PLUTO is a completely new and innovative way of processing imagery and video. It is unique in its ability to provide a wide variety of enhanced applications due to its modular design and service oriented implementation. PLUTO can be implemented to operate in real-time (embedded), near real-time (distributed over a network), offline (highly distributed over a network) or any combination of the three, and is enabled by many innovations such as the new Fast Search Algorithm which allows the system to search many millions of object similarities in seconds. PLUTO is dynamic enough to compete with a broad spectrum of products on the market such as L1's Identity Solution Line, Autonomy's Image Search, and ObjectVideo's Intelligent Video Surveillance application with a single platform. Its framework enables a "develop once" and "implement many ways" strategy.