DAM News Round-Up – 16th September 2024


A selection of DAM-related articles from around the web, hand-picked by the DAM News editorial team.

Santa Cruz Software Release New White Paper

Creative SaaS provider Santa Cruz Software have recently published a whitepaper by my co-contributor Ralph Windsor.  The report covers a wide range of DAM-related topics and focuses on the trends and technologies that are beginning to emerge in DAM workflows, including AI-assisted metadata management, creative tool integration, and digital asset supply chain automation.  The whitepaper is free to download (email registration required).

Canto Acquires Image Relay

Digital Asset Management software vendor Canto have just announced their acquisition of DAM provider Image Relay. The move will allow Canto to extend its reach by offering integrated DAM and Product Information Management (PIM) services.  According to the press-release, Image Relay Founder and CEO Skye Chalmers will join the Canto team to spearhead the integration.

Mediagraph September ’24 Feature Update

DAM solution provider Mediagraph have just released their September update.  The first new feature is ‘Quick Upload’ – a completely separate and fully brandable component that facilitates instant uploads via a simple interface that supports automatic rights management, tagging, organisation, and access via custom QR codes.  Secondly, Mediagraph now supports seamless integration with Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Workspace and Microsoft Office via the all-purpose LinkrUI connector from Santa Cruz Software.

5 Things on the 10th September

Tracy Forzaglia, aka Mod Librarian, serves up her usual listicle of taxonomy, archive and information management tidbits.  This month’s cut-down round-up includes Ted Ryan on being the Ford Motor Company’s archivist, a course on information architecture from Jorge Arango, an auto-tagging proof-of-concept for a Fortune 100 company from Factor, and an engaging retrospective from Vicky Teinaki on the apparent disappearance of Information Architecture as a practice.

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