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Trends in the DAM Market For 2019

by Ralph Windsor on December 14, 2018

In this opinion feature article, I have examined the state of the DAM market in 2018 (as well as the wider tech sector) and tried to extrapolate some possible trends and themes for 2019:

“In this article, I want to assess some underlying trends in the Digital Asset Management software market that have been prevalent during 2018 and see if they can be used to predict what may happen in 2019.  There have been some subtle, but significant shifts in emphasis by several DAM vendors and these offer clues about where the sector will progress next year.  The context of the wider tech market cannot be ignored and I intend to analyse how that might also impact DAM.” [Read More]

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