Digital Asset Management Value Chains – Collaboration
After a brief pause, we are resuming our ongoing analysis of DAM Value chains. For those who are new to this subject, the introductory article […]
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‘Instagram Act’ Sees Law Change For Orphaned Works In UK
Despite several previous attempts to protect orphaned works from use without their owner’s permission, new legislation has recently been passed in UK parliament that will enable organisations to use photographic or any other creative works for commercial or non-commercial purposes and without their owners’ permission as long as a “diligent …
Continue reading »Social Media Stripping Embedded Metadata – Time For An Option To Choose For Yourself?
Subscribers to David Riecks’ Controlled Vocabulary group may have seen a post by David himself: why app developers / providers have such a dim view of their users intellectual property. This describes an exchange he had with developers on EyeEm, including this response:
“it’s definitely not a technical challenge. …
Continue reading »Seven Essential Skills for the Content Strategist
Jason Hirthler, content strategy director at LBi New York, has written an article for MarketingProfs.com entitled ‘Seven Essential Skills for the Content Strategist’. The article examines what essential skills proficient content strategists must have and how content strategists can also assist the marketing team in keeping a clear focus on …
Continue reading »Getty Images Connect API at Next Web Europe Conference 2013
Getty Images will present their Connect API at the next Web Europe Conference, which will be held this Thursday and Friday, 25 and 26 April 2013 in Amsterdam. The Connect API enables users to search Getty’s repository of content and integrate it with their own systems for additional services. We …
Continue reading »DAMMY Awards Calls For Entries
Createasphere’s Fourth Annual DAMMY Awards opened for entries this week. Categories include: DAMMY of the Year, Best Storage, Archive and/or Preservation Solution, Best Strategy or Solution for Digital and Media Asset Management during the Acquisition of Content, Best Example of Asset and Media Repurposing and Best Strategy Ease of Use …
Continue reading »Razuna Update To Version 1.6
One of our featured open source DAM vendors, Razuna, have released version 1.6 of their flagship open source DAM system. The key updates are:
- Workflow*
- White label branding
- Akamai support
- Rendition Templates
- Metadata Form
- Custom Metadata Fields
* The Razuna definition of workflow sounds more like hooks …
Continue reading »Webinar: ‘The changing role of content in the Age of the Customer’ Tuesday, May 7, 2013 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CEST
One of our featured DAM Vendors, ADAM are hosting a webinar entitled ‘The changing role of content in the Age of the Customer’ on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CEST that will discuss how consumer digital behaviour, driven by technology, is rapidly changing and look …
Continue reading »Early Bird Reminder for DAM Europe 2013
The Early Bird Discount period for Henry Stewart’s DAM Europe event closes tomorrow (Friday 19th April 2013). The event will held in London for two days from 27th & 28th June 2013 and will cover the latest thinking and developments in digital asset management.
“There will be presentations by many …
Continue reading »Daminion Release Server 1.0 RC1
One of our featured DAM vendors, Daminion Software, have recently announced an upgrade to their Daminion Server. The latest update enables users to stamp images with Geo coordinates and also provides a new “Compact View” mode, which allows more thumbnails to be displayed on the screen, in addition …
Continue reading »ADAM Release PIMS 3.2
One of our featured DAM vendors, ADAM, have released PIMS 3.2, their Product Information Management module. The features seem to be as follows:
- All product information is integrated at both product management and marketing levels in a centralised database.
- Simplified management of product related assets from PIMS itself
WoodWing Release Elvis 4.0
One of our featured DAM Vendors, WoodWing, have released version 4.0 of the Elvis DAM solution. The three main upgrades seem to be:
- Tighter integration with Content Station, WoodWing’s Flex based content creation and publication platform
- Upgrades to the core Lucene search engine to enable faster performance
- Linux