DAM Weekly Round-Up – 10th September 2018
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM. An Open Vocabulary Tagging Experiment for Discoverability Accidental […]
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Brandworkz Announce Release 8.2.1
DAM vendor Brandworkz, have recently announced the release of a new version of their brand management platform. Their last release, back in December 2017, saw an improvement in asset visibility with numerous tweaks to the user interface, including a long overdue shift to a responsive layout, improved asset …
Continue reading »Getty’s AI Tool Gets Nearer the Goal
Many people working within a modern Digital Asset Management environment will be aware of the new wave of AI-assisted image recognition components that are being touted as the next big thing. An increasing number of vendors are jumping on the bandwagon, claiming that their automated solutions can liberate users from …
Continue reading »2017 DAM Salary Survey Results Published
The eagerly anticipated 2017 DAM salary survey has now been published and is available to download for DAM News subscribers. As some readers may recall, this was formerly managed by the now defunct DAM Foundation and has been resurrected this under the banner of the newly formed DAM Federation…
Continue reading »DAM Weekly Round-Up – 4th September 2018
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.
Taxonomy Hierarchical Relationship Issues
Taxonomy specialist and author Heather Hedden has recently posted an article dealing with the issue of broader and narrower terms within hierarchical relationships. Discussing the challenges faced when …
Continue reading »DAM Weekly Round-Up – 27th August 2018
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.
Attributes of Effective DAM Consultants
My co-contributor Ralph Windsor has recently published part one of his series on what makes an effective DAM consultant. In this article, Ralph examines what he considers …
Continue reading »DAM Vendors 2018 Pricing Survey – 31st August Deadline For Participation
The deadline for vendors who want to participate in the 2018 DAM Vendors Pricing Survey is fast approaching at the end of this week on Friday 31st August. If you represent a vendor and did not get sent the details, please contact us and myself or one of my colleagues …
Continue reading »Attributes of Effective DAM Consultants – Feature Article Series
Today I have contributed a feature article to DAM News which is going to be part of a series on the attributes of effective DAM consultants. This has been inspired by recent client work I have carried out to help establish in-house DAM consulting operations. The first item is …
Continue reading »DAM Weekly Round-Up – 20th August 2018
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.
Getting Organized: Taxonomies, Keywords and Tags
This handy little entrée into categorisation and tagging from Canto explains the fundamental roles of taxonomy and metadata within DAM systems. It makes some noteworthy distinctions …
Continue reading »Checking Out Swivle’s Agent
I have recently tested the Swivle Agent – a multi-purpose connector that allows users to check-in and check-out files that are stored in Woodwing’s ‘DAM Lite’ solution Swivle. A more in-depth review of Swivle itself was previously published by my co-contributor Ralph Windsor – in this article I will be …
Continue reading »DAM Federation: New Industry Association Launches
Today DAM Federation, a new DAM industry association officially launches. This is a loose association of affiliated Digital Asset Management community information and educational resources of which DAM News is a member:
“DAM Federation is a group of affiliated Digital Asset Management information services providers who have a …
Continue reading »AI and DAM: A Pick ‘n’ Mix Approach To Automated Metadata?
Artificial Intelligence is here to stay; much like the way blockchain technology has been hijacked and eclipsed by the frantic rise and fall of cryptocurrency, so too has AI been prematurely blasted from the over-zealous scattergun of emergent technology and hyped as the next big thing before it has reached …
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