This feature article was written by Ralph Windsor, DAM News editor and Project Director of DAM Consultants, Daydream.
In this article I am going to examine why digital businesses tend to have larger cash reserves than their conventional counterparts. While lower operating costs by virtue of operating in …
Continue reading »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 »The W3C Digital Asset Management Ontology Group (chaired by Aaron Bradley, Emily Kolvitz, Matthew Patulski and Spencer Harris) has a conference call tomorrow (5th June) at 10am ET. The call is accessible via https://zoom.us/j/8365763105. The group was started last year and its purpose is discuss, create …
Continue reading »Today, we are launching an industry consortium to research and discuss the role of Digital Asset Supply Chains with a view to deriving both some standards and technology that can be applied to make the theories explored become a reality. Digital Asset Supply Chain (DASC) projects have become increasingly prevalent …
Continue reading »Against the backdrop of hype, promise and innovation, real-world adoption of blockchain technology has been markedly slow. While many businesses and organisations have shown a willingness to learn more about distributed ledger technology (DLT), the overwhelming array of available options (many of which appear to offer the same thing), has …
Continue reading »This is the first of a two-part article series, the second item is now published also.
In the last 4-5 years, some trends have been subtly and gradually developing in the DAM software market. Their cumulative effects are more significant than is being widely acknowledged. Based on my conversations …
Continue reading »Earlier this week, Kodak announced they were going to launch a crypto digital asset token called Kodakcoin:
“Utilizing blockchain technology, the KODAKOne platform will create an encrypted, digital ledger of rights ownership for photographers to register both new and archive work that they can then license within the …
Continue reading »On our features section, I have written article: Blockchain And Content DAM: Myth, Reality And Practical Applications.
“Recently, I have read a few articles which make some critical remarks about blockchain for DAM. There are some reasonable points advanced, however, there are also misunderstandings and myths about what …
Continue reading »Recently, I have read a few articles which make some critical remarks about blockchain for DAM. There are some reasonable points advanced, however, there are also misunderstandings and myths about what blockchains are and how they might be applied to Content DAM. In fairness, there is an even greater amount …
Continue reading »This article has been written by Ralph Windsor, Editor of DAM News.
In discussions about blockchains, one description which is encountered a lot refers to it as The Internet Of Money. In this article, I want to both refute that claim and describe why I believe an alternative conceptualisation, …
Continue reading »This article was written by DAM News editor, Ralph Windsor and is the second of a two part series.
In the first part of this article, I examined what blockchains are (including associated technologies like smart contracts), why they matter for Content Digital Asset Management and how they …
Continue reading »This article was written by DAM News editor, Ralph Windsor and is the first of a two part series.
In this article, I will describe what blockchains are and explain how they can be applied to Content Digital Asset Management. I contend that there is a lack of appreciation …
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