Selecting The Right DAM System For Marketers
Anna Cotton Head of Marketing for DAM vendor, Brandworkz has contributed a feature article for DAM News: DAM Simple: How To Select The Right Digital Asset Management […]
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Feature Article: Part Two Of Who Needs A DAM Librarian?
Deborah Fanslow, has provided us with the eagerly anticipated (and very well received) second part of her DAM News feature article: Who Needs a DAM Librarian? In Part II: Information Professionals: A Field Guide she continues her detailed analysis by describing the disciplines and fields that information management is …
Continue reading »Solving The DAM Implementation Doughnut Problem
On DAM Guru last week, there was an interesting interview with Laurel Calsoni, who you can follow on Twitter @DigitalArchivst. The item is a good one and Laura makes a number of points I would agree with. There is one, in particular, in answer to the question “what …
Continue reading »Automated Image Descriptions – Why Combining It With Human-Based Cataloguing Will Generate A Higher ROI
A story which has been doing the rounds recently is this post on the Google Research blog. The item describes some AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques Google have used to automatically generate image captions. There is the de rigueur line about a picture being worth a thousand words (can anyone …
Continue reading »WebDAM Digital Asset Management ROI Whitepaper
Cloud DAM Vendor, WebDAM have recently sent us a copy of a paper they have written about how to measure DAM ROI. I must admit, I normally fear getting issued with these documents and asked for an opinion on them, perhaps only slightly less than that other tool …
Continue reading »Consolidated DAM Solutions – Implement Bigger Systems Or Use A Service-Oriented Strategy?
Today, I have published a feature article for DAM News: Devising Strategies For Consolidating DAM Solutions Using A Service Oriented Model. The subject is concerned with the recent interest in consolidating DAM solutions which seems to be a popular one with DAM users who have been through previous implementation …
Continue reading »DAM RFP: Brand USA Digital Asset Management Solution
Over on DAM Projects we have posted details of an RFP for a DAM Solution sent to us by Brand USA who promote travel and tourism to the United States. The project post contains a link to a PDF with all the details. Any questions must be asked before 3rd …
Continue reading »Legacy Metadata – The Next Big DAM Problem?
Like a lot of people I know in the Digital Asset Management trade currently, my firm has been deluged with client work for a sustained period. Several times in recent weeks, I’ve been asked why I think that is. Some vendors advance the theory that it’s because their solutions have …
Continue reading »New Feature Article – Who Needs a DAM Librarian?
Deborah Fanslow has contributed the first part in a series of DAM News feature articles in response to David Diamond’s piece for CMSWire: Library Science, Not Library Silence:
“After reading David’s article, I was inspired to do a little informal research. I was curious…when did the topic of librarians …
Continue reading »IntelligenceBank Add UI Customisation Features
Australian DAM vendor, IntelligenceBank , have added some UI customisation features to their DAM solution. Mainly this is branding related updates that let users add logos and background images:
“IntelligenceBank Marketing continues to innovate in the areas of user-centric branding. Recently IntelligenceBank launched the new Background Image feature, …
Continue reading »Where Next For Differentiation In The DAM Software Market?
In the previous article today, we covered Widen’s release of their SmartImage ‘DAM Lite’ system and yesterday, the update to Portfolio from Extensis. I would not want to do a direct comparison between SmartImage and Portfolio since I’m just basing this on some press and web pages, but an impression …
Continue reading »Widen Update SmartImage To 4.0
Widen have updated their SmartImage ‘DAM Lite’ SaaS product to a new version 4.0. The new features include:
- Public and custom portals – links to collections of assets
- Batch editing of assets
- Quick search using file type and keyword filters.
- Performance enhancements
- Increased storage capacity subscription options
There is also …
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