Cloud: Good Concept But Bad Clients
Danny Ayers writing on his personal blog discusses his take on Cloud with this article: “The Emperor’s New Client“. In the article, Danny describes how […]
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Digital Asset Management Technology Predictions For 2012
Yesterday we analysed the prospects for the DAM industry in 2012. Today we look more closely at our DAM technology predictions for 2012 and consider a number of themes as, such as:
- How the novelty factor of DAM systems is ending and end users are demanding more sophistication and power
Predictions For Digital Asset Management In 2012: The DAM Industry
In this the first of a two part piece, we have written an article where we outline our predictions for the Digital Asset Management industry in 2012. The key themes to emerge from our discussion are the impact of the wider economic environment and the increased competition in in …
Continue reading »Introduction To SharePoint 2010 Seminars: UK (Reading, Basingstoke and London), Jan-Mar 2012
ICS are hosting three seminars with an introduction to SharePoint 2010. The seminars are on January 24th (Basingstoke), 14th February (Reading) and 13th March (London) – all in the UK in 2012:
“The SharePoint 2010 Overview Seminar provides a quick start guide to everything you need to know to …
Continue reading »Enterprise Metadata & Taxonomies
Earley and Associates have published a blog post last week on Metadata and Taxonomies:
“Business makes extensive use of taxonomy and metadata in a variety of scenarios including accounting, databases and inter/intra-net based applications to provide structure and organize information. All this is normal and straightforward. Chaos arises, however, …
Continue reading »DAM Implementations And The Risk Of Scope Creep
One of our featured DAM vendors, WAVE Corporation have written a blog post which definitely resonates with my own consulting experience when working with clients who are interested in implementing Digital Asset Management. They discuss how when they get enquiries, sales prospects can tend to expand the scope of …
Continue reading »Portfolio Server 10.1 Released
One of our featured DAM vendors, Extensis have released version 10.1 of their Portfolio Digital Asset Management System. The point release has a variety of new features and bug fixes, including:
- OS X Lion support
- Support for Apple ProRes video codec
- Improved Web Client login and folder navigation performance
WCM And DAM: Increasingly Competing For The Same Budget?
In “Despite its allure, digital asset management not always the right fit” Jonathan Gourlay writing on the Search Content Management section of TechTarget.com suggests that organisations may not necessarily require a DAM system if they have WCM (Web Content Management). He refers to Forrester research and other consultants …
Continue reading »The Embedded Metadata Manifesto: Proper Industry Recognition For The Value Of Embedded Metadata At Last?
This was covered on David Rieck’s Controlled Vocabulary group. The Embedded Metadata Manifesto discusses 5 key principles for using and creating embedded metadata and is aimed at both intellectual property originators (creators of assets like photographers, film makers etc), tool developers (i.e. DAM vendors) and end users. The following is …
Continue reading »Xinet Release New Version Of WebNative
DAM vendor, Xinet have released version 17 of their Web Native DAM system, the new release includes:
- More robust asset timer (expiration feature)
- New triggers and actions based on workflow events
- Simplified creation of custom sites
- Updated GUI
More details in the Xinet press release.
Continue reading »The State Of Semantic Web Tools: Open Source Still Dominates And Tool Growth Forecast To Level Off
The AI3 blog has an article that reviews the state of Semantic Web tools. The key findings are:
- There are now over 1000 tools available.
- The number of tools has increased by 17% in the last 6 months.
- 75 tools have been abandoned or retired: the highest figure since
ECM/DAM Standards: Choosing Those That Are Important For Your Implementation
This Content Geeks article (which is written by Nuxeo staff) considers various types of ECM standards: “Standards Matter, but Don’t Be Blind“. This article reviews the main types and related technologies by sub-dividing them into 3 broad categorisations:
- Interoperability: CMIS specifically but also WSS (SharePoint), WebDAV and CIFS