DAM News Round-Up – 10th February 2025
A selection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, hand-picked by the DAM News editorial team.
The cost of inefficient asset approval workflows
DAM software provider ResourceSpace‘s recent article highlights the importance of asset approval workflows in Digital Asset Management, ensuring assets are high quality, compliant, and brand-aligned. It identifies inefficiencies such as manual processes, unclear roles, and low user buy-in, offering solutions like automation, clear responsibilities, and better training to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
IPTC releases Sport Schema v1.1
This latest post from IPTC, the global news media standards, announces an update to their sport metadata schema, a semantic web ontology for sports data. Key updates in version 1.1 include a new Club type, improved team and athlete relationships, support for sports facets, and a golf ontology. Enhancements streamline data validation and representation, improving sports content structuring and interoperability.
echo3D is an official Acquia Tech Alliance Elite Partner
3D DAM platform provider echo3D has just become a Tech Alliance Elite Partner of Acquia, allowing businesses to add 3D asset workflows to their suite of digital content and experience solutions. This partnership integrates echo3D’s optimisation and storage tools with Acquia’s cloud platform, enabling faster, more efficient 3D content delivery. The collaboration boosts productivity and expands possibilities for immersive digital experiences. We’re pleased to announce that echo3D have also just added their profile to our DAM Vendor Directory. Welcome aboard folks!
Article 17: Closing the Value gap – Where Are We Now?
Visual tech expert and author Paul Melcher re-examines Article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive, an act aimed at holding online platforms accountable for copyrighted content, drawing attention to its fragmented implementation across different member states, with a large number that remain only partially implemented. Paul maps out Article 17’s ongoing saga, with its numerous disputes, concerns and challenges include licensing complexities, automated content filtering, and the struggle for fair compensation—especially for visual artists. An engaging recap of the ongoing legal cases and AI advancements that will shape the directive’s future impact.
Need to clean up your DAM? 5 Tips before buying more storage
As Spring approaches, this article from software vendor QBank DAM offers some practical tips for decluttering your digital asset management system prior to purchasing additional storage. It highlights a number of effective strategies such as setting expiration dates, identifying large or duplicate files, auditing distributed formats, and using media statistics to provide insights on which assets might be past their sell-by date. Additional suggestions include performing regular housekeeping and enforcing governance mechanisms to ensure a tidier, more efficient and user-friendly DAM whilst saving money on storage expansion and reducing content chaos.
How MDM Solutions Transform Enterprise Data Strategy
The recent guide from Product Information Management solutions provider PIMVendors presents a detailed and comprehensive exploration of Master Data Management (MDM), emphasising its role in data governance, integration, and quality control. It highlights MDM’s transformative impact on business efficiency, digital transformation, and customer experiences. With a useful selection of industry insights and best practices, the piece effectively underscores MDM’s necessity for enterprises that are seeking accuracy, scalability, and operational excellence.
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