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To strip or not to strip? Here's a look at both sides of the argument about the value of embedded metadata.
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Chicago-based Aprimo introduced an automated, artificial intelligence-driven tagging to its digital asset management (DAM) solution this week. The company also introduced new connectors to content management systems including Adobe Content Cloud, Aspera and Sitecore.
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When we explore technology “eras,” it’s tempting to get lost in the minutia of years gone by. So much has changed.
With digital asset management (DAM), we need to look at the bigger picture to understand its past, present and future.
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Four years ago I predicted innovation in the DAM industry would suffer because so many digital asset management (DAM) solutions were monolithic and overburdened with features. Vendors of these solutions would find themselves too busy keeping these applications up and running to find the time to innovate.
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All too often, businesses expect to plug in a digital asset management (DAM) system and then — voila — it will begin managing all of the organization’s assets.
The misconception can be forgiven.
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When I first became involved in software sales someone advised me to take up golf, as “most enterprise business deals are made on the golf course.
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Today’s brand identities have never been more fluid or at risk.
The wrong brand content, colors, size or formatting have the potential to send a company’s image into a tailspin in an instant.
This doesn't only apply to the marketing team.
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It's been a roller coaster year-and-a-half for Aprimo.
The marketing operations provider effectively reclaimed its name and original mission after Marlin Equity Partners acquired Teradata Marketing Applications. Then it acquired digital asset management (DAM) vendor ADAM Software in March.
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Business departments often sound like members of a middle school orchestra. In theory, they’re one group, but you wouldn’t know that from the music.
Maybe the problem is that kids identify as flutists, violinists, trumpeters and drummers rather than as part of the orchestra — their tools divide them.
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Digitals asset management (DAM) systems can benefit anyone who needs to deal with the distribution, use and control of brand approved images. And so it seems only natural that DAM systems should reside in the marketing department.
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Here’s a digital asset management (DAM) riddle for you: What technology has made the following three DAM scenarios possible?
A construction firm uses aerial images to monitor job progress and send updates to its clients.
A government agency analyzes 3D images to prioritize repairs to roads and bridges.
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A few years ago, implementing a digital asset management (DAM) system used to be a team or departmental endeavor. Typically, the project would find its home where digital assets are needed and used the most — in marketing communications.
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Who believes in love at first sight?
It’s easy to fall for a pretty face — but will the relationship stand the test of time?
Nobody knows at the outset, of course, but then again we go through this every time we invest in new software (what, you thought
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Each month, CMSWire runs two editorial themes from our Editorial Calendar.
We arrive at these themes through the conversations, feedback, interest and requests of our loyal readers, reporters, contributors and editors, all of whom shape the content we produce on this site every week.
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