ADAM Update To Version 5.5
DAM vendor, ADAM Software, have released version 5.5 of their flagship DAM solution. Here is the obligatory press quote from their boss, Pieter Casneuf: “ADAM […]
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Feature Article: Appreciating The Value Of Digital Assets
To get proceedings started off for 2016 on DAM News in terms of comment and analysis, I have written an article for our features section: Appreciating The Value Of Digital Assets: Understanding The Potential Of DAM In 2016. The item describes the current state of the DAM market (which …
Continue reading »Updated Edition Of “Digital Asset Management: Content Architectures, Project Management, and Creating Order Out of Media Chaos”
Elizabeth Keathley from Atlanta Metadata Authority has published a new edition of her textbook: Digital Asset Management: Content Architectures, Project Management, and Creating Order Out of Media Chaos. In addition to over 30% of the material being re-written by Elizabeth, the update includes a preface by Henrik De Gyor …
Continue reading »Balancing The Pros and Cons Of Cloud-Based DAM
Jon Hornstein, from DAM reseller, Modula4 has recently posted an article: Should Your DAM be in the Cloud? 3 Reasons Why It Should, 3 Reasons Why It Shouldn’t. In the piece, Jon gives a balanced view of the pros and cons:
“Everyone’s looking to the cloud these …
Continue reading »Enhancing Marketing Creativity By Analysing Asset Usage Data
Libby Maurer, product manager at Widen has contributed a feature article to DAM News: DAM Analytics: A Smarter Approach to Creative Marketing. The item considers the benefits of using insights gleaned from usage data about digital assets. Libby uses a few example scenarios to illustrate the thesis of …
Continue reading »Webinar: How the Semantic Web Will Affect DAM, 9th December 2015, 10am PT
DAM Guru Program (DGP) are hosting a webinar about DAM and The Semantic Web on 9th December at 10am PT. The event will feature three speakers: Demian Hess (Director of DAM & Publishing Systems for Avalon Consulting), Margaret Warren (Owner of Metadata Authoring Systems) and Tim Strehle (Software Architect for …
Continue reading »Managing Document Assets In DAM Solutions
On our features section, I have written an article with some advice and recommendations about how to treat document assets which might be of interest to readers who have a number of assets of this type held within their DAM (or those who plan to in the future):
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Continue reading »Where In The World Are Your Digital Assets?
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 …
Continue reading »Extensis Update Portfolio For 2016
DAM vendor, Extensis, announced the 2016 edition of their DAM solution, Portfolio yesterday. The new features are described below:
- Version control
- Asset check out and check in
- File locking
- Secure, Centralized Storage
Asset check out and file locking read like they’re very similar features to me. I would …
Continue reading »Do You Need Mobile DAM?
One of the recent themes in DAM with the corporate users I deal with, is the role of mobile. When asked to explain the reasoning behind their interest, some commonly-held misunderstandings about our subject are sometimes revealed. These are partly related to topics I mentioned a few weeks ago in …
Continue reading »Using DAM To Integrate Marketing Activities
Last week, CMSWire published an article by Mohan Taylor, from North Plains: DAM Goes to Market(ing). This is one of the better argued pieces I’ve read about handling the marketing use-case in DAM:
“I fundamentally believe that the software solution is only as good as the …
Continue reading »Widen Release Media Collective 9.0
Last week, DAM vendor, Widen, announced version 9.0 of their Media Collective DAM solution. Of particular note was the ‘Insights’ feature, which they released some press about:
“Widen Enterprises, a leading provider of software services that help marketing teams organize content, has launched Digital Asset Management (DAM) …
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