The term ‘digital asset’ is now in widespread use, however, there is no universal definition which applies to the many different contexts where you will hear it used. Frequently, the explanations offered are presented through the prism of the commentator’s own individual interests. I contend that while those efforts are …
Continue reading »This feature article was written by Ralph Windsor, editor of DAM News and first appeared in Atlas Pulse in April 2016.
In previous editions of Atlas Pulse and elsewhere that Blockchain, Bitcoin and other related innovations are discussed, there has been some debate about whether it is more appropriate to …
Continue reading »This feature article has been written by Ralph Windsor, editor of DAM News.
In the last year, there have been subtle but potentially significant changes to the positioning of some participants in the DAM market. A number of those on the sell-side, especially those in the enterprise segment have …
Continue reading »Continuing our series on Improving DAM In 2017, I have written an article with a suggested architectural model which DAM solution developers may wish to consider. In The Digital Asset Transaction Management System – A Time Machine For Digital Assets, I outline a granular and modular API-First method …
Continue reading »This feature article was provided by Medhat Mahmoud and is part of our Improving DAM In 2017 series.
In a previous article “Digital Asset management”, the innovation path from “digits” to value, I discussed the concept that Digital assets can appreciate in value and sophistication. The more …
Continue reading »Earlier this month, CMSWire ran an item by Dom Nicastro which was a write up of a presentation given by Meghan Walsh. The presentation has some very insightful points, for example:
“Walsh said she had to determine if managing Hilton’s digital assets was the same act as managing …
Continue reading »The Extensis DAM Learning Centre (which is included in our list of featured DAM resources) has recently published an article by Toby Martin called Emerging Trends In The DAM Marketplace. The article came out about a week before Extensis’ latest Portfolio product release announcement, as such, this …
Continue reading »Recently, while researching more blockchain-related innovations, I came across Mediachain. This is a protocol intended to make it easier for distributed applications to access provenance information about digital assets in a de-centralised manner (i.e not held on a pre-designated server). Any modifications to either the asset essence or its …
Continue reading »Ralph Windsor, DAM News Editor concludes the second part of this article series: Re-Defining The Meaning And Scope Of Digital Assets. Part one is also available.
In the first part of this article, I described how there were now three different understandings of the term ‘digital assets’ and …
Continue reading »As described in my Appreciating The Value Of Your Digital Assets post earlier this week, this year we’re going to be investigating far more of the metadata and infrastructure side of digital assets, because that is where I believe the more important (and therefore, interesting) activity is taking place.…
Continue reading »During the course of the last eighteen months or so, I have discussed DAM with a number of people, including users, vendors, consultants and investors. While there is a general acknowledgement that demand remains firm and that the growth cycle which first commenced around 2003-2004 is still in-progress, there is …
Continue reading »One of the recent changes in DAM system technology over the last five years has been the increased use of cloud storage providers to hold asset files. Previously, most DAM solutions relied on a file storage method that worked more or less like a big hard disk, even if it …
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