Digital Supply Chain

3 Things to Consider About DAM Consultants

By Edward Smith | May 10, 2013

When is it in a company’s best interest to work with a consultant on digital asset management projects? Being a former consultant myself, I’m in a unique position to provide some insight to help you decide. Many DAM projects are implemented successfully without a consultant,... Read More

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How to Calculate ROI for Digital Asset Management

By Edward Smith | May 07, 2013

If you’re not in a management or finance related position you probably don’t spend much time thinking about return on investment (ROI). However, if you’re interested in making your job easier with a digital asset management system, understanding this concept can help justify... Read More

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File Naming Best Practices for Digital Asset Management

By Edward Smith | April 30, 2013

What’s in a filename?

Chances are that you use a desktop computer and already know that filenames are used for storing, organizing, and retrieving computer files. Every time you open an existing file, or save a new file, you’re given an opportunity to enter a descriptive and... Read More

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Global Teams, Large Files and Collaboration Working in Harmony Parts 1-4

By Kurt Gardner | April 29, 2013

Rebel Alliance's John Attard talks with John Huddles, director of the upcoming sci-fi feature "The Philosophers," about how using digital asset management allowed them to streamline the creation of spectacular special effects on time and on budget.

Global Teams, Large... Read More

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DAM in Production

Exclusive video content from the Los Angeles Digital Asset Management Conference

By Kurt Gardner | April 17, 2013

Dan McGraw (Seven Dials Media) moderates a panel of production professionals who integrate DAM, MAM and PAM into their workflows, including The Portal Group's Raj Chaudhuri, Cognizant's Timothy Day and HBO's Peter Price.

DAM in Production Part 1 from Createasphere... Read More

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Createasphere Wraps Another Successful Digital Asset Management Conference

Fourth Annual L.A. Gathering Ends on a High Note

By Kurt Gardner | March 05, 2013

Createasphere, a global community builder for the digital asset management industry, wrapped its fourth successful annual Digital Asset Management Conference last Thursday, February 28th, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The event provided two days of high-quality education and... Read More

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Data Exchange and Data Management: Designed as One

By Nick Sincaglia | February 13, 2013

In previous posts of mine, I expressed my preference for in using existing metadata standards over designing data structures from scratch (see Finding Inspiration (and Solutions) From Metadata Standards and Commercial Exploitation of Digital Assets). In... Read More

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The DAM Truth

You are Introducing a Work Culture Revolution When You Advocate for an Asset Management System

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | February 09, 2013

It is easy to get caught up in the idea of greater efficiency when you hear vendors talk about things like “automating your workflow” and “storing everything in one place” and “50 years of photos at your fingertips”!

When you get to the point that... Read More

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Five Questions with…

Ben Ross

By Kurt Gardner | January 28, 2013

This is the second in a series of interviews introducing the experts who are speaking at the upcoming Digital Asset Management Conference.

Today, we’re speaking with Ben Ross, who serves as Creative Director for the award-winning production house Wild Plum. He describes the many... Read More

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DAM Building Blocks

Part 1: Overview

By David Riecks | November 26, 2012

The simple promise of any Digital Asset Management (DAM) system is that it makes it easier to find and use the assets (digital files) you have in your collection. Read More

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DAMs Vs. LAMs: It’s On!

Preserving and providing appropriate access are our primary functions, but no matter how you look at it we're still managing digital assets

By Butch Lazorchak | October 20, 2012

As digital preservation and stewardship professionals, we approach digital objects from a unique perspective. We evaluate the long-term value of any particular digital object and work to develop a technical and social infrastructure that will enable us to successfully preserve the objects over time. Read More

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Digital Asset Management and Intellectual Property

By Neil Leyden | October 05, 2012

In discussing Digital Asset Management, we often focus on the technicalities of the system, the software, the hardware etc. And that is to be expected considering the increasing complexity and demands of Digital Asset Management as it becomes so central to so many businesses across so many sectors. Read More

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DAM 101: Understanding the Technology

Listen to and learn about the latest trends

By Mary Yurkovic | August 22, 2012

Join Real Story Group's Senior Analyst, Irina Guseva, on September 5th at 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC) for this exclusive webinar, "Digital Asset Management 101." Read More

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