Wellcome Trust Library Releases ITT For Digital Asset Management System
The library of the Wellcome Trust have released an open ITT (Invitation To Tender) for a Workflow Tracking System (WTS) to track and manage assets: […]
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Orphan Works Legislation: Clause 43 Back On The Agenda?
As reported by Jeremy Nicholl on the Russian Photos Blog, the subject of orphan works is back on the political agenda in the UK. Orphan works are where a publisher may use intellectual property such as photos without paying the originator a royalty if they have not been able …
Continue reading »JISC Digital Media and Copyright Seminar – 2nd December 2010, Taunton, UK
The JISC Digital Media and Copyright Seminar takes place in Taunton, Somerset (UK) on 2nd December 2010. The seminar will include a variety of digital media copyright subjects:
- Dealing with multi-layer intellectual property rights in digital media.
- Identifying approaches to dealing with the uncertainties of copyright law in relation to
Emerging Media Conference, San Francisco, January 24-27, 2011
The Emerging Media Conference kicks off on 24th January (2011) in San Francisco. The event will cover a variety of new media areas of interest, including:
- Social Gaming
- Augmented Reality
- Mobile Marketing Apps
- Social Networking
- In-Game Advertising
- Widgets
- iPad
- iPhone vs. Droid
- E-readers
Speakers include Jesse Schell (Carnegie Mellon University), …
Continue reading »Survey Reveals High Levels of CMIS Awareness But Less Interest In Implementation
CMS integrator and services provider, Generis have conducted a customer survey about CMS priorities for 2011 amongst their customers and associates. The survey asked seven key questions covering various topics:
- What current ECM platform(s) does your company use?
- Are you looking to merge / move / reduce / expand ECM
Becoming “Litigation Ready” By Proactively In-Sourcing eDiscovery
The ZyLab blog features an article on becoming “litigation ready” using eDiscovery tools and techniques. The basic premise of the post is that it is better to be proactive about potential litigation threats by having brining your eDiscovery process in-house. The author recommends marshalling all your data across email, SharePoint, …
Continue reading »Open Source & Enterprise Compared
CMSReport.com have an article by Tim Ward which compares “Enterprise” with “Open Source” (the article does rely on the reader accepting that the two are mutually exclusive concepts). Some of the arguments against open source seem a little dated (for example, I don’t recall needing to update most open source …
Continue reading »Video CDN Pricing Trends & Potential Implications For The DAM Market
Dan Rayburn, writing on Streamingmedia.com reports that the average reduction in CDN video delivery charges was on average down by 20% in 2010, as compared with 45% in 2009. While a decline, the trend appears to be slowing suggesting demand for online video delivery is resilient despite the tighter global …
Continue reading »12 Myths About Embedded Photo Metadata
David Riecks, Richard Wagner, Bob Stromberg and other contributors to the Controlled Vocabulary forum have compiled their 12 top myths about embedded metadata:
- Embedded photo metadata is something that is hard to read unless you have Photoshop or some other professional software application.
- If I embed my copyright (or
Graffiti Markup Language (GML)
I did think this might be a joke at first, but Graffiti Markup Language is apparently all serious stuff in the world of Graffiti Analysis. It brings a whole new meaning to ‘tagging web content’ ;)
“Graffiti Markup Language (.gml) is a universal, XML-based, open file format designed …
Continue reading »Workshop: Unleashing the Power of Semantic Data, Amsterdam, 9-10 December 2010
IKS are running two workshops in Amsterdam between Thursday and Friday 9th-10th December 2010 to show how their semantic applications can be used to enhance Content Management Systems. The first day is designed to demonstrate the benefits of their technology and the second is a more practical session involving integration …
Continue reading »SharePoint Seminars In London (Dec 2010 & Jan-Mar 2011)
ICS Solutions are holding a range of seminars on SharePoint 2010 on December 8 2010 (Microsoft’s Victoria office in London), 27th January 2011, 15th February 2011 and 22nd March 2011 (all at Microsoft’s Soho office London) :
“Our SharePoint 2010 events offer a unique blend of technology, strategy and …
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