HTML5 Video Resources
OnlineVideo.net has compiled an “Ultimate Guide” to HTML5 video with links to FAQs, features, video and news. The features section includes articles about H.264 and […]
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North Plains Receives Investment From Accel-KKR
One of our featured DAM vendors, North Plains, has announced that technology private equity investment firm, Accel-KKR has made a ‘substantial investment’ into their business. Hassan Kotob, Executive Chairman of North Plains commented:
“Today’s global marketing organizations are struggling to keep pace with the growing volume of …
Continue reading »Introduction To MediaMosa: Drupal Based DAM & MAM Platform
MediaMosa is an open source “Media Distribution Platform” which is based on Drupal. MediaMosa is not a DAM in the sense that most readers will be familiar with, but more of a platform for creating DAM applications. These are the key features
- Delivery platform for multimedia content
- Streaming of any
British Library UK SoundMap Project
The Ariadne website has details of an archive developed by the British Library that has used ‘Crowd Sourcing’ concepts to construct an archive of sounds captured across the United Kingdom.
The archive uses some highly innovative ‘mash-up’ style techniques to construct the archive such as mobile devices to record the …
Continue reading »Nuxeo Named In List Of “100 Companies That Matter” In Knowledge Management
One of our featured DAM vendors, Nuxeo, have been named as “100 companies that matter” by KMWorld:
“We are pleased to be recognized by KMWorld. Adding Nuxeo to the ‘100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management’ list is a validation of the innovation that we bring to …
Continue reading »Enterprise Software Vendor Selection Webinar, March 2nd, 1pm ET
RealStoryGroup present a free webinar entitled: “The Right Way to Select Technology for the Enterprise” where Tony Byrne will present various techniques RealStory use to evaluate vendors as an alternative to the traditional RFP & Pitch/Demo process.
Tony will outline how you can avoid some of the pitfalls of conventional …
Continue reading »Corbis Sygma Liquidation – Up To 12m Images Could Be Destroyed
As reported by WhichStockAgency.com, French news stock library Sygma which was liquidated by former owners Corbis in May of last year may have 25% of its collection (which is controlled by the liquidator) destroyed:
“It had been hoped that the Sygma brand would continue but it now seems …
Continue reading »DAM In Heritage And Culture Seminar, 23rd March, Kew Gardens, London (UK)
DAM vendor, Extensis are holding a free seminar on image management for Heritage and Cultural organisations on 23rd March at Kew Gardens in London (UK):
“Extensis is hosting a one day free seminar on the management, storage and distribution of digital images, graphics and documents within heritage and …
Continue reading »Box.net Raises $48M
Commodity document management and collaboration vendor, Box.net announced today they have raised $48M (US) in funding. Founder Aaron Levie states:
“To realize the full potential of our service, and deliver this new experience to customers, we must build a different kind of enterprise software company. The ways in which …
Continue reading »North Plains Are “100 Companies That Matter” in Knowledge Management
DAM Vendor, North Plains, are one of the “100 companies that matter” according to KMWorld. This from the North Plains press release:
“Based on the breadth and impact of innovations to meet specific customer needs while adding true value to the entire chain of constituencies, KMWorld recognized …
Continue reading »Google’s New Docs Viewer Format Support: Implications For DAM?
Last week, Google announced that they were introducing 12 new file formats to the Google Docs Viewer, they include:
- Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX)
- Apple Pages (.PAGES)
- Adobe Illustrator (.AI)
- Adobe Photoshop (.PSD)
- Autodesk AutoCad (.DXF)
- Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG)
- PostScript (.EPS, .PS)
- TrueType
Magnum Photos Use Mechanical Turk To Tag Images
Prestigious photo agency, Magnum Photos, has teamed up with New York start-up Tagasauris to harness the facilities of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk services to revamp their image metadata, it was revealed recently. The venture significantly reduces the labour-intensive overhead that metadata entry incurs by farming out the task to the enormous …
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