John Horodyski of DAM Education has written an introductory article about metadata for CMSWire. The level is relatively basic and maybe more suitable as an executive overview than for anyone who has done the rounds with a typical DAM implementation, however, the second page has some useful pointers about …
Continue reading »Edward Smith, of Extensis has written an article for CMSWire.com entitled: Who Should Enter Metadata in Digital Asset Management?
“Metadata is important because it helps you and other DAM users find the right files (keywords), understand the content of the files you find (descriptions) and use those files correctly …
Continue reading »Brian Lincoln of DocuShare, writing on the Digital Landfill blog discusses 5 myths about the ROI that can be obtained from implementation of ECM systems. He answers each of them with very short single paragraph case study to illustrate how each of the points is false:
One our featured Digital Asset Management Vendors, MailPrint have written a white paper entitled, “Cost Justifying the Investment in New Marketing Systems” (registration required). MailPrint’s blog gives a summary of the key points; the stand out one for me was the final paragraph which reminds readers to …
Continue reading »In this post on techtarget.com, Beth Stackpole discusses some quotes from various industry commentators and WCM/DAM end users who have their own take on the convergence of WCM and DAM, a trend we have observed for some time:
“While some Web content management tools have been enhanced …
Continue reading »This article from Henrik de Gyor discusses how to measure the success of a DAM initiative. He considers various metrics and recommends that users employ DAM solutions that include sufficient reporting capabilities to support their study:
John Brunswick writing on the Enterprise 2.0 blog encourages implementers of enterprise search to consider what problems users are trying to solve when they carry out searches using Enterprise Search technology. Using the analogy: “Why Lance Armstrong doesn’t ride a mountain bike”, John makes the point that too much emphasis …
Continue reading »The EuroIA Sixth Information Architecture Summit has been announced by the European Chapter of ASIS&T. The organisers recommend attendance for:
In an interview with the New York Times, Google’s Vice President of Engineering, Andy Rubin confirmed that Android 2.2 will include support for Flash:
He also promised that full support for Adobe’s Flash standard was coming in the next version of Android, code-named Froyo, for frozen yogurt (previous Android …
Continue reading »In this article, CMS Watch’s Alan Pelz-Sharpe, discusses the astonishing lack of tangible return on investment that most ECM administrators could calculate for their incumbent systems. This is nothing new, Pelz-Sharpe continues, as in his opinion, all “ROI calculations for information technology are junk calculations, a fraud, a nonsense, and …
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A selection of DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced by the DAM News editorial team.
6 Benefits of Tracking Image & Video Content Post-Distribution
Licensing, rights and royalties solutions provider FADEL take a look at the numerous advantages of tracking your images and videos after they’ve journeyed downstream in …
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Last week, DAM vendor, Wedia, published a white paper I wrote for them on the topic of measuring DAM ROI and the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that Digital Asset Management users need to watch and analyse in order to optimise their DAM initiatives. The paper, Measuring DAM Success, …
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