DAM News Round-Up – 2nd November 2020
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM. The End of The ‘Roy of The Rovers […]
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Is The DAM Software Industry Finally Becoming More Businesslike and Professional?
Today, I have written a feature article about a gradual change in the level of professionalism in the DAM software market and how this is (very slowly) increasing as scalability becomes more of a priority for end users as well as vendors. I use the analogy of Roy of The …
Continue reading »Featured Job: Digital Asset Specialist – 30th October 2020
This week’s featured job is for a Digital Asset Specialist with retailer Bass Pro Shops, one of the United States’ most recognisable outlets for camping, fishing and outdoor recreation supplies. Primarily working with video assets and media projects, the successful candidate will also be responsible for managing many aspects …
Continue reading »DAM Event Updates – 28th October 2020
Next week there are a number of DAM and marketing related events taking place.
On Tuesday November 3rd, Henry Stewart Events is staging its annual DAM Fest Europe virtual event. The online event will be offering a wide range of topics across at least 10 sessions throughout the day, along …
Continue reading »DAM News Round-Up – 26th October 2020
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.
Taxonomy specialist and author of The Accidental Taxonomist Heather Hedden has published an article exploring the customisation of taxonomy facets (i.e. those that are not purely hierarchical, but can …
Continue reading »Featured Job: Taxonomist and Browse Developer – 23rd October 2020
This week’s highlighted job is for a Taxonomist and Browse Developer with online retailer Amazon. Although the position is advertised as being in Seattle, there are similar positions available in Germany, Dublin and Japan. Responsible for building world-class taxonomy and ontology structures to optimize product discovery, the position …
Continue reading »DAM Event Updates – 21st October 2020
There are a number of DAM and marketing related events occurring next week.
On Monday 26th October, Rutgers University is kicking off its Creative Operations and Everyday Workflows with Digital Asset Management online course. Featuring a series of educational sessions covering how DAM, creative operations and workflows can come together …
Continue reading »Out of Stock: Will Free and Synthetic Content Herald the End of Photo Libraries?
Shockwaves could soon be reaching the once impregnable walls of the stock photo industry’s bunkers due to shifts in the image library landscape and associated emerging technologies.
Firstly, deep-fakes and synthetic content are now beginning to mature, making both its creators and subjects equally redundant, at least where human subjects …
Continue reading »DAM News Round-Up – 19th October 2020
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.
Why the Lift-and-Shift Approach to Content Migration Doesn’t Work
Vice President of Tendo Communications, Lindy Roux, has recently published an article exploring a number of potential issues that can be encountered …
Continue reading »DAM Event Updates – 14th October 2020
Next week there are a number of DAM (or related) industry events.
On Tuesday 20th October, Adobe are holding their Adobe MAX Event. This year’s edition is entirely online (in contrast to previous years). There are 350 sessions across ten different tracks covering disciplines as diverse as Creativity and …
Continue reading »DAM News Round-Up – 12th October 2020
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.
Find the balance between metadata structure and flexibility
Sara James, marketing technology consultant with ICP writes about designing taxonomies for DAMs and CMS on the ICP blog. She makes a …
Continue reading »DAM Event Updates – 7th October 2020
Coming up next week are a number of DAM-related events.
From Tuesday 13th to Wednesday 14th October, DAM software provider Widen are hosting their ninth annual summit. This free online event features over 20 speakers presenting a wide range of topics.
“From optimizing your DAM system …
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