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Digital Assets News & Articles
By David Diamond
| Thursday May 16, 2013
Digital Asset Management software has been around for more than two decades. In fact, Photoshop 1.0 was released only a few years before the first commercial DAM software became available. Since those days, Photoshop has become so popular that the product name is now used as a verb by people who have never even used the program. By contrast, DAM remains something we must explain over and over.
By Barry Levine
| Thursday May 9, 2013
Well, that DAM week is over. And, in recent digital asset management news, Netx combines with ConceptShare, ADAM 5 and TACTIC 4.0 emerge, DAMNY 2013 is now a memory and Brandworkz unveils multiple version outputting.
By Barry Levine
| Thursday Apr 25, 2013
It’s been a DAM busy week, so let’s get started. In recent digital asset management news, America’s massive Digital Public Library opens its virtual doors, Daminion and Razuna update, Tandem unveils its cloud-based Vault and the DAMMYs open again for submissions.
By Ralph Windsor
| Wednesday Apr 10, 2013
In common with most types of business oriented software, DAM systems need to have business case that can demonstrate an opportunity to gain a positive ROI (Return On Investment). While all this is obvious stuff that you don't need an MBA to understand, proving an ROI case is harder than it might superficially appear.
By David Roe
| Tuesday Apr 2, 2013
A new month and new upgrades from OpenText. This time it tackles the problem of large file transfers with the release today of version 7.2 of its Media Management offering, as well as the release of Portal for Media Management.
By Barry Levine
| Thursday Mar 28, 2013
The DAM week has gone by already. In recent digital asset management news: NetXposure’s Keyword helper, findability, Elvis and Woodwing’s Enterprise, DRM and Dr. Berners-Lee and Zoom 4.0 from evolphin.
By Barry Levine
| Friday Mar 22, 2013
It’s been a busy DAM week, so let’s get started. In recent digital asset management news: KIT Digital DAMs its Cosmos System, Superior reps WoodWing, 2013 predictions, Nativ launches its Mio SaaS, manufacturers’ DAM needs, smaller is better ... and more.
By Henrik de Gyor
| Tuesday Mar 12, 2013
A fellow Digital Asset Management (DAM) professional asked me whether I believe part of our job was to minimize liability within an organization. I answered yes. In fact, there are plenty of reasons why this is true and why organizations use this (in part) as another justification to acquire, implement and use Digital Asset Management properly.
By Ralph Windsor
| Wednesday Mar 6, 2013
When you are looking for advice on purchasing digital asset management systems, there is a lot of information about essential features and more technical elements, but information on how to manage the purchasing process is often harder to find.
By Barry Levine
| Thursday Feb 28, 2013
Yet another DAM week has passed us by. And, in recent digital asset management news, Picturepark offers gurus an adaptive metadata, Widen updates, North Plains celebrates 2012 and here are six DAM questions.
By Edward Smith
| Tuesday Feb 26, 2013
At the beginning of my DAM career, I consulted on a project for a client who was an absolute pleasure to work with. Not only did they have hot coffee and delicious pastries in the meeting room every morning, they also bought me lunch every day. They were a smart, friendly and polite group of people in dire need of a DAM solution for their collection of over 300,000 photos. Unfortunately, the entire project was a disaster because the only thing I did while onsite with them was drink coffee and eat pastries!
By Barry Levine
| Tuesday Feb 26, 2013
Digital asset management software provider Picturepark has released version 8.4 of its system, which seeks to move the focus from managing files to managing content.
By Barry Levine
| Thursday Feb 21, 2013
The DAM week is behind us, and, in recent digital asset management news: tips on asset and metadata management, Celum’s boffo year, a new experience for WebDAM, compare your salary and is your agency worth a DAM?
By Barry Levine
| Thursday Feb 14, 2013
This DAM week has gone by quickly. And, in digital asset management news: a Glossary rises, Razuna touts new functions and Telestream upgrades.
By Barry Levine
| Thursday Feb 7, 2013
It’s been yet another DAM week, and, in recent digital asset management news: DAM glossary, the DAM Value Chain, Windows Azure to the rescue, Shakespeare didn’t know DAM and TACTIC for Mac.