Brandworkz Update To 6.2.1
UK DAM vendor, Brandworkz, have updated version 6.2.1 of their self-named brand-oriented DAM software solution. The key new features are: Asset detail preview Multi-page documents […]
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New DAM Books Site
Today, we launched a site about Digital Asset Management Books. Along similar lines to some of our other simpler description-based DAM resources, dambooks.org is a list of titles, link to where you can buy them and (where relevant) some additional resources provided by each author. There are a …
Continue reading »Widen Employees Talk DAM
Over on the Widen blog this week, they have an interview with three of their employees. As a general rule, I find these ‘meet the staff’ type of posts that some companies go in for to be a an embarrassing form of ritualised employee humiliation that manages to combine …
Continue reading »ECM And DAM – Are They Better Together Or Should You Vote For Independence?
In the UK this week, the news has been dominated by the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence where people in Scotland get to decide if they wish to become a self-governing nation state or remain united with England, Wales and Northern Ireland. I gather from those who I talk to …
Continue reading »Oracle Acquires Front Porch Digital
Mega-vendor, Oracle have acquired content storage and distribution provider, Front Porch Digital earlier this week:
“Front Porch Digital’s unique capabilities complement Oracle’s high performance and scalable engineered storage solutions. The combination of Oracle with Front Porch Digital is expected to create the most comprehensive enterprise-grade cloud and on-premise content …
Continue reading »DAM Guru Members Share Their Insight On ASMP’s Strictly Business Blog
All this week, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) have given over their Strictly Business blog to members of the DAM Guru Program (DGP), who are posting a series of information articles to explain more about the benefits of DAM for photographers. Ben Smidt, who manages DGP sent …
Continue reading »IntelligenceBank Add Social Media Embedding Of Digital Assets
IntelligenceBank, have announced support for embedding digital assets into social media platforms and third party websites. The press release is short, but this quote from their CEO, Tessa Court covers the key points:
“Not only can you distribute images and video across several channels at once, but …
Continue reading »Do Organisations Need A Dedicated Digital Asset Management Department?
Romney Whitehead wrote an article One giant leap for DAM last week on her Borrowed Insight blog. In the piece, she talks about the need for a dedicated Digital Asset Management department, following the discussion of it at last month’s London DAM Meetup:
“More often than not the …
Continue reading »Picturepark Announce Sitecore Connector
Picturepark, have announced the release of a Sitecore connector for their DAM of the same name. Sitecore is a .NET based WCM (Web Content Management) platform. Since the term ‘website’ has acquired a bit of an old-fashioned tinge to it these days and the medium might equally be something …
Continue reading »New DAM Directory Resource
Deborah Fanslow and Emily Kolvitz have put together a DAM Directory under the auspices of DAM Foundation with a lot of useful links to various DAM information, reference guides and sites, including: resources, organisations, publications, vendors, consultants and case studies. The directory is sub-divided into Corporate DAM and Jobs sections …
Continue reading »DAM Confusion Or Irreparable Fragmentation?
Last week, CMSWire ran an article with the title DAM Confusion in the Marketplace by Elizabeth Keathley of Atlanta Metadata Authority and author of the book Digital Asset Management: Content Architectures, Project Management, and Creating Order out of Media Chaos. This prompted a fair amount of interest, mainly because …
Continue reading »The NetScout/Gartner Dispute And DIY Evaluation Techniques For DAM Buyers
Ralph Windsor, editor of DAM News has provided a feature article: The Broken IT Analyst Market And Evaluation Options For Cost-Conscious DAM Buyers. He assesses the impact of the NetScout lawsuit against Gartner, considers some alternative perspectives on the role played by them both and discusses the wider implications. …
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