Media solutions outfit IPV has just announced the release of a new version of its asset management system. Presented as an all-in-one media asset management suite, Curator 2.0 is due to be showcased at the 2018 NAB show in Las Vegas.
I’m not overly keen on name-dropping as it often …
Continue reading »Carol Thomas my DAM Guru Program (DGP) colleague has recently published a series of questions and answers on the DGP blog from our members who attended the Insight Exchange Network (IEN) conference ‘The Digital Assets & Content Leadership Exchange’, that took place in New York, this January:
“Though this …
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Change is happening whether we are ready for it or not. That was one of the major sentiments of The Digital Assets & Content Leadership Exchange presented by Insight Exchange Network in January 2018 in New York. (The keynote from Dieter Reichert, from Censhare deserves its own blog post!) Though …
Continue reading »Last Friday, we reported that venture capital funded DAM vendor, Bynder had bought up WebDAM from their previous owners, microstock media library, Shutterstock. The irony of a DAM vendor being sold a fairly pedestrian DAM system by a photo library (rather than the other way round) will probably not …
Continue reading »I am currently involved in writing requirements analysis and specifications for several Digital Asset Supply Chain (DASC) projects. There are some interesting themes I have observed recently in-relation to the politics of managing their implementation which might be instructive for others planning similar initiatives.
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Continue reading »This feature article has been contributed by thatDAMGuy aka Spencer J Harris.
Back in September of 2017 I shared my initial review of Bynder’s new ‘Free’ cloud-based SaaS platform called Orbit, that they labeled as a digital asset management solution designed for ‘everyone’. Since this is intended to …
Continue reading »Last month, Jean Lozano of Cloud DAM vendor, MediaValet wrote an article on their blog, Cryptomedia: Blockchain in the Digital Asset Management Space. The piece is quite interesting since it isn’t about the currently deflating tradable Crypto-as-a-security (or perhaps ‘CraaS’?) bubble and neither does it write the whole thing …
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Kathleen Cameron’s digital asset management experience over the years has shown her that DAM is about the ease in discovering content. If done correctly, users no longer need to be reliant on knowing someone else’s folder structure.
What companies/organizations have you worked for as a DAM professional? What was your …
Continue reading »My co-contributor, Spencer Harris, has written the first DAM News feature article of 2018: The DAM Difference: Filename vs Metadata. In this item, Spencer discusses the value of filenames for digital assets:
“Think of your asset as a coin: it has monetary value, and when its use …
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Keith McKeon is a Digital Asset Manager who understands that chasing features, without having a clear vision for the goal of a company’s DAM system, will lead to frustration and failure.
What companies/organizations have you worked for as a DAM professional? What was your role at each?
I initially started as technical …
Continue reading »Recently, CMSWire published an article I wrote for them: What it Will Take for Artificial Intelligence to Become Useful For DAM. This was an abridged edition of a longer feature article for DAM News: Combining AI With Digital Asset Supply Chain Management Techniques. The responses I have received …
Continue reading »Recently, I have read a few articles which make some critical remarks about blockchain for DAM. There are some reasonable points advanced, however, there are also misunderstandings and myths about what blockchains are and how they might be applied to Content DAM. In fairness, there is an even greater amount …
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