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 […]
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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 …
Continue reading »Resurrecting The Advanced Search: A Boolean Visualisation Tool
Whilst wandering through the once vibrant and bustling ghost town of DAM innovation, I recently came across an interesting little nugget caught amongst the tumbleweeds. Strangely familiar, yet subtly different from its common predecessors, 2dSearch is a project that’s aiming to resurrect the mother of unused features – the …
Continue reading »AI & DAM – The Value Of Process And Data Accuracy To Enhance Contextual Awareness
Peter Flood, CEO of AIDA Content Management, has recently published an article on LinkedIn entitled The Value of Accurate and Precise In-Frame Metadata or Dealing with the Current Impenetrable Fog of AI, in which he ponders the current state of AI within DAM and the possible negative effect …
Continue reading »DAM Vendors 2018 Pricing Survey Now Open For Participation
We are once more running our DAM vendor pricing survey 2018 edition and are now inviting responses from vendors. This is the second time we have conducted the survey, the first edition was published in 2016.
Earlier this year, we sent a link to a form on our DAM …
Continue reading »Understanding Digital Asset Management APIs
I have recently contributed an article for our features section: Understanding DAM System APIs: A Primer For Non-Technical DAM Users. This is in response to the lack of knowledge that many end-users seem to have about this subject (and in particular that simply having an API is insufficient, of …
Continue reading »London DAM EU Meetup – 28th June 2018, 5.30pm, Radisson BLU Portman Hotel, London W1
London DAM Meetup (which I am a member of) are holding a meetup at the end of the first day of Henry Stewart EU conference. Those members of the group who are are unable to attend the conference itself can participate at the end during the ‘sponsored drink’ session:…
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