Flash – Where Did It All Go Wrong?
PC World’s Harry McCracken comments on Adobe Flash’s origins and cites the many causes, in his opinion, for its current fall from favour amongst many technologists. “As […]
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EuroIA European Information Architecture Summit 2010: 24-25 September
The EuroIA Sixth Information Architecture Summit has been announced by the European Chapter of ASIS&T. The organisers recommend attendance for:
- Anyone concerned with the design of navigation, organization, labelling, and search systems.
- Content owners responsible for creating taxonomies and information architectures.
- Application Developers.
- Project and business managers needing to
Preparing Video for Web Delivery
Vendor Merlin One present some tips for preparing video prior to web delivery in this article:
“The most important thing to remember when encoding anything is: “garbage in – garbage out”. It’s very important to start with the highest quality video as your source. Archiving your video to DVD video …
Continue reading »Content Migration: Should “Be Treated Like a Real Project”
Most DAM projects require some kind of migration these days as it is becoming rarer to find implementations where at least some kind of rudimentary facility was not in place initially. In many cases, it’s worse for earlier adopters of Digital Asset Management where the potential for some obscure, unsupported …
Continue reading »Amazon Web Services Cloud Application Security Webinar: May 20 2pm (ET)
Amazon and partners, RightScale and HyperStatus have announced a special webinar on Application Security in the Cloud: Best Practices for Amazon Web Services. The webinar is scheduled for May 20th at 11am PT (2pm ET, 7pm UK).
With a number of DAM vendors now moving to Cloud based delivery, …
Continue reading »SharePoint: 8 Things From AIIM
AIIM have offered a series of “8 Things” about SharePoint which includes their book “8 Things You Always Wanted to Know About SharePoint, But Were Afraid to Ask“. John Macini also has a summary of other articles in the same series – all SharePoint related including:…
Continue reading »SharePoint 2010: “Prudence” Cautioned Against The Hype
The launch of SharePoint 2010 (and Office 2010 on the same day) has prompted a number of reactions from commentators. Many have noted that Microsoft are especially keen that IT managers are made aware of the benefits of the new platform. By tying Office 2010 into the same release schedule, …
Continue reading »CMIS: What It Really Means
The recently ratified CMIS Standard that is being adopted by leading ECM vendors and industry bodies is currently being discussed at some length in the industry. This article by Paul Dyck of AdLib asserts (with some justification) that CMIS could also stand for “Connect My Information Silos”:
“If all companies …
Continue reading »The Importance Of CMIS
In this article, CMS Watch’s Alan Pelz-Sharpe explains the importance of the Content Management Interoperability Specification (CMIS) for ECM vendors, buyers and users following its ratification by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards).
“In essence CMIS allows different document management systems to interoperate at the repository level. …
Continue reading »Celum Release Latest IMAGINE IV.7
Celum have released the latest version of their digital asset management system, IMAGINE IV.7. The release includes improved user-friendliness, expanded functionality and mobile access to centrally stored data and media.
“We work closely with our customers and partners to ensure that we are able to optimally support ever changing work …
Continue reading »AIIM ECM UK Roadshow, 14-17 June.
The AIIM UK Roadshow starts in Glasgow month and will tour the UK (Bolton, Birmingham and Earls Court London) offering advice and information to businesses regarding best practice in scanning, document management, records management, ECM and SharePoint.
“Without effective knowledge sharing between colleagues, suppliers, partners and customers, your projects and …
Continue reading »Flash Websites For Photographers: “Kiss Of Death” Or A Good Idea?
A recent PhotoShelter.com blog article asked if Flash websites for Photographers were a good idea or a “kiss of death”. Pointing out the recent furore over Apple’s decision to drop Flash for the iPad, the PhotoShelter blog solicits the opinion of a number of photographers and web designers, ranging …
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