Every organization would love to be able to communicate and connect with the exact people who are going to buy their products and services. This would eliminate the time and resource waste implicit in attempting to reach segments of the population that aren't going to become customers. They can still help with marketing if they talk about a product with friends and family members that do belong to the right segment but every marketer would much rather directly "speak" to such people themselves. They attempt to accomplish this with campaigns specifically designed to talk to and…
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DAM Mondays: Digital asset management tip #44
Digital Asset Management - DAM-it! - The Blog7 May 2012 | 1:19 pmKeep all of your DAM users informed with this digital asset management tip. Tip #44 Make custom pages to easily communicate with your DAM users. Use these pages for important contacts, best practices, business processes, or anything you think your users will benefit from. -
What to know about digital asset management programs when you’re starting from square one
Marketing Digital Asset Management26 Apr 2012 | 5:03 pmDigital asset management has become an essential tool for any organization that works with digital assets. In other words, this includes just about any company that has an Internet presence and carries out marketing campaigns that use social media sites, email newsletters, or online videos. Organizations that aren’t very aware of DAM software eventually end up looking for it when they start to have problems managing their digital assets. Issues involving bandwidth, duplication of assets, and difficulties in finding assets become inevitable as videos and images accumulate. Realization of… -
Digital Asset Management Improves Social Media Marketing for the Enterprise
Digital Asset Management - DAM-it! - The Blog2 May 2012 | 12:46 pmOver the past few years, how much has social media marketing influenced enterprise marketing departments? Historically, enterprise marketing focused on print, TV, radio and events. Then, websites and search engines took the world by storm. And today, just about every company is putting their best foot forward to master social media channels. In fact, in a recent study by eMarketer Digital Intelligence, over 79% of US marketing professionals are increasing spending in social media marketing in 2012. To share expertise on the relationship between Digital Asset Management (DAM) and Social Media… -
North Plains Executives to Present at Henry Stewart DAM New York 2012 Conference
Digital Asset Management Solutions Software | North Plains Systems8 May 2012 | 6:10 pmLeading Digital Asset Management Provider to Exhibit and Speak at Prominent Digital Asset Management Conference read more
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North Plains Executives to Present at Henry Stewart DAM New York 2012 Conference
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North Plains Acquires Xinet - Brings Together Best-in-Class Solutions to Manage Rich Media Throughout the Entire Lifecycle
11 Apr 2012 | 3:52 pmAcquisition Expands North Plains’ Position as the Largest Pure-Play Digital Asset ManagementVendor TeleScope User Group (TUG) Conference - Beverly Hills, CA – April 12, 2012 – At the Telescope User Group (TUG) Conference, North Plains, the leading provider of digital asset management (DAM), today announced that it has acquired Xinet. This acquisition combines two best-of-breed DAM companies to address the broader rich media management needs of creative workgroups, marketing departments and enterprises. In the process, it expands North Plains’ position as the largest pure-play… -
North Plains Reports Record Revenue for 2011, Continued Strong Growth and Expansion in use of Digital Asset Management
29 Feb 2012 | 7:24 amCompany Expands European Presence, Doubles Hosted Customers Toronto, Canada – February 29, 2012 – North Plains, LLC, the leading provider of Digital Asset Management, today announced record revenue for 2011, reflecting continued strong demand for its TeleScope digital asset management system across multiple industry segments, the growth and expansion of its services business, and a doubling of the number of hosted TeleScope OnDemand customers. read more -
Why Concurrent Marketing is Essential to Your Brand Impact
17 Feb 2012 | 7:43 amWebinar: Why Concurrent Marketing is Essential to Your Brand Impact Maximum brand impact means communicating in a thousand different places at once with the most relevant, targeted message being delivered conversationally to highly segmented audiences. Print, social media, online, TV, YouTube, news groups, mobile phones, tablets, traditional mail – all these channels now demand radically segmented messages to dozens of unique market demographics. The result? Today’s marketing programs are more like engineering a product than the ad campaigns of the mad men days. There are… -
North Plains Strengthens Executive Team
17 Feb 2012 | 6:40 amJames Christopher Promoted to CEO and Jim Atkinson Joins as VP of Sales & Marketing Toronto, Canada – Feb. 16, 2012 – North Plains, LLC, the leading provider of Digital Asset Management, today announced the promotion of James Christopher to President and CEO, and the hiring of Jim Atkinson as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. These changes fuel the expansion of North Plains to support the company’s continued revenue and international growth. read more
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In Higher Education? Upcoming Webinar is all about You!
11 May 2012 | 11:10 amGet Expert Advice from Marketing Professionals at Distinguished Universities CALLLING ALL: Brand managers, media relations professionals, marketing and communication teams, graphic designers, and higher edu pro photographers… Registration is now open for the webinar, “Managing Your Brand in Higher Education”! We’re excited to announce a very reputable panel of experts in higher education from across the country. They will be speaking about their own experiences and best practices harnessed in higher education. The growth of digital media marketing for higher education has… -
DAM Mondays: Digital asset management tip #44
7 May 2012 | 1:19 pmKeep all of your DAM users informed with this digital asset management tip. Tip #44 Make custom pages to easily communicate with your DAM users. Use these pages for important contacts, best practices, business processes, or anything you think your users will benefit from. -
Digital Asset Management Improves Social Media Marketing for the Enterprise
2 May 2012 | 12:46 pmOver the past few years, how much has social media marketing influenced enterprise marketing departments? Historically, enterprise marketing focused on print, TV, radio and events. Then, websites and search engines took the world by storm. And today, just about every company is putting their best foot forward to master social media channels. In fact, in a recent study by eMarketer Digital Intelligence, over 79% of US marketing professionals are increasing spending in social media marketing in 2012. To share expertise on the relationship between Digital Asset Management (DAM) and Social Media… -
DAM Mondays: Digital Asset Management Tip #43
30 Apr 2012 | 5:44 pmSecurity is an important part of digital asset management make sure you’re utilizing all of your security features with this DAM tip. Tip #43: Keep your assets secure by setting up Role-Based Permissions to allow different access levels by users, groups, or folders. You can set different permissions for viewing, downloading, and even uploading assets. Learn how to use Role-Based Permissions here. -
DAM Mondays: Digital asset management tip #42
23 Apr 2012 | 12:21 pmTake this digital asset management tip to make sure you’re protected against accidentally violating copyright laws. Tip #42 Use asset expiration in WebDAM to keep track of rights managed licenses for pictures and images. This allows you to save time by automatically deactivating expired assets and easily avoid copyright infringement.
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The Licensing Company Selects My Mediabox Software Systems for Online Product ... PR.com Press Release
15 May 2012 | 11:36 pmThe Licensing Company Selects My Mediabox Software Systems for Online Product PR.com (press release)Mediabox-DAM is a digital asset management and digital media delivery application for television and film marketing and promotions departments and an online style guide asset and brand/trademark asset management and delivery service in the Consumer Read the full story: The Licensing Company Selects My Mediabox Software Systems for Online Product ... - PR.com (press release) Tags: Mediabox Software Systems, Licensing, digital media delivery, style guide Similar Digital Asset Management Software… -
X2O Media's Powerful X2O Portal Now Fully Integrated With PolycomR ... Broadcast Newsroom
15 May 2012 | 11:34 pmX2O Media's Powerful X2O Portal Now Fully Integrated With Polycom(R Broadcast NewsroomUsers can access video assets stored in the RealPresence Media Manager directly from X2O's cloud-based content management tools, then schedule and deliver them to digital displays, greatly simplifying the content workflow. "The combination of these two and more& » Read the full story: X2O Media's Powerful X2O Portal Now Fully Integrated With Polycom(R ... - Broadcast Newsroom Tags: Newsroom X2O Media, Business Finance, Content Management, Portal, cloud-based content management, Fully… -
Property Maintenance Management Software
15 May 2012 | 12:38 pmProperties represent buildings, apartments, houses and rooms which one rents out. With rising legal costs, real estate is a highly profitable business. Real estate properties belong to two categories, residential and commercial buildings. Although the cost of land rises every year, the buildings constructed on the land depreciate at a rate depending on the location, cities and region. Properties depreciate due to the weakening concrete structure over the years, because of the effects of weather. Electrical and mechanical systems need to be replaced in due course. A property owner can have one… -
Novell Buys Tally Systems for Asset Management
14 May 2012 | 11:33 pmThis IDC Flash discusses Novell's agreement to acquire Tally Systems Corp. Tags: SUSE Linux distributions, Tally Systems Corp., Asset Management, IDC Flash, CPTN Holdings, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Similar Digital Asset Management Software PostsThe Licensing Company Selects My Mediabox Software Systems for Online Product … PR.com press releaseAsset Management Free Related Guide About Fixed Asset ManagementGuest Blog Businesses need to tap into mobile app management Appolicious -
Guidelines for Effective WCM Selection MarketWatch Press Release
14 May 2012 | 11:30 amGuidelines for Effective WCM SelectionMarketWatch (press release)Stephen Powers, Principal Analyst and Research Director, Forrester Research, Inc. Stephen Powers is a leading expert on multiple aspects of enterprise content management, including Web content management and digital asset management. and more& » Read the full story: Guidelines for Effective WCM Selection - MarketWatch (press release) Tags: Stephen Powers, Effective WCM Selection, Guidelines Similar Digital Asset Management Software PostsResearch and Markets Content Management Software Global Strategic Business ……
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Marketing Digital Asset Management
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Why digital asset management helps you act more effectively on segmentation
9 May 2012 | 12:55 pmEvery organization would love to be able to communicate and connect with the exact people who are going to buy their products and services. This would eliminate the time and resource waste implicit in attempting to reach segments of the population that aren't going to become customers. They can still help with marketing if they talk about a product with friends and family members that do belong to the right segment but every marketer would much rather directly "speak" to such people themselves. They attempt to accomplish this with campaigns specifically designed to talk to and… -
Meet Widen at the Henry Stewart New York Digital Asset Management Conference
4 May 2012 | 5:14 pmThe Henry Stewart New York Digital Asset Management Conference is next week Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11. Jam-packed with experts and end-users, the line-up is sure to provide practiced perspectives for DAM newbies and veterans alike. Will you be there? If so, be sure to look us up. Widen is a sponsor and while we won't have a booth, we'll be among the mix in attendance wearing our red Widen polo shirts. I'll be joined by Nina Brakel-Schutt from our team. Here's a link to my LinkedIn profile if you spot me. We have a few customers on the speaking docket, including:… -
Why trust a digital asset management solution without trying it out?
4 May 2012 | 10:36 amHow do you know whether you can trust a DAM vendor? And when you find a DAM software provider you can trust, what’s the best way to get a handle on whether their offering is the best fit for your organization? At the end of the day, the one surefire way to know whether your investment in a product is going to show return is by testing it. Shoes might look nice in a storefront, but you really can’t know whether they fit right until you put them on and take a stroll. In the case of something as complex as brand asset management software, not taking that stroll is like buying shoes… -
How simple digital tools can be used to strengthen your business at #KBIS
26 Apr 2012 | 10:28 pmThe Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (aka KBIS) introduced something new this year with learning seminars geared up to provide actionable insights for attendees, who range from small business owners to larger exhibitors like Kohler, Grohe and Delta. The seminars provide added value for small business owners and marketers who want tips to help their businesses grow in this economy and ways to do things better. Through our experience in serving customers like Kohler, Sub-Zero and Wolf and InSinkErator, Widen had the opportunity to introduce its digital media solutions in a multimedia learning… -
What to know about digital asset management programs when you’re starting from square one
26 Apr 2012 | 5:03 pmDigital asset management has become an essential tool for any organization that works with digital assets. In other words, this includes just about any company that has an Internet presence and carries out marketing campaigns that use social media sites, email newsletters, or online videos. Organizations that aren’t very aware of DAM software eventually end up looking for it when they start to have problems managing their digital assets. Issues involving bandwidth, duplication of assets, and difficulties in finding assets become inevitable as videos and images accumulate. Realization of…
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Customize Razuna: But now for each tenant! Coming up in Razuna 1.5
11 May 2012 | 12:24 pmA couple of weeks ago, we introduced the possibility to customize Razuna on a global level. Today, we are happy to announce, that we have re-factored the customization feature and brought it to the tenant level! In other words, each Administrator will be able to customize Razuna to their hearts content. Customizing Razuna on the [...] -
Razuna 1.5: Custom Fields API and extended API search
5 May 2012 | 11:54 amMany great things will come in Razuna 1.5 (I know we are a bit late, but you will love all the stuff we’ve done for Razuna 1.5). One area that has gotten a lot of love is the new API, now extending on it, we also added the option to work with custom fields in [...] -
WorldNow chooses Razuna
20 Apr 2012 | 6:12 amThe Razuna digital asset management technology to be embedded in WorldNow’s CMS system for broadcasters. The New York-based purveyor of online and mobile platforms for broadcasters, WorldNow, has signed an agreement with Razuna to embed the Razuna Digital Asset Management technology into the WorldNow platform. WorldNow is enhancing their technology to be more Digital Asset [...] -
Razuna 1.5: The labels got a lot of love
13 Apr 2012 | 8:40 amBy no doubt, labels is one of the most used features of Razuna. Now, with the soon to be released Razuna 1.5, we’ve given labels some extra love. New label explorer, option to have sub-labels, new interface and last but not least the option to add labels by the API. The new label explorer has [...] -
Customize Razuna: Another new feature in Razuna 1.5
29 Mar 2012 | 9:41 amYes, this is a big week here at Razuna. We’ve released a brand new version of the Razuna API and now comes another feature that many, especially organizations, asked for: the ability to customize certain aspects of Razuna. Customizing is something that you might want to do in order to embed Razuna into your application [...]
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Free starter font library of Google Web Fonts with Suitcase Fusion 4
16 May 2012 | 9:45 amStarting out in the field of design is incredibly exciting. There are so many new things to discover, learn and explore. One of the important tools in every designer’s toolbox is a varied and interesting collection of fonts. When you purchase Suitcase Fusion 4, it’s easy to jumpstart your collection with over 870 free fonts [...] -
Einladung zum Webcast: Extensis Suitcase Fusion 4 − Das ist neu!
15 May 2012 | 3:09 pmIn diesem Webcast zeigen wir Ihnen, wie Sie mit dem neuen Suitcase Fusion™ 4 Ihre Schriftbibliotheken direkt aus dem Workflow heraus kontrollieren können. 22. Mai 2012 11:00 Uhr Melden Sie sich zu diesem Webcast an! Diese und weitere Funktionen werden Sie im Webcast kennenlernen: NEU: Schriftpaletten für die Aktivierung von Schriften direkt in Adobe® InDesign®, [...] -
1600 New Fonts added to the Web Font Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop
14 May 2012 | 12:00 pmYou want options when you’re designing web sites. When you’re mocking up a site for a client, you don’t always want to purchase a ton of assets for that site if you’re not sure that the client will approve them. That’a why you use FPO sample images, and why we’ve provided the Web Font Plug-in [...] -
Choose your Favorite Fonts in Suitcase Fusion
14 May 2012 | 10:27 amFrom our study of the data, Suitcase Fusion users have added an average of about 4,000 fonts to their font manager. That’s a lot of fonts to choose from! Locating your favorites from such a large pile can be difficult. With Suitcase Fusion 4, we’ve made it easier to select and find your favorites. If [...] -
QuickMatch: How to find similar fonts fast with Suitcase Fusion
11 May 2012 | 10:44 amHave you ever been looking for a specific typeface, but just don’t seem to be able to locate the exact font in your collection? You may be able find something similar, but for some reason, it’s just not right. Suitcase Fusion 4 includes a feature called QuickMatch that will help you get out of these [...]
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Does Your Digital Asset Management Solution Scale?
9 May 2012 | 11:01 pmOne thing many people do not think about enough is whether something will scale (up, out, in and/or down) as needed. Scalability is critical for any organization to consider if they plan to grow and thrive, not just survive. Otherwise, staying with decisions made in the short term will affect the organization rapidly in the long term. -
What do you know about your integrator?
4 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pmRecently, some people asked me to look into software integrators because they were having issues with their present one. Sadly, this is far too common. A client saw the integrator at a conference. They had a good relations with their preferred vendor. Integration and implementation of a solution like Digital Asset Management (DAM) was not [...] -
DAM DC Meetup group now closed
1 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pmAfter six meetups in three years, DAM DC meetup is officially closing the week of this blog post. The conversations around Digital Asset Management (DAM) will continue online. -
DAM Jumpstart webinar series: Get Dynamic with Digital Assets
18 Mar 2012 | 11:01 pmEarley and Associates is providing a webinar series on “Get Dynamic with Digital Assets.” A wide-range of speakers will address challenges of managing content for changing contexts and multiple delivery channels. This series should be a great interest to anyone tracking tools and methodologies that allow relevant content to be identified and managed from creation to access. -
DAM DC Meetups: Three events in March 2012
1 Mar 2012 | 7:00 amIf you want to talk about Digital Asset Management, come by and meet local DAM professionals as well as people interested in DAM.
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Amazon Present Digital Media In The AWS Cloud Webinar, 22nd May 2012 (9am PT)
16 May 2012 | 12:28 pmMajor DAM vendor supplier, Amazon Web Services present this webinar on how to use AWS to deliver large scale digital media solutions using their AWS Cloud platform: “With the advent of digital media, 3D, HD, animated video, and an expanding array of internet devices, Media and Entertainment (M&E) companies find it more difficult to maximize [...]Amazon Present Digital Media In The AWS Cloud Webinar, 22nd May 2012 (9am PT) is a post from: Digital Asset Management News -
Understanding The Differences And Similarities Between WCM And DAM – Now And In The Future
15 May 2012 | 12:29 pmIrina Guseva, writing on econtentmag.com considers the ‘intersection between DAM and WCM’ in this article: “It is important for organizations to start realizing that DAM really is more than just a storage of assets and that WCM’s primary function is not media and digital asset management. If your incumbent Web CMS could suffice for your [...]Understanding The Differences And Similarities Between WCM And DAM – Now And In The Future is a post from: Digital Asset Management News -
Picturepark Integrates With SharePoint
15 May 2012 | 11:01 amThe number of vendors linking their DAM systems to SharePoint continues to increase as the platform consolidates its position as ECM platform of choice amongst corporate IT managers. One of our featured DAM vendors, Picturepark are the latest to participate in this trend. Today, they have announced a SharePoint connector using a custom Web Part that allows [...]Picturepark Integrates With SharePoint is a post from: Digital Asset Management News -
Digital Librarians And Their Role In DAM
12 May 2012 | 11:29 amDeb Hunt, writing on the FUMSI site describes some unique skills that digital librarians can bring to a DAM implementation. These include: An understanding of who audiences are and what they are looking for. Developing metadata schemas and taxonomies. Recognising the business value that finding information offers. Experience of creating IP and copyright policies. Expertise about [...]Digital Librarians And Their Role In DAM is a post from: Digital Asset Management News -
CXM – The Future Of DAM Or Another Jargon Dustbin To Dump End User Requirements Into?
11 May 2012 | 1:16 pmAnjali Yakkundi, writing a guest post for Stephen Powers’ Forrester blog discusses the increasing role of CXM in DAM: “DAM is moving away from traditional ECM towards CXM. DAM has long been thought of as a niche component of ECM suites that supports heavy production-oriented needs. However, as DAM breaks out of its niche status, it [...]CXM – The Future Of DAM Or Another Jargon Dustbin To Dump End User Requirements Into? is a post from: Digital Asset Management News
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Are you ready to get the most out of your DAM software solution?
14 May 2012 | 2:11 pmAt last week's Henry Stewart DAM event in New York, the Real Story Group and the DAM Foundation announced the development of the DAM Maturity Model (or "DAM3"). It's a quick, yet comprehensive guide to understanding how ready your organization is, not only to capitalize on all the value of DAM software, but to get the most value possible out of yor digital assets and processes. Here at Widen, we've always stressed the importance of treating your digital assets as tools that need to be cared for and maintained. The approach you and your organization take to the… -
New white paper - Digital Asset Management and the Marketing Technologist
11 May 2012 | 10:30 amWe're always looking for ways to help inform people's decisions about digital asset management. For instance, we recently hosted a webinar on managing video assets with DAM software. This was a great success, and we found that there's a deep interest amoung people in DAM marketing communications in issues related to some of the more technical aspects of their media libraries. There's a good chance you have some experience with the divide that can sometimes form between an organization's marketing teams and its IT staff. That divide can slow a brand down and keep it from… -
Why digital asset management helps you act more effectively on segmentation
9 May 2012 | 12:55 pmEvery organization would love to be able to communicate and connect with the exact people who are going to buy their products and services. This would eliminate the time and resource waste implicit in attempting to reach segments of the population that aren't going to become customers. They can still help with marketing if they talk about a product with friends and family members that do belong to the right segment but every marketer would much rather directly "speak" to such people themselves. They attempt to accomplish this with campaigns specifically designed to talk to and… -
How any business can benefit from cloud-based DAM software
7 May 2012 | 1:31 pmIt seems like all our major business tools are migrating to the cloud. Big players in technology are developing and releasing big cloud-based services, leaders in industry fields are doing more with cloud-based providers, and there seems to be more chatter about the cloud with every passing day. This isn't some technology fad. The cloud is more efficient and cost-effective, making your organization’s communications that much stronger. According to Kneko Burney, a small business owner who has focused on operating more in the cloud, “40 percent of business owners and… -
Meet Widen at the Henry Stewart New York Digital Asset Management Conference
4 May 2012 | 5:14 pmThe Henry Stewart New York Digital Asset Management Conference is next week Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11. Jam-packed with experts and end-users, the line-up is sure to provide practiced perspectives for DAM newbies and veterans alike. Will you be there? If so, be sure to look us up. Widen is a sponsor and while we won't have a booth, we'll be among the mix in attendance wearing our red Widen polo shirts. I'll be joined by Nina Brakel-Schutt from our team. Here's a link to my LinkedIn profile if you spot me. We have a few customers on the speaking docket, including:…
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Digital Asset Management Nirvana with EMPush
9 May 2012 | 1:24 pmEMPush is a new app that gives EnterMedia digital asset management users an easy way to get their assets online, without all the fuss of actively uploading. EMPush automatically takes your assets and pushes them to another EnterMedia server, including EnterMedia servers sitting outside of your firewall. EMPush does conversions locally, creates proxies and allows you to push just the metadata and proxy to the external server. Users can then manage, search and distribute digital files without effecting bandwidth across the network. In just a few steps a user can be well on their way… -
EnterMedia Supports SWF Format
18 Apr 2012 | 2:06 pmThe SWF format and its varying controls have provided a series of interesting obstacles over the past few months. Different programs produce files whose built in properties were inconsistent with each other and therefore difficult pin a single solution to. EnterMedia's developers have decided to take a new road. Instead of trying to conform the swf files to the standards of other formats, they will be hosted in their original form with whatever controls they come with. EnterMedia formally welcomes all swf files to our ever increasing list of supported digital assets. EnterMedia Open Source… -
EnterMedia Partner News: DPCI a Bronze Sponsor of Drupalcon Denver
19 Mar 2012 | 3:41 pmSee the work DPCI has done integrating Drupal with EnterMedia Digital Asset Management When: Mar 19 2012 - 9:00am | Mar 24 2012 - 8:00pm Where: The Colorado Convention Center 700 14th Street Denver, CO What: DPCI will be sponsoring Drupalcon Denver in March 2012. Come visit us in the exhibition hall, see the work we have done around integrating Drupal with Entermedia DAM and InDesign Server, and get some SWAG and chocolate on us! http://www.databasepublish.com -
EnterMedia - Open Source Digital Asset Management
12 Mar 2012 | 1:57 pmThe developers at EnterMedia digital asset management have built two new features that will help simplify the metadata management process and streamline advanced searching. This week we are introducing the multi-edit feature and category editor. These tools allow content managers to save steps and valuable time in the labeling of assets, and empower users to locate files based on a one-click category search. EnterMedia's multi-edit feature makes managing digital assets in bulk faster and easier than ever before. Whether you want to relabel a few files on the same page or reassign… -
EnterMedia Open Source Digital Asset Management 8.0 Released
30 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pmEnterMedia has formally released version 8.0 of EnterMedia Digital Asset Management. Version 8.0 was developed in part while working with Harvard Business School and South Dakota State University. New features were designed to meet the high performance requirements of the university faculty and the student body. EnterMedia 8.0 handles larger uploading capacity, simultaneous uploading capabilities, increased power proficiency and server clustering. “With this new release came two big features Harvard needed based on their high performance requirements for video and digital…
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Data In Motion
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6 Ways FileXpress MFT Technology Delivers File Transfer Solutions
16 May 2012 | 1:20 pmAre you the conqueror of your IT department? Are you looking for a challenge to knock off your to do list? Well look no farther than the file transfers that go on in your organization and become the hero. Chances are that you’ll run into one of these issues: There is no efficient and repeatable process for enabling new external file transfers with business partners or clients There are too many file transfer solutions in your organization all doing the same job Your users frequently develop the need to send large files at unpredictable times Automating file transfers in… -
Security and Compliance Risks with FTP
2 May 2012 | 12:09 pmWe’ve previously written about the shortcomings of file transfer protocol (FTP) and how organizations using FTP are putting themselves at risk for security and compliance issues. Though FTP is convenient and inexpensive, it can carry devastating consequences. Despite the warnings, 51 percent of organizations use FTP sites to send and exchange large files. I recently spoke with Ericka Chickowski for a Dark Reading article, “FTP Ubiquitous and Dangerously Noncompliant,” to comment on security and audit issues with FTP, and shared it is not uncommon for our team to receive requests from… -
5 Capabilities Enhancing Server-to-Server File Transfer
4 Apr 2012 | 2:32 pmIn the last post we looked at key use cases for server-to-server file transfer, where existing solutions tend to fall down, and the evolving requirements that support IT’s need to both maintain a reliable data infrastructure and respond quickly to new business initiatives. In this post, we’ll look briefly at the modern technology in managed file transfer solutions that drive the ability to meet those evolving requirements. Underlying the MFT solutions that support reliable and automated point-to-point transfers between servers are a core set of capabilities that are missing in older file… -
5 factors compelling enhanced server-to-server file transfer
16 Mar 2012 | 12:06 pmRoutine, scheduled and automated file transfers between servers occur in a wide range of use cases in just about every organization. In this post, we will begin a two part series and look at those use cases and the top five factors compelling enhanced server-to-server file transfer. In the next blog post we will look at the technology requirements to improve server-to server file transfer. The use cases for automated server-to-server file transfers include: The movement of bulk/batch data from one application to another The deployment of web application updates from a staging system to… -
File Transfer Governance? What’s that?
28 Feb 2012 | 5:24 pm“File Transfer Governance” isn’t a term you hear very often. But it relates to the kinds of rules you deal with in everyday life. Rules are guiding principles for everything. There are rules to govern the way you conduct yourself at your job, at the gym, as you participate in hobbies and as a citizen. As you go about life, you ask yourself questions to determine if you’re complying with the rules. The same is true in business. In respect to transferring files, it is critical that organizations are in compliance with the standards – or rules – of their company and any industry…


