Explaining The Difference Between DAM, CMS And Collections Management
Leala Abbott explains the difference between DAM, CMS and Collections Management in this article and makes the observation that there are a lot of grey […]
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Oracle Releases Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g
Oracle recently announced the launch of Oracle ECM Suite 11g. Unlike other enterprise vendors, Oracle have not ditched the ‘C’ word (as in “content”) for “case management” or other terminology in an effort to distance themselves from SharePoint and other commodity and open source offerings. The press release does …
Continue reading »Why Master Data Management (MDM) Matters
In this post, Phil Simon explains the significance of Master Data Management (MDM), the process of assigning reference data that can be used to correlate and aggregate information across multiple enterprises repositories:
“Many large organizations have long been hamstrung by redundant or mismatched data sitting in silos, making …
Continue reading »Education And The Potential For Digital Asset Management Technology
In this article, Philip Spiegel writing in his blog discusses the growing potential for educators to exploit Digital Asset Management technology to deliver innovative learning experiences. He bases this hypothesis on his recent visit to the SIIA Edtech Summit in San Francisco. Philip also points out that there are considerable …
Continue reading »Wizards On The Cloud Or Smoke, Mirrors & FUD About Open Source DAM?
In this article by Merlin One, the authors compare open source DAM vs hosted commodity solutions:
“We’ve also found the person who “inherits” the system is less enthusiastic about answering trouble calls at 3 AM than its inventor may have been. What about 24×7 support? Granted that might not …
Continue reading »Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010
Fabian Williams writing in EndUserSharePoint.com discusses Managed Metadata in SharePoint 2010, including its impact on taxonomy, navigation and aearch. The article is split into two parts: “Focusing on Managed Metadata, Term Store, Navigation and Search” and “Focusing on Content Organizer, Routing Rules, Content Types and Search“. …
Continue reading »Reduce Choices To Increase User Adoption Of Marketing Asset Management (MAM)
In this article, Rhonda Basler of MailPrint discusses how the provision of an excess number of choices for users in Marketing Asset Management (MAM) systems can actually reduce uptake of the system as users become bewildered by the array of different options. Rhonda compares studies carried out on consumers purchasing …
Continue reading »Henry Stewart DAM UK – June 30th, London (UK)
The Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management Conference moves to London on June 30th with speakers including Gai Coleman of Pearson Education, Fran Alexander (BBC Taxonomy Manager) and Ian Davis, Taxonomy Delivery Manager for Dow Jones amongst others:
“The briefing will deliver exactly what it promises: the latest thinking …
Continue reading »SharePoint Best Practices Conference: August 24-27, Washington DC
The SharePoint Best Practices Conference is being held on August 24-27 in Washington DC. The conference brings together a number of leading SharePoint experts and MVPs and covers a full agenda of best practice techniques.
“The Best Practices Conference is where you’ll find the smartest ideas, activities and techniques …
Continue reading »Google Metadata Stripping Controversy
Following the revelation that Facebook, Flickr and other social media sites routinely strip embedded metadata from images, it has been revealed that Google does the same from thumbnails in image searches. Gunar Penikis, formerly of Adobe and leader of the OpenSAMSN project makes this point in a recent …
Continue reading »Information Architecture Classification Schemes: Deciding When To Use Them
In this article on the Ux Booth blog, Donna Spencer outlines a number of different classification schemes that are commonly encountered in Information Architecture (IA) designs when used for content delivery:
“When you do information architecture work you’ll realize that most sets of content can be organized in …
Continue reading »ADAM DocMaker 3.0 Webinar: 8th June
DAM Vendor, ADAM have announced a Webinar: “Managing and strengthening your brand with ADAM DocMaker 3.0”. The presentation commences at 4.30pm European Time (3.30pm UK, 10.30am ET):
“ADAM DocMaker 3.0 is the latest major release of its media intelligent studio tool for editing, managing and localizing media rich …
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