Managed Metadata Services With SharePoint 2010
Chris McNulty from Knowledge Management Associates describes 9 rules for making effective use of Managed Metadata Services (MMS). This is SharePoint 2010’s method for improving […]
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DAM For Photographers: The DAM Book
The first in our series of features on popular books, reports and white papers that cover the topic of digital asset management and related subjects. In this review, we look at books that focus on digital asset management for photographers and photographic libraries.
It could be argued that the first …
Continue reading »Improving Cloud Storage Performance
Many organisations are considering moving their storage facilities to the Cloud to take advantage of the enhanced scalability opportunities. However, the problem is that the connectivity available to most companies is inadequate for this to be a usable alternative when compared with the performance of local storage that users are …
Continue reading »Photoshop For Tablet Devices
As reported by CNET last week, Adobe are currently working on an edition or variation of Photoshop that will operate on tablet devices such as the iPad or Smasung’s Galaxy Tab. While the limitations of the touch based interface mean that the tablet isn’t likely to be a replacement …
Continue reading »DAM Meetup NYC Q&A Session
Leela Abbot writing on her personal blog describes a recent DAM meetup she conducted in New York. She describes the session in some detail with descriptions of the Q&A sessions, including questions such as these:
- How do you introduce the topic of Digital Asset Management to those who are hearing
Modern Uses For Taxonomies In The Context Of IT Solutions
In their continuing “eTaxonomy” series, Earley associates consider areas where taxonomies (and the information science theory behind them) have been integrated into IT solutions:
- Search
- Document and Records Management
- Content Management
- Digital Asset Management
- Ecommerce
- Marketing Campaign Management
This is taken from their Digital Asset Management entry:
“We are …
Continue reading »Stock Media Library Survival And The Future Value Of IP Assets In A Deflationary Market
In this Photpreneur.com blog article, the subject of the declining price of stock photography is discussed and the impact upon the survival of smaller stock libraries in particular. The causes discussed include publishers acting in a more aggressive manner over pricing and terms as well as amateurs (mainly from …
Continue reading »Up To 30% Of Marketing Budgets “Wasted” Due To Poor Quality Data
One of our featured DAM vendors, MailPrint, features a guest article by Erin Haselkorn from Experian QAS on their blog who discusses how inadequate controls on your data entry and acquisition processes can have a devastating impact on the ROI obtained from marketing campaigns as well as sales …
Continue reading »Microsoft Silverlight Strategy “Has Shifted”
As reported on this ZDNet blog post by professional Microsoft watcher, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft have been somewhat less enthusiastic about Silverlight than HTML5 over the last few months and this has been the source of some irritation for those developers who invested time and effort into learning the technology:…
Continue reading »Taxonomy Creation And Management Software Overview
Heather Hedden, author of The Accidental Taxonomist has written an overview of the software tools available for developing taxonomies for FUMSI.com. She covers six main categories:
- Software Not Designed for Creating Taxonomies
- Thesaurus Software
- Single-User Desktop Thesaurus Software
- Free and Open Source Software
- Other Software with Taxonomy Management Components
Search Usability: Ask Why Users Search To Enhance ROI From Enterprise Search Technology
John Brunswick writing on the Enterprise 2.0 blog encourages implementers of enterprise search to consider what problems users are trying to solve when they carry out searches using Enterprise Search technology. Using the analogy: “Why Lance Armstrong doesn’t ride a mountain bike”, John makes the point that too much emphasis …
Continue reading »The Four Cornerstones Of DAM
DAM consultants, Daydream, have released an article called “The Four Cornerstones of Digital Asset Management” where they give a summary of their methodology for implementing DAM solutions. A little controversially, they assert that only 4 factors are required for a successful DAM project: Assets, Metadata, Workflow and Permissions:
“Each …
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