Today, we have published a multi-contributor, three-part feature article series on the theme: What’s Holding DAM Back? The subject is tackled from three perspectives: customers, […]
Continue reading »Deborah Fanslow, has written the third part of her DAM News feature article: Who Needs a DAM Librarian? In Part III: Information Professionals: An Open Cover Letter she offers some advice for librarians who want to gain employment in the DAM field. The article is a comprehensive source of …
Continue reading »As reported on CMSWire earlier this week, stock media library, PhotoShelter have recently launched Libris, a SaaS DAM solution. This follows similar moves from other larger stock media libraries such as Shutterstock and then Adobe moving into stock media (going in the other direction). PhotoShelter appear to have …
Continue reading »Over on DAM Guru this month, there is an interview with Elizabeth Keathley and Mark Davey from DAM Foundation about the training courses they offer. In particular, they discuss the trials they faced when attempting to partner with an established ‘bricks and mortar’ educational institution:
“Recognizing the …
Continue reading »The timing of this update from Widen regarding their Media Collective SaaS DAM might not be entirely ideal (from their perspective) as a segue to our recent item about DAM innovation (or lack thereof). I would imagine they might prefer to take an alternative view. Here are the highlights:
In part one of this two part series, I discussed how the level of innovation in the Digital Asset Management industry has reached a plateau recently which the evidence suggests it cannot now advance beyond. I made reference to Jeff Lawrence’s CMSWire article as it contained an aggregated selection of …
Continue reading »DAM Foundation have recently announced that they are now testing DAM vendors for their ten core characteristics, based on an article Elizabeth Keathley wrote last year. The ten attributes are formalised in this article by Mark Davey. They have checked and approved about 16 different vendor products …
Continue reading »This is part 1 of a series of articles about DAM Innovation.
On CMSWire this week, Jeff Lawrence has given an overview of various DAM vendor roadmaps for 2015 via two articles. There are some interesting aspects to this, but for those interested in critically analysing our sector with a …
Continue reading »Back in April of this year, we highlighted some research that was being carried out by Jessica Bushey of the University of British Columbia into Digital Photographs And Trustworthiness Of Social Media Platforms. Last week, Jessica emailed participants a copy of the survey summary report. The results are broadly in-line …
Continue reading »A couple of weeks ago, CMSWire ran an article by Jeff Lawrence of Celerity with the title: Using DAM Content Migration to Maximize Asset Value. It has taken me a while to find the time to catch up and read this item but DAM migration is a subject I …
Continue reading »According to VentureBeat yesterday, Adobe have acquired stock photo library, Fotolia for US $800m. They cite the following statement from the official Adobe announcement:
“Adobe today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Fotolia, a leading marketplace for stock content. Fotolia will be …
Continue reading »DAM Vendor, Canto, have announced version 9.2 of their long-standing DAM solution, Cumulus. The key feature revisions are:
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