This glossary was originally written by DAM consultants, Daydream and was donated to DAM News in February 2013. It covers common terminology used in the field of Digital Asset Management and is the copyright of Digital Asset Management News. You may link to it, but you are not permitted to …
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This is an article in our series of ongoing discussion of Digital Asset Management Value Chains.
Search is another functional area within DAM which is growing in sophistication. In recent years, attention has focussed on simplifying search capabilities and making them easier for new or casual users. This has …
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Introduction
This article was written by both Ralph Windsor and Naresh Sarwan of DAM News.
In 2011 and 2012, we assessed the prospects for the DAM sector with reference to the technology and business aspects of the industry. This year, we have elected to handle things slightly differently.
DAM gives …
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Analyst, Forrester, have published a report on their assessment of the DAM market:
“In Forrester’s 15-criteria evaluation of the DAM market, we identified 12 significant vendors in the space — ADAM Software; Adobe; Autonomy, an HP company; Canto; celum; EMC; Extensis, a Celartem company; MediaBeacon; North Plains; OpenText; Widen …
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One of our featured Digital Asset Management vendors, Extensis, have added an API to their Portfolio Server DAM system:
“Portfolio Server helps groups of people manage and find all of their digital media in one location, and the new API offers the same benefits – but to …
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Introduction
As we did last year in 2011, this week we will take a look at the Digital Asset Management (DAM) industry and try to predict some of the key themes that will emerge over the forthcoming year and beyond. This article is divided into two sections: the DAM industry …
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One of our featured DAM vendors, Widen, have released a blog post: “A shared folder is no substitute for DAM software“. They pose several reasons why:
- Limited security
- Lack of back up (replication)
- Need to invest in IT equipment
- Lack of proper version control
“The …
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One of our featured Digital Asset Management vendors, North Plains have released recordings of a 3 part series of webinars about the foundation of DAM:
“The DAM Foundations Series is a 3-part series of DAM webinars and whitepapers designed for DAM evaluators, stakeholders and users to create shared …
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As was widely reported yesterday, HP simultaneously exited the PC hardware market and made a bid to purchase ECM vendor, Autonomy. Why are HP taking this step and what does it mean for DAM and the wider ECM market?
Setting aside personal factors involving HP’s CEO, Leo Apotheker and …
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This article is the second article, in the series, starting with Using Streaming Media With Digital Asset Management Systems and ending with: What Streaming Media Player Should Be Used With Digital Asset Management Systems?
For audio, MP3 is generally the format of choice as it is ubiquitous and widely supported, …
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