Special Features
Below are the special feature articles we have published in DAM News.
December 2024
The Incredible Value of DAM for GLAM
Co-founder of LightRocket Enterprise Yvan Cohen discusses the role of DAM as a cultural memory and identity bank in the GLAM sectors.
Embracing Change – Why Vendors Must Adapt to the Shifting Tides of the DAM Market
IT and digital transformation specialist Martin Reinheimer investigates a new wave of market challenges faced by DAM vendors and customers alike.
Integrating AI with Digital Asset Management: Unlocking New Capabilities
Chief Customer Officer at Montala Limited, James Rein, explores the emerging trends in AI integration within DAM, including automated metadata creation, enhanced accessibility, and on-the-fly image editing.
November 2024
Author and CPO at Mediagraph Peter Krogh takes a look at various exit strategies to ensure you have full access to your precious metadata when moving to a new DAM system.
From Silo to Symphony – A Roadmap for DAM Integration Success
Canto’s James Fox provides a number of best-practice tips and valuable insights for achieving effective DAM integration.
Examining Professional Ethics in the Age of AI-driven Design
Visual tech expert Paul Melcher takes a deep dive into the ethical complexities surrounding artificial intelligence, including bias, plagiarism and ownership.
October 2024
Streamlining the Digital Asset Supply Chain: The Power of API-first DAM and AI Automation
As part of this month’s theme on DAM and the Digital Asset Supply Chain, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Cloudinary, Matt Noyes, examines the potential of API-First DAMs, automation, and how AI is set to revolutionise the way we manage our digital assets throughout their entire lifecycle.
September 2024
3 Metadata Tasks that GenAI Can Automate
Jake Athey, VP Go-To-Market and Sales for DAM and PIM at Acquia, explores the various ways in which DAM users can leverage generative artificial intelligence to automate common metadata workflows.
August 2024
5 Questions about AI to a CPO: Kevin Souers, Aprimo
Paul Melcher continues his series of interviews with DAM leaders about their company’s developments in artificial intelligence. In this instalment, CPO Kevin Souers explains Aprimo’s AI track record, strategies and integration roadmap.
5 Questions about AI to a CTO: Oliver Grenet, Wedia
Visual tech expert Paul Melcher kicks off his series of interviews questioning CTOs and CPOs of leading DAM companies about their thoughts and insights on artificial intelligence. In this episode, CTO of Wedia, Oliver Grenet shares his experiences, challenges and successes.
July 2024
Preparing for your Move to a Digital Asset Management System
James Rein, Chief Customer Officer and Communications Manager at Montala, provides some great practical advice on preparing to move to a new DAM system.
If All Roads Lead to Rome, The Path to Your DAM Shouldn’t Be a Diversion
CI HUB founder and CEO Andreas Michalski explores the challenges behind maintaining a ‘single source of truth’ within DAM, and how seamless integrations and ease of use play key roles in user adoption.
The AI Revolution in Digital Asset Management: Promise vs. Reality
Paul Melcher, founder of Melcher System and online visual tech magazine Kaptur examines the disparity between AI hype and its real-world implementation within DAM.
June 2024
Best Practices for Overcoming DAM User Adoption Challenges
As part of June’s editorial theme, Image Relay’s DAM Librarian Sophy Bishop highlights some best practice tips for user adoption.
Best Practices to Overcome User Adoption Challenges within Digital Asset Management
Maxwell Mabe, VP of Product Marketing at Aprimo provides some tips and insights on user adoption challenges within DAM.
May 2024
Managing a DAM – The Good, The (not so) Bad and The Necessary
As part of May’s editorial theme, co-founder of DAM platform LightRocket, Yvan Cohen, takes a look at the role of a DAM Manager and their unique duties, skill-set and characteristics.
March 2024
Forrester 2024 DAM Report – Not Waving but Drowing
DAM consultant Ralph Windsor examines the recent Forrester DAM Wave report, and questions the criteria for inclusion, the validity of a ‘pay-to-play’ model, and whether or not such publications represent any real value for vendors and consumers.
It’s 10 PM. Do you Know where your Digital Assets Are?
Ariza Content Solutions CEO Brian Trombley highlights the importance of proper metadata keywording and descriptive language when striving for improved DAM efficiency, more streamlined digital marketing workflows, and maximum business benefit. Includes real-world case studies.
February 2024
Digital Asset Alchemy: Turning DAM into Brand Management Gold
Image Relay’s Product Director Jeff Olsen explores the numerous benefits of using a DAM system to tackle siloed content chaos and take control of your brand management strategy.
AI Content Governance: Leading with Compliance and Innovation
Visual tech expert Paul Melcher discusses the current legal implications of generative AI, and how DAM will need to be both forthright and flexible about shaping the future of content authenticity.
Experiences, Insights & Challenges Regarding the Fusion of AI and DAM
IT Consultant, Project Manager and Martech specialist Martin Reinheimer explores the current state of artificial intelligence in relation to Digital Asset Management as part of our series on AI and DAM Innovation.
December 2023
Six Safe Ways You Can Use AI Within Your DAM
Gregg Guest, VP of Product Management at rights management solutions provider FADEL presents six ways in which you can safely introduce artificial intelligence functionality into your DAM as part of our series on AI and legal issues.
Navigating the Legal Landscape: AI and Legal Issues in Digital Asset Management
As part of our series on AI and legal issues, CyanGate President Bulent Dogan explores the challenges and opportunities of AI within DAM, along with guidance on how organisations can prepare for the associated regulatory and legal uncertainties.
How the Right Support Makes for a Successful DAM Project
Mel Francis, Consultant and Customer Success Executive at DAM provider Montala discusses the importance of getting the right support for your DAM initiative. Guidance covers DAM champions, asking the right questions, and using analytics to identify issues and improve performance.
November 2023
DAM & PIM is Just the End of the Beginning
Jake Athey and Nathan Holmes discuss the implications of the EU’s new Digital Product Passport proposal, and how product information management will need to evolve in order to accommodate a more complex and accountable digital supply chain model.
GenAI: Building The Future of Digital Asset Management Today
Director of Melcher System LLC and founder of visual tech magazine Kaptur, Paul Melcher, takes a detailed and engaging look at the fusion of DAM and Generative AI and provides a futuristic vision of AI-powered content creation, governance and management that has already started to become a reality.
PIM and DAM Emerge as Allies in Retail Compliance and Risk Management
Andy Didyk, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Ntara, highlights the challenges of compliance and risk management in retail and manufacturing, and how combining PIM and DAM can assist in ensuring accurate product information and strengthen brand trust.
What Makes a PIM System Great?
Murray Oles of Chalex provides an overview of the functions and features of the ideal Product Information Management (PIM) system, and how dedicated solutions need to be more than just a selection of existing software components such as ERP (enterprise resource planning) and BPM (business process management) stitched together.
OpenAI GPT-4 Image Input – It’s Finally Here
Dan Huby, CTO of Montala, the company behind DAM system ResourceSpace checks out the latest multimodal capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4 platform and compares it to his previous analysis.
Retail Reinvented: Mastering PIM and DAM Integration
Creative operations and marketing specialist Frank DeCarlo presents his insights into the challenges of streamlining and future-proofing the digital retail experience as part of our series on DAM and PIM, and explores how the seamless integration of the two technologies can provide benefits for consumers and vendors alike.
API-First, Headless DAM and the DXP
As part of our series on the topic, Chalex President Murray Oles provides a detailed look at the architecture, technologies and fundamental concepts behind the API-First methodology, along with its role in building integrated Headless DAM systems and Digital Experience Platforms.
October 2023
Streamline Marketing Campaigns with Off-the-Shelf DAM Solutions
Santa Cruz Software CEO and Founder Mark Hilton explores the challenges faced by non-creative employees when producing sales and marketing campaign materials, and how an integrated DAM solution can help preserve visual integrity and brand identity by allowing users to modify selected design elements.
DAM News Editor Russell McVeigh takes a look at API-first and headless DAM implementations, and how thinking in API terms can liberate your developers, users and workflows from the constraints of traditionally complex systems.
July 2023
Ten Steps to Improving DAM User Adoption
DAM News Editor Russell McVeigh takes a look at the numerous challenges of DAM user adoption and provides a series of practical tips to help with the onboarding process.
DAM vs. Deepfakes: Securing Trust in the Age of Image Manipulation
Paul Melcher, visual technology consultant and founder of visual tech magazine Kaptur examines the threats posed by synthetic media, generative AI and deepfakes, and how DAM can help to mitigate the risk of deception by providing a “ground truth”.
Designers Extremely Frustrated with Resizing Process
Mark Hilton, CEO of Santa Cruz Software, takes a look at the numerous challenges of resizing images in a multi-platform world and presents some startling statistics from a recent survey.
June 2023
How to Tackle Trust, Governance, and Privacy of DAM in the Era of Generative AI
Dietmar Rietsch of Pimcore investigates the growing concerns over privacy, trust and risk surrounding the use of generative artificial intelligence in a DAM context.
March 2023
OpenAI GPT-4 image input support: 6 ways it’s a game-changer for DAM
Dan Huby of Montala (provider of ResourceSpace) takes a look at the latest version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform, and how leveraging its support for image input has the potential to provide numerous benefits for DAM.
Headless DAM: Why It Is Relevant for Omnichannel Commerce?
Dietmar Rietsch of Pimcore explores the various benefits of Headless DAM, including scalability, efficiency, and improved interoperability.
November 2022
An Introduction to the SimpleDAM API Protocol
Ralph Windsor introduces the SimpleDAM API protocol and provides some background to what it is and where to find out more about it.
October 2022
The Implications of Generative AI for Digital Asset Management
Ralph Windsor examines what implications Generative AI might have for Digital Asset Management and how DAM solutions could be enhanced by it.
July 2022
Ralph Windsor discusses the recent so called ‘revolving door’ phenomena in DAM implementations where vendors get replaced far sooner than originally anticipated because their platforms lack the attributes necessary for long-term success.
The DAM Software Market’s Customer Acquisition Problem
Ralph Windsor examines the recent trend for funded DAM vendors acquiring independent firms and wonders if the market really is consolidating or if something more expedient is occurring.
June 2022
The Rise and Demise of Facial Recognition in DAM
Martin Wilson explores how the usefulness of facial recognition technology for DAM applications may have been restricted by recent privacy and data protection legislation.
Rebuttal: The Rise and Demise of Facial Recognition in DAM
David Tenenbaum presents some counter-arguments to Martin Wilson’s article about the limitations of facial recognition that have been imposed by data protection legislation.
March 2022
The Rise of Open SaaS and its Implications for Digital Asset Management
Dan Huby discusses the concept of Open SaaS and what it means for DAM.
February 2022
DAM is the Keystone to Modular Content
Ed Breault explains how Modular Content is an enabler for content operations and why a DAM with native support for the concept is so important.
October 2021
DAM Scalability Challenges – The Digital Asset Supply Chain
Ralph Windsor discusses potential DAM scalability issues in-relation to Digital Asset Supply Chains, as well as techniques to resolve them.
August 2021
Will Synthetic Stock Content Save DAM?
Mark Milstein examines the role of synthetic content and its implications for DAM
July 2021
David Tenenbaum discusses a new paradigm for searching DAM systems without using human-entered metadata.
March 2021
Four Tips for Smoother Digital Asset Management Implementations
Ralph Windsor presents four recommendations that increase the likelihood that DAM initiatives will be successful.
January 2021
Attributes of Effective DAM Vendors in 2021
Ralph Windsor examines the numerous challenges and opportunities for DAM vendors in light of emerging supply chain and delivery model trends.
Copyright Concerns Following Brexit – A Changing Era of DAM?
An article exploring the post-Brexit copyright landscape and its implications for DAM and beyond, from Fotoware’s CEO Anne Gretland.
October 2020
The End of The ‘Roy of The Rovers Era’ In The DAM Software Market
An article discussing the gradual trend towards increased professionalism in the DAM software market.
August 2020
A Simple Technique For Cloud DAM Customisation Without The Need For Unique Instances
Ralph Windsor describes a straightforward method to allow Cloud DAM systems to be customised for individual client users without the need to create separate custom editions.
April 2020
The Implications of Covid-19 For The DAM Industry – Part 1
In the first of this two part article, Ralph Windsor examines the implications of Covid-19 for the DAM sector, including comparisons (and differences) with the 2008 financial crisis as well as the fundamentals which might come into play as lockdowns being to end.
The Implications of Covid-19 For The DAM Industry – Part 2
In the second of this two part series, Ralph Windsor considers more of the effects of Covid-19 on the DAM market. In this piece he examines whether DAM Lite will return, the threat from Dropbox, the role of Digital Asset Managers and the likely impact on what remains of on-premise DAM.
March 2020
Re-Visiting Pure and Applied Digital Asset Management
Ralph Windsor reprises the debate over Content DAM vs Content Management and considers whether the wider field of DAM may need to divide into what he refers to as Pure and Applied Digital Asset Management.
Jeffrey Marino reviews the IEN DAM Practitioner’s Summit held in New York earlier this year.
February 2020
How to Accelerate your Ideas to Market through Product Asset Management
Alan J. Porter, Director of Product Marketing at Nuxeo investigates the role of DAM in Product Asset Management (PAM).
December 2019
Why People Really Are More Important Than Technology In Digital Asset Management
Ralph Windsor considers the underlying commercial reasons why people are the most important element in DAM.
October 2019
Annella Mendoza explores the roles and responsibilities of DAM team members in a concise and practical guide to DAM deployment and change management.
September 2019
Kevin Groome discusses the numerous ways in which DAM can fail to live up to its ROI expectations and how to avoid some of the more common traps.
July 2019
What Roles Are Required For DAM Vendor Selection Teams?
Ralph Windsor and Charles Russell assess the type of staff who need to be included in DAM vendor selection exercises.
June 2019
Subconscious and Conscious Data: Where AI & Machine Learning Could Create Genuine Value for DAM
Ralph Windsor proposes an alternative approach to generating value from AI for DAM using the concept of subconscious and conscious data.
May 2019
Henry Stewart DAM NY 2019 Attendee Feedback
Ralph Windsor asks a number of DAM experts who attended the Henry Stewart New York DAM Conference for their feedback about the event and also invites them to consider a number of other topical DAM discussions.
April 2019
Building a Business Case for a DAM Solution
Charles Russell and Ralph Windsor consider the issues that DAM users need to consider when assembling a business case to get funding for a DAM solution or wider DAM initiative.
Interview With David Diamond – Part 1
In the first part of this series, Ralph Windsor, Editor of DAM News, interviews David Diamond, author of The DAM Survival Guide, founder of the DAM Guru Program and former Marketing Director of DAM Vendor, Picturepark.
Interview With David Diamond – Part 2
In this instalment, Ralph Windsor asks David whether he thinks that the characterisation of vendors as being the ‘villains’ of the DAM world is fair and also whether the role of partners is increasing or declining.
In Frame Time Based Descriptive (IFTBD) Metadata
Peter Flood explains the concept of In Frame Time Based Descriptive (IFTBD) Metadata.
Interview With David Diamond – Part 3
In the third instalment of his interview with David Diamond, Ralph Windsor asks him whether the DAM market has ceased to innovate, what he thinks of Dropbox and also his take on DAM Lite.
February 2019
Review – IEN (Insight Exchange Network) DAM Practitioners’ Summit 2019
Jeffrey Marino presents an overview of the Insight Exchange Network DAM conference held in New York at the end of January 2019.
2018 DAM Vendor Pricing Survey
The 2018 DAM Vendors Pricing survey is the only study of vendor pricing available in the Digital Asset Management industry. A sample of vendors provided pricing indications for five unique scenarios from graphics studio through to enterprise (along with a control ‘average’ system) and the results are collated and discussed with an analysis section as well as figures. This report is over 7,500 words and contains 35 charts and diagrams.
December 2018
Trends in the Current DAM Market and the Implications For 2019
Ralph Windsor assesses the DAM market in 2018 and discusses what the prevailing trends might mean for 2019.
November 2018
Using Professional Services Partners For DAM Implementations
Ralph Windsor discusses the different professional services partner models used for DAM implementations, the risks of each and offers some advice on how to manage them.
September 2018
Attributes of Effective DAM Consultants: DAM Initiative Lifecycle Expertise
Ralph Windsor continues the feature article series on the attributes of effective DAM consultants by considering a consultant’s ability to work across the entire DAM initiative lifecycle.
Ralph Windsor proposes that successful digital businesses are cash rich because they are better able to leverage both their intrinsic and extrinsic value and that referring to them as ‘digital asset businesses’ would be a more accurate description.
August 2018
Attributes of Effective DAM Consultants: Experience
Ralph Windsor opens this feature article series on the attributes of effective DAM consultants by examining the role experience has to play.
June 2018
Understanding DAM System APIs: A Primer For Non-Technical DAM Users
Ralph Windsor provides non-technical users with an overview of the issues surrounding APIs and how to decode some of the terminology that is used about them.
April 2018
Re-Architecting The DAM Software Market For Longer-Term Sustainability
Ralph Windsor considers potential solutions to the issues discussed in the preceding article about homogenisation of DAM technology and business risks to the DAM sector. This article is the second part of the series.
Is The DAM Software Market Sleepwalking Into Becoming A Digital Sharecropping Business?
Ralph Windsor discusses the homogenisation of DAM technology and the business risks from building on top of larger cloud technology platforms like Dropbox in the first of a two part article.
January 2018
The DAM Difference: Filename vs Metadata
Spencer Harris discusses the benefits of using proper filenames for digital assets and provides some examples
Bynder’s Orbit Product Review Update
Spencer Harris reviews Bynder’s Orbit DAM solution and the updates made to the product since its public release in September 2017
December 2017
Blockchain And Content DAM: Myth, Reality And Practical Applications
Ralph Windsor describes how blockchains could be used for improved interoperability and digital asset supply chain management as a consequence
November 2017
Blockchain Is The Transactional Internet – Not The Internet of Money
Ralph Windsor examines why blockchains are better described as the Transactional Internet rather than the Internet of Money.
October 2017
Combining AI With Digital Asset Supply Chain Management Techniques
Ralph Windsor examines some options for using digital asset supply chains in combination with AI to generate better automated metadata.
September 2017
High Value Digital Assets And Migration
Annella Mendoza examines the concepts of intrinsic and extrinsic value in digital assets and applies it to digital preservation.
Bynder’s New Platform Hasn’t Quite Made It Into ‘Orbit’
Spencer Harris reviews Bynder’s Orbit free Content DAM system.
Blockchains: Catalysts For Innovation In Content Digital Asset Management – Part 1
Ralph Windsor discusses the innovative role Blockchains could have for Content Digital Assets in the first of this two part article.
Blockchains: Catalysts For Innovation In Content Digital Asset Management – Part 2
Ralph Windsor follows up with the second part of this series by describing both some example alternative uses of blockchain technology and how Content Digital Asset Services Exchanges could improve innovation and interoperability in Content Digital Asset Management.
August 2017
Why Bitcoins Are Digital Assets Rather Than Cryptocurrencies
This article by Ralph Windsor was first published for Atlas Pulse in April 2016 and discusses why digital assets rather than cryptocurrencies is a more suitable term to describe bitcoin and related assets.
Ralph Windsor examines the term ‘digital asset’, breaking down its various definitions and what exactly it means in a DAM context.
July 2017
Ralph Windsor describes current issues with content-oriented DAM solutions and the impact that application delivery innovations might have on the DAM market.
June 2017
Metadata And The Findability Of Assets
Annella Mendoza discusses the significance of metadata and why it is integral to the adoption of DAM solutions by users.
May 2017
Finding Signs Of Life In DAM: Interoperability 1.0
Ralph Windsor continues this series of articles by discussing DAM interoperability and describing the foundation of a potential interoperability protocol as well as a method by which some progress could be made towards its development.
April 2017
Finding Signs Of Life In DAM: The Role Of Integrated Digital Asset Supply Chains
Ralph Windsor follows up the first article in the ‘Finding Signs Of Life In DAM’ series with an analysis of how digital asset supply chains could be optimised to help solve the relevant metadata problem in DAM.
March 2017
Finding Signs Of Life In DAM: Diagnosing What Has Gone Wrong
Ralph Windsor, DAM News editor offers an opinion on why DAM is being described as ‘dead’ and discusses the role of digital asset supply chains and interoperability as potential sources of a solution.
Improving DAM Interoperability In 2017
Tim Strehle of Digital Collections and Margaret Warren of ImageSnippets discuss the issues facing DAM interoperability initiatives and consider how these might be addressed.
The Digital Asset Transaction Management System – A Time Machine For Digital Assets
Ralph Windsor, DAM News editor offers a requirements specification for a digital asset transaction manager that enables the review and modification of the previous state of digital assets
February 2017
Digital Assets From IoT To Blockchain Will Become Everyone’s Business
Medhat Mahmoud discusses how digital assets will increasingly touch everyone’s lives and the implications this has.
Should DAM Be More Like Facebook?
Denzil Ford of MediaValet proposes some ideas to allow DAM interfaces to achieve higher levels of user engagement by utilising principles from social media platforms.
Creating The Right Conditions For Innovation
Martin Wilson of Asset Bank discusses why innovation has stalled in DAM and what thought-processes need to be employed to restart it again.
Improving DAM In 2017: Better Ways To Engage With Your Vendor
Ricky Patten of DataBasics kicks off our Improving DAM In 2017 series with this article containing some recommendations for engaging with DAM vendors in a more effective and conscious manner.
December 2016
Why Do We Call DAM A “Library” For Digital Assets?
Denzil Ford of MediaValet discusses the DAM as library analogy and observes that (as with libraries) there are more dimensions to DAM than just being stores of content.
July 2016
Snapshots Of The Past, Present & Future Of Social Media + DAM
Denzil Ford of MediaValet discusses the role of DAM in Social Media and asks if the human aspect is at risk of being made subservient to the technology
How Microservices And Cloud Services Are Changing DAM
Martin Wilson of Asset Bank discusses the increasing role of Microservices and their relevance to Digital Asset Management.
AI For DAM: Reliability, Liability And Risk Management
Ralph Windsor considers the reliability of AI technologies and discusses who has liability for them if they fail.
April 2016
AI In DAM: The Challenges And Opportunities
Martin Wilson of Bright Interactive discusses issues with AI technologies in relation to Digital Asset Management and proposes some solutions to resolve them.
March 2016
Re-Defining The Meaning And Scope Of Digital Assets – Part 2
Ralph Windsor concludes the second of this two part article series.
February 2016
Re-Defining The Meaning And Scope Of Digital Assets – Part 1
Ralph Windsor examines the different meaning of the term ‘digital assets’ and considers the changing the value proposition of DAM. This is the first of a two-part article.
January 2016
Appreciating The Value Of Digital Assets: Understanding The Potential Of DAM In 2016
Ralph Windsor describes how innovation might be restarted in DAM by re-examining the value generated from digital assets.
Hassan Kotob, CEO of North Plains asks if DAM’s ‘moment in the sun’ has arrived?
December 2015
DAM Analytics: A Smarter Approach to Creative Marketing
Libby Maurer, product manager at Widen, considers the need for deeper analysis of asset usage in DAM using some example scenarios.
November 2015
Document Assets In Digital Asset Management Solutions
Ralph Windsor discusses the role of document assets in DAM systems and some different methods for handling them.
September 2015
DAM Student and DAM Professor Combine Forces for DAM Good
Deb Fanslow discusses the new Special Library Association DAM Section.
June 2015
Why Interoperability Standards Are So Critical To The Future Of Digital Asset Management
Andreas Mockenhaupt, Director of Professional Services for Canto discusses the OASIS sponsored standard, CMIS4DAM.
April 2015
DAM Guru Program Members Respond To DAM Innovation Slump
Ben Smidt collates responses to our “What’s Holding DAM Back series” published in February this year.
Who Needs a DAM Librarian? Part IV: The Rise of the Information Professional
The final part four of Deb Fanslow’s article series: Who Needs a DAM Librarian?
March 2015
Artificial Intelligence & Metadata Cataloguing: Advice For Digital Asset Managers
Ralph Windsor discusses the role of AI techniques when applied to digital asset cataloguing and offers some best practice advice and recommendations.
February 2015
Part three of Deb Fanslow’s article series: Who Needs a DAM Librarian: An Open Cover Letter
Part one of the ‘What’s Holding DAM Back’ series by Jeff Lawrence: What’s Holding DAM Back: The Customers
Part two by David Diamond: What’s Holding DAM Back: The Vendors
Part three by Ralph Windsor: What’s Holding DAM Back: The Media
December 2014
Part two of Deborah Fanslow’s article series: Who Needs a DAM Librarian: Information Professionals: A Field Guide
Anna Cotton from Brandworkz discusses how simplicity is the key to success for effective DAM: DAM Simple: How To Select The Right Digital Asset Management System If You Are A Marketer
November 2014
Devising Strategies For Consolidating DAM Solutions Using A Service Oriented Model
Ralph Windsor analyses consolidated DAM solutions and considers an alternative, service-oriented approach.
October 2014
Who Needs a DAM Librarian? Part I: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Deborah Fanslow responds to David Diamond’s call for librarians to be more forthright about the benefits they can bring to DAM initiatives.
August 2014
The Broken IT Analyst Market And Evaluation Options For Cost-Conscious DAM Buyers
Ralph Windsor assess the impact NetScout’s lawsuit against Gartner and considers methods that cost conscious DAM buyers can use to self-evaluate DAM products.
June 2014
External DAM Hosting – The Questions You Should Be Asking
Dan Huby of Montala discusses potential risks with external hosting and methods that can be applied to mitigate them.
April 2014
DAM Good? Yes, It Can Be! – How To Make Users Love Your Digital Asset Management System
Neil Monahan of Brandworkz, discusses how to enhance the usability of your DAM system and therefore generate a higher ROI.
February 2014
Digital Asset Management And The Politics Of Metadata Integration
Ralph Windsor examines the political and technical issues with DAM integration requirements and considers some methods of mitigating them.
January 2014
Ralph Windsor provides an alternative approach to evaluating DAM ROI which is more credible than many quantitative techniques which DAM ROI infographics are frequently based on.
November 2013
The Digital Asset Management Specialisation Debate
Ralph Windsor considers the DAM specialisation debate, including topics such as DAM platforms vs dedicated applications.
August 2013
In the second part of this article, Ralph Windsor examines how DAM systems currently get used to distribute assets to Social Media platforms and how a value chain model might change that.
DAM Value Chain: Social Media – Part Two
July 2013
DAM Value Chain: Social Media – Part One
Ralph Windsor assesses the role of Social Media and how it relates to DAM and the DAM Value Chain.
A feature article by Ralph Windsor that first appeared on DAM Coalition about scaling up DAM implementations.
June 2013
How To Encourage All Your Employees To Use Your Digital Asset Management System
Brandworkz discuss some strategies for getting users to engage with your Digital Asset Management or Brand Asset Management portal so they can become evangelists for your brand.
Preparing For Digital Asset Management
A feature article by Ralph Windsor that first appeared on DAM Coalition about activities to carry out before a DAM implementation is commenced.
May 2013
Ralph Windsor discusses how interoperability and specialisation by vendors could be applied to resolve usability conflicts between different types of DAM users.
Remko Noteboo, Co-Founder and CTO, Southpaw Technology considers the ‘industrialisation’ of Digital Asset Management and the potential for streamlining content production processes.
David Diamond discusses what is required for managers to circumnavigate potential DAM implementation pitfalls so they can becomes DAM Superheroes for their organisation.
April 2013
DAM Vital Signs – Performance Review Techniques To Enhance ROI
Ralph Windsor discusses various user feedback, auditing and review methods to improve the ROI obtained from your DAM systems and satisfy the needs of your users more effectively.
March 2013
Interview with David Diamond about DAM Guru
Ralph Windsor interviews David Diamond about the DAM Guru Program.
An Introduction To DAM Findability Techniques
Ralph Windsor summarises some advice for enhancing the findability of your assets.
A German translation of this article has been provided by Ilka Martin: Eine Einführung in DAM Auffindbarkeitstechniken
The DAM SaaS Survival Guide – Protecting Yourself From Risks When Using Hosted DAM Systems
Nick Broookes and Ralph Windsor provide some risk mitigation recommendations for prospective DAM SaaS users
Whitepaper: Buying Corporate DAM Systems
DAM News editors, Naresh Sarwan and Ralph Windsor offer managers a guidance document with best practice principles for DAM system procurement.
January 2013
Considerations For DAM And Collections Management Convergence Projects
Ralph Windsor discusses DAM and Collections Management projects for museums and cultural or heritage organisations.
The Digital Asset Management Value Chain: The Future Direction Of DAM In 2013 And Beyond
Naresh Sarwan and Ralph Windsor examine the Digital Asset Management Value Chain concept and what it may for the future of DAM.
September 2012
Big Data And The Integrated Future For Small DAM Systems
Ralph Windsor discusses Big Data and how to assimilate it into your Digital Asset Management strategy.
August 2012
David Diamond, author of the DAM Survival Guide and Marketing Director of Picturepark considers whether DRM is a self-defeating concept which DAM vendors are aggravating the worst effects of partly because of a lack of interoperability between competing solutions.
June 2012
Proxy Files As Functional Metadata: Their Changing Role And What It Means For the Future Of DAM
Ralph Windsor considers the changing role of the proxy file in DAM solutions.
January 2012
Digital Asset Management Predictions For 2012: DAM Technology
We consider the state of DAM technology in 2012. This is the second part of our feature article about DAM in 2012.
Digital Asset Management Predictions For 2012: The DAM Industry
We offer some predictions for how the DAM industry will develop in 2012. This is part one of a two part article.
June 2011
10 Myths About Open Source Software
Ralph Windsor discusses some myths about open source software.
January 2011
Digital Asset Management Predictions For 2011: DAM Technology
Our predictions for the technological developments that will affect DAM in 2011.
December 2010
Digital Asset Management Predictions For 2011: The DAM Industry
We outline our predictions for the DAM industry in 2011.
Wikileaks & The Financial Crisis: Lessons For Managing Risk With Cloud Hosted DAM
An article by Ralph Windsor which originally appeared on the Daydream website about managing risks with Cloud DAM.
March 2010
The Inconvenient Truths of Enterprise Digital Asset Management
A about the complexity of deploying DAM solutions into enterprise IT environments which originally appeared on the Daydream website.
July 2009
Open Source Digital Asset Management Software: Why Freedom Doesn’t Mean Free
A post about open source software by Ralph Windsor originally appearing on the Daydream website.
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