This is one of several articles about The Digital Asset Management Value Chain and how it might shape the future of DAM. The feature article introduces the concept and explains the background behind it.
Metadata is another area where the DAM value chain concept may provide some potential opportunities to …
Continue reading »David Diamond, author of the DAM Survival Guide, Marketing Director at Picture Park and contributor to DAM News has written an article for CMSWire, provocatively titled: 5 Good Reasons to Avoid DAM Software. The item is partly tongue-in-cheek and uses a mix of Luddite arguments and deliberate reduction …
Continue reading »Earlier this week, we introduced the concept of Digital Asset Management Value Chains to describe how DAM may develop in the future. We will examine how this might operate in practice with reference to activities that end users may carry when using a DAM system.
The first topic is Asset …
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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 …
Continue reading »Last month, Print Week had an interview with North Plains CEO, James Christopher where he outlines their vision for DAM and how they plan to utilise each of the three DAM technologies they now own having acquired both Xinet and Vyre last year. Normally, CEO ‘vision’ pieces are fairly turgid …
Continue reading »One of the DAM News featured vendors, ADAM have an article by a guest author, David Dodd, Streamlining the Marketing Materials Supply Chain:
“…the marketing materials supply chain is a large, and largely untapped, source of cost savings and revenue-enhancing improvements. In most companies, the supply chain …
Continue reading »North Plains, have announced today that they have acquired UK based vendor, VYRE:
“This acquisition continues our rigorous focus on enabling North Plains customers to better connect and engage with their target audience by unleashing the power of their visual media,” said James Christopher, President and CEO, …
Continue reading »This post by Chirag Mehta discussed the role of Gamification with special reference to enterprise applications. For those who has unfamiliar with the term, Gamification means the application of gaming techniques to create more engaging user experiences. Chirag argues (correctly in my view) that flow and a simple, uninterrupted user …
Continue reading »In this CMSWire article, David Diamond discusses some methods using timelines as a means to help catalogue assets. I found this quite a good item because it offers some practical advice on how to catalogue, which is the challenge that presents itself shortly after you have realised you need …
Continue reading »ICS Solutions are offering seminars on the new SharePoint 2013 edition next month. The events are being held on 4th December 2012 at Microsoft’s offices in Reading (United Kingdom)
“We’ll explore the features and benefits of the platform through in-depth discussions, demonstrations and usage scenarios. We’ll help you plan …
Continue reading »Chris Heilmann, who is a “principle developer evangelist” at Mozilla (why aren’t there job titles like that in the software companies I do work for?) describes some myths about HTML5, with special reference to the lack of adoption of HTML5 for mobile applications:
One of our featured DAM vendors, Brandworkz, have released version 5.1 of their flagship DAM system. The new features include:
“Brandworkz 5.1 builds on upon the developments we made in 5.0, giving marketers better even …
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