Digital Asset Management Value Chains – Workflow
Our on-going discussion about Digital Asset Management value chains this time looks at workflow. See the original feature article if you are looking background on […]
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Picturepark Update To Version 8.4
One of our featured DAM vendors, Picturepark have released version 8.4 of their Digital Asset Management solution. The main new features include:
- Adaptive metadata
- Centralised Control Vocabulary
- Updated dashboard with social media features
- Live collections
- More versatile asset subscription notifications
- Updated search interfaces
- Enhanced API
We are spared the …
Continue reading »Widen Update Media Collective To Version 6.3
One of our featured DAM vendors, Widen, have announced an update to version 6.3 of their Media Collective SaaS DAM system. The new features include:
- Enhanced Batch Editing
- Comments
- Asset Ratings
- Redesigned Search Results
- Enhanced Alerts and Email Notifications
- Enhanced Collections Functionality
Many of these updates appear to …
Continue reading »The Digital Asset Management Identity Crisis And Its Impact On DAM ROI
Matthew Gonnering of one of the DAM News featured vendors, Widen, has written an article for the iMedia Connection blog on how DAM systems should embrace social media collaboration tools:
“Clearly, the social collaboration model aligns well with the needs of DAM users and creative teams. The …
Continue reading »Global Stock Image Market 2012 Report Published
The GSIM (Global Stock Image Market) Research Group have published their 2012 research into the stock media market:
“In 2012 the GSIM Research Group carried out the first ever global survey on over 2,400 image suppliers on a truly worldwide basis. With a response rate of over ten per …
Continue reading »Createasphere DAM Conference, February 27-28 2013, The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles
Jessica Jewell from Createasphere has sent us some details of their forthcoming DAM conference in Los Angeles at the end of February. There is still time to register if you plan to attend the event:
“No matter if you’re just beginning to work with DAM or you’re a seasoned …
Continue reading »Adobe MAX 2013, May 4-8, Los Angeles
Adobe are holding their annual Adobe MAX training convention. We don’t normally cover vendor training summits, but Adobe apps are probably used by easily 90% of everyone who follows DAM News and the event is often accompanied by a major announcement or two as well.
The highlights appear to …
Continue reading »2e2 Holds Customer Data To “Ransom” – How Safe Is Data Held With An Externally Hosted Provider?
Computerweekly report that distressed data centre service provider, 2e2 who are currently in financial administration are requiring their customers to provide £1m (approx $1.5m) in funding to allow ‘uninterrupted access to their data’:
“While administrators have asked 2e2’s 20 enterprise-level users to pay most of the datacentre costs, smaller …
Continue reading »“DAMs Gone Wild” Webinar, Thur 21 Feb 2013, 10am PT
Createasphere’s DAM Coalition off-shoot are hosting a webinar, with the title “DAMs Gone Wild” on Thursday 21st February at 10am Pacific Time. The event will feature DAM Survival Guide author, David Diamond as well as Jacob Jaroch and Ryan Messier from Harley Davidson who will discuss how to return order …
Continue reading »Digital Asset Management Glossaries And The Definition Of DAM
Last week CMSWire featured an article by Henrik de Gyor about Digital Asset Management glossaries:
“Some vendors can produce a short list of terms either online or upon request, but I dare them to have a complete compendium of all industry terms and acronyms even if they do not …
Continue reading »Southpaw Release TACTIC For Mac OS X
One of our featured open source DAM vendors, Southpaw Technologies, have released a Mac OS X edition of their TACTIC production DAM system. The Mac version contains the same features as the Windows edition:
“Once we launched our open source system, we began receiving more and …
Continue reading »Digital Asset Management Value Chain – Search
This is an article in our series of ongoing discussion of Digital Asset Management Value Chains.
Search is another functional area within DAM which is growing in sophistication. In recent years, attention has focussed on simplifying search capabilities and making them easier for new or casual users. This has …
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