Category: Digital Asset Management

As budgets become increasingly stretched, organisations – especially not-for-profit, academic and cultural institutions – may be looking to save costs on proprietary DAM software solutions, many of which come with a hefty licensing price tag.  Open-source software, although having gained traction over the last few decades via platforms such as …

As organisations increasingly rely on DAM systems to not only structure, store, and retrieve their digital assets, but also to license, distribute, and track their marketing and branding content, the need for clear, consistent, and widely adopted standards has never been greater.  With the advent of AI, which is increasingly …

This month’s editorial theme is DAM within GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums).  As a long running stalwart of Digital Asset Management use, these industries have helped to forge DAM into the multi-functional platforms that we use today.  Many of the familiar terms and concepts we see in DAM can …

This month’s editorial theme is DAM Integration.  As our digital landscape becomes more and more interconnected via APIs, composable architectures and third-party integrations, DAM is ideally positioned – perhaps more so than ever – to fulfil its role as a centralised hub through which all content passes.  The last …

My colleague Ralph Windsor has recently written an article for French DAM software provider Wedia.  Entitled ‘Emerging Trends in DAM‘, this in-depth piece takes stock of the latest developments in Digital Asset Management, primarily focusing on the advent of artificial intelligence and its impact on automation, personalisation, …

This week’s highlighted position is for a Digital Asset Manager with global independent record, theatre and music publisher Concord, parent company of the legendary Stax Records label.  As a temporary role within the design department, the successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a new DAM system.  Key …

This month’s editorial theme is DAM and the Digital Asset Supply Chain (DASC).  DAM and DASC are closely intertwined, playing complementary roles in the lifecycle of digital content.  DAM refers to the systems, processes, and technologies used to store, organise, manage, and retrieve digital assets like images, videos, documents, and …

DAM tool vendor Santa Cruz Software have just released a whitepaper written by my colleague Ralph Windsor.  The report explores a broad range of emerging DAM trends and technologies such as creative tool integration, cross-platform metadata synchronisation, and AI-assisted digital asset supply chain automation. Streamlined DAM Creativity: Integrating DAM Systems …

This month’s editorial theme is Metadata, DAM and AI.  As artificial intelligence technologies increasingly permeate into our everyday workflows and processes, its inquisitive tentacles reach ever further into our data.  When it comes to DAM, by far the most important data is that which sits at the core of …

This month’s editorial theme is DAM Migration.  Whether it’s upgrading from a legacy platform to a new system, or embarking on your first DAM initiative, moving a large volume of files and their associated metadata can be a daunting task.  However, migration is also a great time to take …

This month’s editorial theme is User Adoption Challenges within DAM.  There are a number of common key causes for the majority of user adoption issues when introducing, upgrading or migrating to a new DAM system: resistance to change, insufficient training and documentation, misalignment with users’ needs, poor, complex or …

This month’s editorial topic is The DAM Manager’s Role.  From building a business case, procurement, strategy and implementation through to user onboarding, training, asset distribution, licensing and rights management, the DAM manager’s role is crucial in ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of your organisation’s digital asset supply chain.  The …