DAM Foundation Closes Down
A few different people have been in contact with me about this news and for anyone who has not yet heard, according to their website, […]
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Metadata Automation Webinar Recording From New Jersey DAM Meetup Group
The New Jersey DAM Meetup Group held a webinar last week on metadata automation which they posted a recording of to YouTube. The discussion is lead by Frank A. DeCarlo and Deb Fanslow. The panel is David Riecks, Spencer Harris, Mark Walter and Peter Parker. The …
Continue reading »Understanding Why DAMs Are More Like Libraries Than You Realise
Denzil Ford of DAM vendor, MediaValet has contributed a feature article to DAM News entitled: Why Do We Call DAM A “Library” For Digital Assets? The piece speculates that the description of DAMs as being like ‘libraries’ is more accurate than many might realise and, as such, understanding the …
Continue reading »Improving DAM In 2017 And Beyond: Call For Contributions
Over the last few years, I have written a number of articles commenting on DAM innovation and how it seems to have become stuck in a rut and has not really moved forward a great deal (at least in a way which is tangible).
Having talked to a number of …
Continue reading »DAM Vendor Updates – Focus Moving Towards Integration & APIs In 2017
DAM integration and application architectures seems to have been getting more attention recently from vendors, both in terms of direct connections to specific non-DAM platforms, but also API modifications and changes to the underlying architecture of DAM solutions.
First up is this blog post from Asset Bank. They sent …
Continue reading »Digital Assets: The Raw Materials Of Digital Transformation
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 »Brandworkz Update To Version 8.0
DAM vendor, Brandworkz, have recently announced a major release of their flagship product of the same name. This is the press piece from Hari Walters, Head of Product at Brandworkz:
“We are very excited to share our biggest release to date with our clients. The aim is …
Continue reading »DAM Directory Metadata Standards Guide
Deb Flanslow, one of the maintainers of the DAM Directory, has written an article describing the recent addition of a metadata standards section to the guide:
“So many standards, so little time! Wouldn’t it be nice to have a place to browse the most common metadata standards …
Continue reading »Can Enterprise Taxonomy Management Survive Analyst Reticence – And Does Anyone Else Care Anyway?
Writing on LinkedIn, Mike Doane has published an article with the title Can taxonomy survive the Trough of Disillusionment? In the item, he discusses the recent featuring of Enterprise Taxonomy and Ontology Management on the Gartner 2016 Hype Cycle. Mike speculates whether taxonomy can survive its inclusion in the …
Continue reading »Deaccession Policies: Practical Methods For Dealing With Data Hoarding Dilemmas
Writing on his Tame Your Assets blog, Ian Matzen published an article last week: Are You a Digital Asset Hoarder or a Digital Curator? The thesis of the article is that defaulting to a ‘never delete’ policy for managing your digital asset collection is not an optimal strategy because of …
Continue reading »Why Digital Assets Are A Superior Source Of Value For Enterprises
Last month, Lisa Grimm wrote an article for CMSWire: DAM Expands Its Reach in the Enterprise. Amongst other topics, the item describes how DAM has incrementally moved into areas which used to be the preserve of ECM (Enterprise Content Management):
“Some argue DAM is creeping into the space …
Continue reading »How Different Will DAM Be In 2030? Part 2
This is the follow-up item to the first part of How Different Will DAM Be In 2030 which discusses Martin Wilson’s article for Information Age: 7 predictions for digital asset management in 2030. In this piece, I will consider the remaining predictions 4-7.
4. Users will demand streamlined simplicity…
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