Information about Open Source Digital Asset Management systems, vendors, licence models and general comment on this rapidly expanding area of Digital Asset Management.
One of our featured open source DAM vendors, FocusOPEN, have released version 3.4.3 of their flagship FocusOPEN Digital Asset Manager product. The new release (which is still in beta) appears to address many of the themes and issues with DAM systems which we have discussed this year:
One of our featured Open Source DAM Vendors, Entermedia, have released an updated edition of their flagship DAM system with a bulk editing and categories feature now included:
“The developers at EnterMedia digital asset management have built two new features that will help simplify the metadata management process …
Continue reading »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 …
Continue reading »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 …
Continue reading »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:
In this special feature exclusive to DAM News, Ralph Windsor, a senior partner in DAM Consultants, Daydream de-bunks 10 myths about open source software. Amongst those considered include:
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:
DAM consultants, Daydream, have 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 …
Continue reading »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
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 …
Continue reading »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 …
Continue reading »One of our featured Open Source DAM Vendors, Razuna, have released an update (v.1.4.1) to their CFML based DAM solution, including:
“Thought, Razuna 1.4.1 might sound like …
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