Category: Industry News

Last week, Google announced that they were introducing 12 new file formats to the Google Docs Viewer, they include:

• Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX)
• Apple Pages (.PAGES)
• Adobe Illustrator (.AI)
• Adobe Photoshop (.PSD)
• Autodesk AutoCad (.DXF)
• Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG)
• PostScript (.EPS, .PS)
• TrueType

DAM Vendor, Extensis have launched a DAM Learning Centre that aims to educate users of DAM solutions about Digital Asset Management concepts.  The site contains various articles and “how to” information about getting ready to implement DAM:

“DAM Learning Center features articles, documents, tools and videos from experts in …

We reported last year that Amazon’s Kindle sales had outstripped hardback titles.  As reported today by The BBC, they now outsell paperback editions too:

“Amazon announced that in the US since the start of the year it had sold 115 e-book downloads for every 100 paperback books, even …

In a recent blog article, Encoding.com providers of video encoding services, fought back against Sorenson Media’s claim that “Sorenson Media have the right and only proven enterprise-grade Cloud transcoding solutions”.  At Digital Asset Management News, we cannot help but agree that Sorenson may have overstated their position in the market, …

Resourceshelf.com has some highlights of research carried out by Primary Research into digitization projects carried out by libraries and museums in the United States.  Some stand-out stats of particular relevance to DAM include:

• The mean annual number of staff hours expended per institution on digitisation projects was 2,272 with a

The Emerging Media Conference kicks off on 24th January (2011) in San Francisco.  The event will cover a variety of new media areas of interest, including:

• Social Gaming
• Augmented Reality
• Mobile Marketing Apps
• Social Networking
• In-Game Advertising
• Widgets
• iPad
• iPhone vs. Droid
• E-readers

Speakers include Jesse Schell (Carnegie Mellon University), …

Palgrave Macmillan, publishers of the Digital Asset Management Journal have just released what they are calling their “Mega Metadata Issue”, this includes a number of articles all around the theme of metadata:

• How mature is your metadata model?
• Metadata: Principles, practical application, best practices, optimization and workflow
• Taxonomies and

Adobe today announced a suite of tools to assist publishers to produce and sell on-line content.  The move is believed to be a response to the increased demand for electronic books and newspapers as a result of the increasing popularity of the Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad and other hybrid mobile …

Createasphere have announced that they have selected Jason Bright of Media Beacon as the winner of their DAMMY of the year award:

“The goal of the DAMMY Awards is to raise awareness of the rapidly evolving, increasingly crucial role of digital asset management (DAM); to promote creative and technical …

Breaking News – Wowza Media Systems, developers of the Wowza Media Server, have announced a new licensing agreement with digital media asset management provider, Dalet Digital Media Systems. 

“The integration of Wowza Media Server 2 adds market-proven streaming capabilities to the Dalet MAM platform’s already powerful functionality, which includes shot …

North America’s leading digital television distributor, MIJO Corporation, has recently announced its acquisition of Adbeast – a web-based digital asset management business, dedicated to the needs of the advertising industry.

Steve Hancock, Founder and Principal of adbeast adds, “It is with much excitement that we join one of the most …

MRM Vendor, Unica has announced that it has been acquired by IBM in this press release:

“IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Unica in a cash transaction at a price of $21 per share, …