The term ‘digital asset’ is now in widespread use, however, there is no universal definition which applies to the many different contexts where you will hear it used. Frequently, the explanations offered are presented through the prism of the commentator’s own individual interests. I contend that while those efforts are …
Continue reading »This feature article has been written by Ralph Windsor, editor of DAM News.
In the last year, there have been subtle but potentially significant changes to the positioning of some participants in the DAM market. A number of those on the sell-side, especially those in the enterprise segment have …
Continue reading »A couple of weeks ago, Northplains released a new DAM platform called NEXT (not to be confused with similarly named competitor, NetX). This replaces their Telescope and OnBrand products, the former their original platform first developed 20 or more years ago and the latter dating from their acquisition of …
Continue reading »This feature article has been contributed by Ralph Windsor, editor of DAM News and is the second article in a series of items with the title Finding Signs Of Life In DAM. See also the previous article about digital asset supply chains.
In the first part …
Continue reading »Earlier this month, there was a post on the Digital Asset Management LinkedIn group by Hector Medina, with the title Is DAM Dead?:
“I’ve been in DAM for more than 20 years, having worked for Canto, Celum and most recently, Picturepark. To be honest, I planned to …
Continue reading »This feature article has been contributed by Ralph Windsor, editor of DAM News.
Recently, among some who have been involved in the DAM industry for a long period of time, there has been what can only be termed despair at the lack of progress the market has made …
Continue reading »Over the last few years, I have written a number of articles commenting on DAM innovation and how it seems to have become stuck in a rut and has not really moved forward a great deal (at least in a way which is tangible).
Having talked to a number of …
Continue reading »Earlier this month, CMSWire ran an item by Dom Nicastro which was a write up of a presentation given by Meghan Walsh. The presentation has some very insightful points, for example:
“Walsh said she had to determine if managing Hilton’s digital assets was the same act as managing …
Continue reading »Denzil Ford, who is a writer and content strategist for DAM vendor, MediaValet has contributed a feature article which we have published today: Snapshots Of The Past, Present & Future Of Social Media + DAM. The item considers the role of DAM within social media and asks …
Continue reading »The Extensis DAM Learning Centre (which is included in our list of featured DAM resources) has recently published an article by Toby Martin called Emerging Trends In The DAM Marketplace. The article came out about a week before Extensis’ latest Portfolio product release announcement, as such, this …
Continue reading »Over the last few weeks, there have been a series of press releases from various tech firms, notably Google and Adobe about technologies which claim to automate the image cataloguing process. A few DAM vendors have already integrated the Google Cloud VISION API which is product-agnostic and designed to be …
Continue reading »Ralph Windsor, DAM News Editor concludes the second part of this article series: Re-Defining The Meaning And Scope Of Digital Assets. Part one is also available.
In the first part of this article, I described how there were now three different understandings of the term ‘digital assets’ and …
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