portsmouth)

• Over 350 Lanes in Use• Currently integrated with 8 different Terminal

Operating Systems (TOS)• Wide range of facilities; from 9,000 to 40 gates

transactions per day• High Availability facilities operate 7x24x365

• CSX – 2 Facilities• Dubai Ports – Dominican

Republic• CN – 1 Facility• Union Pacific – 2 Facilities

under contract

NASCENT Gate System Resume

• Experienced• Proven Ability to

Deliver• Trusted• Customer Driven• Professional• Flexible Solutions• Resourceful• Independent• Focused• Innovative

WHY NASCENT?

Monitoring & Support

• Support of our products and our clients is of paramount importance!

• SYNAPSE Software supports remote management and monitoring

• Proactively monitor our client facilities 24x7x365

• Also established “Support Operation Center” that features 24x7x365 tier 1 and tier 2 phone support

• Dedicated engineers and software developers that provide continued support for previously deployed software technology solutions as well as viable upgrade paths when hardware or software reaches its “end of life”

System Functionality:

• Full Gate Automation

• Data Integration with TOS

• Clerk & Driver Audio & Video

• In-Lane Equipment Inspection

• OCR & Full Inspection Images

• TWIC Ready

SYNAPSE AGS™

• Rugged design for Transportation Industry Needs

• IP-based connectivity for remote operation, management, and support via LAN or internet

• Supports external devices: (Traffic light, Speaker, PTZ Cameras, Gate arms, SNMP Enabled Devices)

• Low voltage components for safer operation and increased efficiency

• 40% Smaller footprint, up to 54% more energy efficient

NEW G6 Features

TOS Integration• Navis via Oracle, Sockets and Web Services• OASIS via Sockets• Tideworks via Sockets• SIMS (Norfolk Southern) via MQ and DB2• iTOPS (CSX) via Web Services• Horizon Lines via SQL Server and Web Services• Catos via Sockets• Oracle Forms via Oracle

Integration Methodologies• TCP/IP Socket Communications• Web Services (XML, SOAP)• Direct Database Updates (SQL Server, DB2, Oracle)• Message Queues• FTP

• Nascent enters strategic partnership with West Coast-based systems integration firm Vector Resources, Inc.

• Vector designs, implements and maintains fast, reliable, and secure network infrastructure projects for some of the largest public and private entities in the West, and beyond

• The network-centric firm is expert at helping terminal operators integrate systems and applications

• Combined the two companies have implemented solutions for some of the largest terminal operators in the United States

NASCENT-VECTOR PARTNERSHIP

Vector designs, implements and maintains unified voice, video and data networks that drive organizations.

OUR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES:

• Ports and Logistics• K-12• Medical• Government• Fortune 500 companies

OUR NETWORK SERVICES: • Consultation & Design• Monitoring & Maintenance – Vector

Insight (SM)• Vulnerability Assessment• Unified Communications/ IP Telephony• Video Surveillance & Access Control• Videoconferencing• Wireless• Core Networking• Structured Cabling

Industries and Services

WE’RE FINANCIALLY STRONG• We’ve been in business for more than 23 years• Aggregate project bonding capacity of $125 million• Excellent corporate credit rating• Industry-wide reputation for executing projects on

time, and on budget.

WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED• We employ more than 400 certified network

technicians and engineers• Offices in Torrance, San Diego, Rancho

Cucamonga, Phoenix, AZ, and Washington, D.C.• Can move and scale quickly to execute technology

projects of any size• Vector has implemented solutions for customers in

14 states

WHY VECTOR?

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