This special feature was written by DAM News Editor, Ralph Windsor
The topic of consolidating DAM solutions seems to come up a lot in Digital Asset Management implementations currently, usually when end users become aware that their use of DAM (both prospective and current) is wider than they initially thought. …
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Like a lot of people I know in the Digital Asset Management trade currently, my firm has been deluged with client work for a sustained period. Several times in recent weeks, I’ve been asked why I think that is. Some vendors advance the theory that it’s because their solutions have …
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UK DAM vendor, Brandworkz, have updated version 6.2.1 of their self-named brand-oriented DAM software solution. The key new features are:
- Asset detail preview
- Multi-page documents
- Pinned asset bar
- Larger video uploads
The updates appear to be mostly UI-related enhancements, but with a focus on asset presentation. The general …
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Romney Whitehead wrote an article One giant leap for DAM last week on her Borrowed Insight blog. In the piece, she talks about the need for a dedicated Digital Asset Management department, following the discussion of it at last month’s London DAM Meetup:
“More often than not the …
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This special feature was written by Ralph Windsor, DAM News Senior Editor and Project Director at DAM consultants, Daydream.
Recently, it was widely reported that IT industry analysts, Gartner, were being sued by NetScout, a Network Performance Management products and services provider on the grounds of …
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There have been a few more articles on DAM in CMSWire over the last week or two. One which is short, but makes a very good point is this by Irina Guseva: Improve DAM Creative Workflows First, CXM Will Follow. The theme of the item is that CXM depends …
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This is the next in our series of articles on managing metadata cataloguing operations.
In part five, the subject was using outsourcing to assist with metadata cataloguing projects. In the final item in relation to human-based methods for efficiently organising metadata operations, I will consider outsourcing. This has …
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Jeff Lawrence writing on the Celerity blog, has an article: How to Improve Your Search Engine: Unlocking Basic Features. Jeff discusses three basic routes:
- Review the server and search logs
- Review your search interface
- Review the features and functionality offered by your existing search tool and check if
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Faith Robinson, Director of DAM & ECM at Hasbro, posted an article about metadata models on LinkedIn a few weeks ago: It’s always about the metadata. This is one of a number of different metadata-related pieces recently which I have been intending to discuss on DAM News. The …
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In the first part of this series of articles, I looked at why there is a need for efficient metadata operations management. While the use of DAM systems to hold digital assets has increased significantly over recent years, the quality of the cataloguing of many assets is becoming an …
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Having experience managing over 4 million digital assets in a single project, Kolvitz has the understanding and knowledge to drive all DAM projects toward successful outcomes.
What companies/organizations have you worked for as a DAM professional? What was your role at each?
I have worked as a digital projects archivist …
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Recently, I have been looking for some new terms to go into the community DAM Glossary project which we set up last year. As to be expected, there are an ever-growing range of candidates and part of the problem is deciding how to prioritise which ones should get written up …
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