Tag Suggester For SharePoint 2010
German SharePoint extensions vendor, Layer 2, have introduced “Tag Suggester” for SharePoint 2010. The tool assists users with the process of tagging and categorising object […]
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Adobe To Acquire Day Software: Potential Implications For The DAM Sector?
Adobe have announced today that they intend to acquire Swiss content management software vendor, Day Software for US$240m (subject to shareholder approval):
“Adobe’s acquisition of Day will strengthen the company’s enterprise software solutions with market leading Web Content Management (WCM), Digital Asset Management and Social Collaboration offerings. This acquisition …
Continue reading »DAM Becoming Essential
Cassandra Carnes writing on the DPSMagazine.com site argues that DAM has become essential in an era of cross-channel marketing in this article:
“Image is increasingly important to businesses in a society where everything is literally at our fingertips. To achieve consistent branding over multiple channels, marketers manage company assets …
Continue reading »Microsoft Ships SharePoint 2010 CMIS Connector
Microsoft have released the SharePoint 2010 CMIS connector in this announcement on the MSDN blog by Ryan Duguid (Senior Product Manager at MS):
“I’m pleased to announce that we have Released to Web, the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Connector for SharePoint. The CMIS Connector for SharePoint ships as …
Continue reading »Enterprise Software Is “Sexy Again”
According to this TechCrunch.com article by Aaron Levie, CEO of Box.net, “enterprise software is sexy again”:
“With prohibitive pricing, long product cycles and user interfaces only a mother could love, the enterprise offerings of Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and other big vendors are about as appealing as Steve Ballmer …
Continue reading »8 Things To Know About Your Digital Images
The Digital Landfill blog offers another in their “8 Things” series, this time featuring Chris Palmer, marketing manager at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chris offers these tips:
- Scan Pictures that Aren’t Digital Already.
- Delete Pictures that Are No Good.
- Develop a Folder System that Makes Sense.
- Put
The Technical Debt Metaphor: A Better Alternative
The concept of ‘technical debt’ has been receiving greater attention recently, in part due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis which has highlighted the dangers of excessively risky financial debt and the potential parallels with high risk software development practices (using code that hasn’t been tested properly).
For those who haven’t …
Continue reading »HTML5: Perspectives From A Flash Developer
Zohar Babin, head of developer relations at Kalutra presents an alternative view on the Flash vs HTML5 debate from the perspective of a Flash developer. He makes some valid points about the shortcomings of HTML5 while emphasising that he is supporter of it:
“HTML5 promise is to be …
Continue reading »Nuxeo Adds Corespondence Management To ECM Platform
Open Source ECM platform vendor, Nuxeo, have introduced a correspondence management solution to compliment their existing Document Management, Case Management and DAM offerings. Designed with busy regulatory public sector and compliance departments in mind,the solution provides a number of specialist features for this burgeoning market:
“Nuxeo Correspondence Management …
Continue reading »Amazon: Kindle Now Outsells Hardcover Editions
According to a recent Amazon press release, electronic books delivered via Amazon’s Kindle platform now outsell hardcover editions:
“We’ve reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindle–the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189,” said Jeff …
Continue reading »Open Source Vendors “Better Prepared” For Cloud Based Delivery
In an interview with CMSReport.com, Emmanuel Garcin, VP of Jahia, a cloud based content integration software provider believes that open source vendors are better positioned to exploit the cloud because they do not rely on licensing fees:
“The cloud might be a deal breaker for many software …
Continue reading »Will Google Enter The DAM Solutions Market?
As reported on the Google Blog, Google have introduced some changes to their image search facility such as larger thumbnails and search by colour, similar images and general user interface enhancements:
“There’s even more sophisticated computer vision technology powering our “Similar images” tool. For example, did you know …
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