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 […]
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The DAM Software Price/Value Credibility Gap
Flexera Software and IDC released a survey last week that revealed an ongoing gap between the perception of value between vendors and enterprises:
“The survey confirms a perception gap in the value of software that could explain some of the contentiousness between producers and their enterprise customers,” said Steve …
Continue reading »Amazon Launch Elastic Transcoder
Amazon Web Services have announced the release of Elastic Transcoder (currently in beta right now). The Cloud based service provides on-demand conversion of video formats:
“Amazon Elastic Transcoder manages all aspects of the transcoding process for you transparently and automatically. There’s no need to administer software, scale hardware, tune …
Continue reading »APIs – Now A Management Issue
Lorraine Lawson, writing on IT Business Edge discusses how APIs have business implications and are therefore now very much management issues as much as ones for developers only:
“APIs can be used as a business strategy. APIs can allow you to connect with customers or partners in new ways, …
Continue reading »DAM And Collections Management Convergence
DAM News contributor, Ralph Windsor has written this special feature on DAM and Collections Management Convergence. He has referenced an article written by Theresa Regli from Real Story Group and analysed her points with reference to some of his own implementation experiences. He looks at five related topics:
- Metadata
Understanding The Basics Of Metadata ROI
John Horodyski of DAM Education has written an introductory article about metadata for CMSWire. The level is relatively basic and maybe more suitable as an executive overview than for anyone who has done the rounds with a typical DAM implementation, however, the second page has some useful pointers about …
Continue reading »Digital Asset Management Value Chains – Metadata
This is one of several articles about The Digital Asset Management Value Chain and how it might shape the future of DAM. The feature article introduces the concept and explains the background behind it.
Metadata is another area where the DAM value chain concept may provide some potential opportunities to …
Continue reading »Daminion Release Version 0.9.8b Update
One of our featured DAM vendors, Daminion who specialise in low cost client/server (rather than web based) DAM systems have released an updated 0.9.8b version of their multi-user server product. The main items in the upgrade relate to folder management, but there are a number of other enhancements and …
Continue reading »WoodWing Release Elvis DAM 3.6
One of our featured DAM vendors, WoodWing who recently acquired fellow Dutch DAM vendor Elvis have announced an updated version 3.6 of Elvis DAM. The main new features are:
- Sharing collections by email with the option to open in a browser or the Elvis desktop client.
- Direct upload of
Reasons To Avoid Digital Asset Management Systems
David Diamond, author of the DAM Survival Guide, Marketing Director at Picture Park and contributor to DAM News has written an article for CMSWire, provocatively titled: 5 Good Reasons to Avoid DAM Software. The item is partly tongue-in-cheek and uses a mix of Luddite arguments and deliberate reduction …
Continue reading »Digital Asset Management Value Chains – Asset Manipulation
Earlier this week, we introduced the concept of Digital Asset Management Value Chains to describe how DAM may develop in the future. We will examine how this might operate in practice with reference to activities that end users may carry when using a DAM system.
The first topic is Asset …
Continue reading »An Introduction To The Digital Asset Management Value Chain
In this special feature written by both myself and Ralph Windsor, we analyse a concept we are calling the Digital Asset Management Value Chain. We believe this will shape the future direction of the DAM sector and may address a number of the structural inefficiencies that we believe currently …
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