An outrageous proposal in the UK Digital Economy Bill plans to undermine photographic copyright in the United Kingdom, it was revealed recently by the pressure group, Stop43.org.uk. Clause 43 of the proposed bill outlines plans to allow the use of photographs without the copyright owner’s knowledge or consent if …
Continue reading »DAM vendor Extensis have announced that they will be offering limited scholarships to culture and heritage professionals interested in digital asset management. The company will provide a $250 discount on registration to the Museums and the Web 2010 Conference, to be held from April 13-17 2010 in Denver, Colorado.…
Continue reading »The Gilbane Conference, held in San Francisco from 18th – 20th May 2010, is a key event in the enterprise content management industry calendar. Covering topics as diverse as: Multi-channel publishing, multi-lingual publishing, e-books, digital rights, digital asset management, dynamic publishing and publishing business models, the Gilbane Conference has something …
Continue reading »This year’s Enterprise Search Summit, to be held at the New York Hilton from 11th – 12th May 2010, promises to be yet another excellent event covering the latest enterprise search technologies and strategies. Key note speakers include: Peter Morville (President, Semantic Studios) and Leslie Owens (Analyst, Forrester) with special …
Continue reading »Open Text announced today plans to acquire fellow Canadian digital content management vendor, Nstein Technologies Inc. The deal, valued at approximately CND $35 million, is expected to close in the second calendar quarter.
“‘This agreement helps Nstein take its next major step into the future,’ said Luc Filiatreault, President and …
Continue reading »Open Text announced today that it will be extending its already long term reseller collaboration with SAP by adding digital asset management solutions to the range of Open Text products resold under the SAP brand.
“Open Text DAM for SAP, one of the components of the Open Text ECM Suite, …
Continue reading »Today, 16th Feb 2010 at 1pm (EST), Earley Associates are holding a webinar about optimising the quality of results obtained from companies that use the Google Search Appliance. Speakers include Toby Conrad from Smartlogic and Jim Orris of Adhere Solutions.
Subjects covered will include:
The Createasphere Digital Asset Management Conference runs from 17th – 18th February this week at Universal City in Hollywood. This event is dedicated to the uses of DAM in the entertainment and media sectors.
Speakers include Peter Krogh (author of the The DAM Book), Garret Smith of Paramount Pictures, …
Continue reading »AMR Research and WCM vendor Sitecore, will present a webinar entitled, “Beyond Web Content Management: 4 Essential Strategies for Advancing Your Website’s Business Impact” on 17th Feburary 2010 at 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST. The webinar, which is free to attend, will look at trends and technologies that will …
Continue reading »Extensis, in collaboration with advertising agency Dalziel and Pow, will present a session at this year’s Technology For Marketing & Advertising 2010 trade show. The session, entitled, “Dalziel and Pow’s deployment of Extensis Portfolio Server; a powerful solution for efficiently tracking, accessing and sharing digital marketing assets,” will focus on …
Continue reading »To coincide with it’s 250th anniversary, Kew Gardens has made a multi-million pound investment into its IT infrastructure with Oracle technologies, Anh Nguyen at Computerworld reported yesterday. The project will overhaul the organisation’s digital asset management and web content management, in addition to HR and financial systems.
“The next stages …
Continue reading »Business consultancy, Earley & Associates, are running the third in their series of Jumpstart webinars on digital asset management. This webinar, which is free to attend, will examine digital asset reuse – the role of taxonomy and metadata. Speakers include: Stephanie Lemieux, Henrik de Gyor and Diane Burley and will …
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