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Open SaaS: Blessing Or Curse For The Digital Asset Management Industry?

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:06:40 +0000

Jim Shaw, general manager of Acquia writing for UK VAR channel publication: CRN discusses the benefits of an open source solution when using SaaS or Cloud software solutions. He outlines the issues of using proprietary SaaS products, namely that if users decide they wish to move away from the vendor (e.g. because they no longer support their [...]

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Createaspehere NYC: Open Source DAM Session: 23rd September, 2011

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:10:27 +0000

DAM events organiser, Createasphere have included a special session on open source DAM as part of their September New York Conference. Although just one hour long and dwarfed by the number of proprietary vendor sponsored slots, it sounds of interest to anyone considering Open Source DAM options. The topics covered will be: Myths about open [...]

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ResourceSpace 4.2.2816 Released

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:27:22 +0000

One of our featured Open Source DAM systems, ResourceSpace has been updated with a new release: 4.2.2816. The popular PHP based DAM system includes a number of maintenance features, including: Search pages updated to offer the ability to sort on fields that aren’t display fields. Translation/Language improvements Added new “P” permission that allows edit only access [...]

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Open Source DAM Myths

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:00:40 +0000

In this special feature exclusive to DAM News, Ralph Windsor, senior partner in one of our DAM vendor directory members, Daydream de-bunks 10 myths about open source software. Amongst those considered include: Open source software costs no money Open source and Cloud DAM are different Open source DAM Is Not ‘Enterprise’ Open source DAM Systems [...]

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ResourceSpace 4.1.2567 Released

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:23:50 +0000

One of our featured open source DAM vendors, ResourceSpace, have released an updated version 4.1.2567 with a range of fixes and new features, including: Video preview in full screen preview pages Many translation improvements Config option to enable experimental collection sorting mode UI tweaks and adding count of yours versus others on collection_manage page Improvements [...]

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Open Source Is ‘The Future For DAM’

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:00:04 +0000

One of our featured DAM vendors, Daydream, has released an interesting article that examines how open source licensing models may be the future for digital asset management software distribution. “There is a great deal of confusion regarding open source software products, which can make it complex for managers to compare the options when it comes [...]

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Introduction To MediaMosa: Drupal Based DAM & MAM Platform

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:35:49 +0000

MediaMosa is an open source “Media Distribution Platform” which is based on Drupal. MediaMosa is not a DAM in the sense that most readers will be familiar with, but more of a platform for creating DAM applications. These are the key features Delivery platform for multimedia content Streaming of any format (e.g. Flash, H.264 MPEG-4 [...]

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Activae Open Source DAM Released

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:32:07 +0000

CENATIC, an agency of the Spanish Government Foundation of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce have released Activae, an open source DAM solution authored in Python (as is Notre DAM and Cynapse’s Cyn.in). Activae uses a permissive BSD Open Source licence (in common with ResourceSpace and some other DAMs. Full details are available on [...]

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FocusOPEN Digital Asset Manager 3.3.6 Released

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:35:34 +0000

One of our featured open source DAM vendors, Daydream, have released an upgrade to their FocusOPEN Digital Asset Manager product, including: Multi-hierarchical metadata filters Features to load files direct from the file system Automated category creation from folders on the file system Improved XML and CSV output capability Enhanced processing asset processing Daydream also now [...]

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Nuxeo DAM 1.2 Released

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:06:43 +0000

One of our featured open source DAM vendors, Nuxeo, release version 1.2 of Nuxeo DAM today. The point release resolves some issues and adds one new feature: “For those interested in playing with the easy installation of Nuxeo Marketplace packages via the Nuxeo Admin tool, there is a new package on the Nuxeo Marketplace called Nuxeo [...]

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Razuna 1.4.1 Released

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:41:10 +0000

One of our featured Open Source DAM Vendors, Razuna, have released an update (v.1.4.1) to their CFML based DAM solution, including: Folder & Collection RSS feeds Support for RAW formats Recreate thumbnails from existing assets Improved error handling Import/Export SQL Scripts “Thought, Razuna 1.4.1 might sound like a small point release, it is by no [...]

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FocusOPEN Digital Asset Manager Public Stable Edition Released

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:30:44 +0000

One of our featured open source DAM vendors, Daydream have today announced that the public version of FocusOPEN Digital Asset Manager has come out of beta and is now stable on version 3.3.4: “FocusOPEN is the only fully supported .NET open source DAM system available and promises to radically shake up this segment of the [...]

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Open Source & Enterprise Compared

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:54:58 +0000

CMSReport.com have an article by Tim Ward which compares “Enterprise” with “Open Source” (the article does rely on the reader accepting that the two are mutually exclusive concepts). Some of the arguments against open source seem a little dated (for example, I don’t recall needing to update most open source apps via SVN for quite [...]

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Open Source: Control More Important Than Price

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:18:34 +0000

Mark Taylor of Sirius , writing on the Computerworld Blog makes the point that Open Source software is superior (as a distribution strategy) to proprietary approaches because of the control factor rather than the cost: “At the point that the restrictions on the software start to interfere with your ability to make decisions based on [...]

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Nuxeo Releases DAM 1.1 And Offers Cloud Based Editions

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:30:08 +0000

One of our featured DAM Vendors, Nuxeo, today announced version 1.1 of their Digital Asset Management application and also an Amazon Cloud based offering: “Nuxeo DAM – Cloud Edition brings feature-rich and sophisticated digital asset management to businesses who don’t have the time or IT resources to invest in an expensive legacy DAM product. It [...]

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Alchemy’s Phraseanet DAM Goes Open Source

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:19:57 +0000

French DAM vendor, Alchemy have re-released their Phraseanet DAM solution as a free and open source product with a GPL3 licence. Formerly licensed at 7,500 Euros, the application can now be freely downloadable from http://www.phraseanet.com or SourceForge. The application is PHP based and includes support for most types of media: “Phraseanet IV can be used [...]

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Wizards On The Cloud Or Smoke, Mirrors & FUD About Open Source DAM?

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:56:14 +0000

In this article by Merlin One, the authors compare open source DAM vs hosted commodity solutions: “We’ve also found the person who “inherits” the system is less enthusiastic about answering trouble calls at 3 AM than its inventor may have been. What about 24×7 support? Granted that might not always be a requirement, but say [...]

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Open Source DAM System Reviews

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:30:30 +0000

In addition to our own site: http://www.opensourcedigitalassetmanagement.org a number of other blogs and sites have recently been reviewing and discussing the ever increasing number of open source DAM systems. Carol Bean lists a number of conventional and more library oriented DAMs. “The main difference between proprietary systems and the open source systems listed above is [...]

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Nuxeo: Fighting The Fear, Uncertainty And Doubt About Open Source ECM

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:00:41 +0000

Open Source ECM vendor, Nuxeo have a released a white paper entitled: “8 Things You Need to Know About Open Source ECM“. The paper takes some of the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) spread about open source solutions in general and ECM in particular. It was written by Nuxeo’s CMO, Cheryl McKinnon who used to [...]

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SciDB – A Science Oriented Large Scale Open Source Database

Dianne Nwanma — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:00:43 +0000

Most traditional relational databases are oriented towards the needs of business users rather than those of other problem domains, in particular scientists who need to manage data sets that tend to be much larger in scale (hundreds of Petabytes rather than Terabytes). Scidb.org aims to change all that by providing an open source science-specific database [...]

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EnterMedia New Release Version 6.706

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:30:48 +0000

EnterMedia have recently announced the latest release of their open source media asset management system (version 6.706), which includes support for online video, email collections and enhanced security features. “OpenEdit Inc., released open source EnterMedia media asset management, version 6.706. This newest release includes online video platform, capability to build and email collections, a new user [...]

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Webinar: Debuting Nuxeo Digital Asset Management (Mar 10th, 12pm ET)

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:30:36 +0000

On 10th March at 12pm (US, Eastern Time), Nuxeo will be hosting a Webinar showcasing their Open Source DAM solution. The webinar will cover these topics: Nuxeo’s intuitive user experience features and how they are designed for creative professionals. Productivity features such as automation and streamlining of routine tasks. The ease with which the repository [...]

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What’s New In Open Source CMS?

Dianne Nwanma — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:30:40 +0000

CMS Wire’s Dee-Ann LeBlanc provides this month’s round-up of the latest releases from their featured open source content management vendors. “Welcome to the March installment of our what’s coming from the open source CMS projects in the next month. In February, Alfresco released version 3.4r of Alfresco Enterprise. New features include…” [Read More] What’s New In Open [...]

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Open Source Not Always Cheap

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:30:55 +0000

In this article, CMS Watch’s Alan Pelz-Sharpe explains how open source software solutions are not always the most cost effective. “This is not something that gets discussed often. Indeed the key selling point for many open source options remains (often quite rightly) the low cost involved. But times are changing, and the commercial open source [...]

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Nuxeo Announce General Release of Open Source DAM Product

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:41:46 +0000

Open source ECM vendor, Nuxeo, who are featured on opensourcedigitalassetmanagement.org announced the general release of their DAM product: Nuxeo DAM. Built on top of their ECM platform, Nuxeo DAM supports the full range of capabilities required of a modern DAM platform but with a progressive open source licence. Nuxeo CEO, Eric Barroca said: Nuxeo DAM has [...]

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Razuna Release New Version Of Open Source DAM Software

Dianne Nwanma — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:57:21 +0000

Razuna, vendor of open source digital asset management software, have released a new version of their DAM system. Version 1.3.5 includes many improved features such as integration with WordPress and support for audio files. “Razuna now includes full support for audio files, including the ability to convert audio from one format to another on the [...]

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Open Source Digital Asset Management Site Launches

Naresh Sarwan — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:57:54 +0000

Today, I am very pleased to announce the launch of Open Source Digital Asset Management which is a sister site to Digital Asset Management News and will include topics and subjects of interest specific to this fast growing sector of the Digital Asset Management market. In our first article, we review the six main open [...]

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Razuna Announce WordPress Plugin

Dianne Nwanma — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:29:18 +0000

Open source DAM vendor Razuna have provided a plugin for WordPress which will allow users to browse for assets without leaving their blog dashboard.[More details here]. For a complete overview of the latest open source digital asset management software available, please visit our site: http://www.opensourcedigitalassetmanagement.org Razuna Announce WordPress Plugin is a post from: Digital Asset [...]

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Nuxeo Announce Open Source DAM solution

Dianne Nwanma — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:25:12 +0000

Nuxeo, open source ECM vendor have announced the release of another open source DAM solution. Nuxeo DAM is a packaged application, based on the Nuxeo open source ECM platform, that addresses the complex and resource-intensive demands of managing the rich media assets of 21st century business. Designed to meet the creative and ever-changing needs of [...]

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Clash Of The Titans: Drupal Battles Joomla In Open Source CMS Survey

Dianne Nwanma — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:56:16 +0000

What open source content management system should you choose to meet the needs of your business? Dee Ann LeBlance investigates which of the open source CMS leviathans, Drupal or Joomla, came out on top in a recent survey by Webology eBusiness Solutions. “Anyone trying to evaluate open source content management systems is aware that there aren’t [...]

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Open Source Licence Models

Dianne Nwanma — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:09:03 +0000

Over the last month few months, a number of articles have been published about open source licence models and the nature of open source software in a business context. I thought I would share a few with you below: In this CMS Wire article: Open Source Is Not Just a Marketing Term, Dee-Ann LeBlanc introduces [...]

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