Reaction To DAM Innovation Article Series From DAM Guru Members
Ben Smidt, who is manager of the DAM Guru Programme has contributed a feature article for DAM News that both collates and discusses some of […]
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Feature Article: Who Needs a DAM Librarian? Part IV: The Rise of the Information Professional
Deborah Fanslow, has written the fourth and final instalment of her DAM News feature article series: Who Needs a DAM Librarian? Part IV: The Rise of the Information Professional. The item continues the same the device of using a job interview between a hiring manager and an information …
Continue reading »OASIS Releases Press About CMIS4DAM
Earlier this week, OASIS released some press about the proposed CMIS4DAM standard:
“Members of the OASIS open standards consortium are defining a profile of the widely adopted Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) standard for use in Digital Asset Management (DAM). The work of the new OASIS CMIS4DAM Technical Committee …
Continue reading »Metadata Maturity Models – DAM Innovation Strategies Start Here
Last week, CMSWire published an article by John Horodyski of consultants, Optimity Advisors: Metadata Maturity Helps You Maintain Business Relevance. This is one of the best articles I’ve read this year in relation to metadata and content management (with particular reference to DAM). John describes five metadata maturity levels …
Continue reading »London DAM Meetup – 25th June 2015
There is a London DAM Meetup on 25th June 2015 which is being organised by Michele Jouan. This is being held after the Henry Stewart DAM EU conference from 5.30 – 6.30pm at the same venue in W1 and is usually continued at a nearby pub:
“In collaboration …
Continue reading »The Role Of Artificial Intelligence In The Cataloguing Of Digital Assets
I have recently written a feature article for DAM News about Artificial Intelligence and how it can be applied to cataloguing digital assets. I have a fairly sceptical attitude towards how effective many of these technologies are, but I have to acknowledge both that end users are interested in …
Continue reading »Atlanta DAM Meetup Podcast
The Atlanta DAM Meetup group recorded a podcast of their last meeting where (amongst other topics) they discussed DAM innovation and the What’s Holding DAM Back? series we ran on DAM News recently. The audio file is hosted on Elizabeth Keathley’s site, I will refrain from discussing the content …
Continue reading »Daminion Upgrade To Version 3.7
Vendor, Daminion Software, have announced version 3.7 of their desktop client/server DAM system of the same name. The key new feature is Active Directory (AD) integration so users can login with the same credentials as their corporate workstation:
“Integration with the Windows Active Directory allows the Daminion Server …
Continue reading »Adobe SmartPic: A Brief Glimpse Of Metadata Insight?
Last week, Adobe’s PR people sent us a variety of links in relation to their summit which were demonstrations of technologies from their ‘labs’ research division. One example which is specifically about DAM is called SmartPic. There is a quote below, but to understand the first issue I will discuss, …
Continue reading »The Need For DAM Architectural Strategy: Seeing The Bigger Picture And Doing Something About It
It is a month since we published the What’s Holding DAM Back? series of article which was written by Jeff Lawrence, David Diamond and myself. Previous to that we published, our critique of current DAM innovation which used Jeff’s CMSWire article as a primary source. There have been a some …
Continue reading »DAM Guru Program Extended To Offer Freelance Assistance – Advice For Prospective Clients
The DAM Guru Program (DGP) which is sponsored by DAM vendor, Picturepark, announced on Tuesday that they are now matching requests for freelance assistance with registered gurus, in addition to full-time jobs:
“DAM Guru Program is now two years old and more than 650 signups strong. To enable …
Continue reading »Brandworkz Update To Version 6.3
DAM vendor, Brandworkz, have recently released an updated edition of their flagship Brand Asset Management software. As per the current theme of early 2015, the release is mostly oriented towards tweaks and general maintenance updates rather than brimming with new innovations:
- Asset alerting – emails with details of new