I just arrived back from a vacation in France, where I visited some family in the South. It was nice to catch up with everyone and discuss what it is I am doing back in school. Whenever I mentioned digital asset management, the listener’s eyes would start glaze over. Consequently, I would find myself describing … [Read more…]
I will first mention the weather. If you haven’t heard, it is an important topic of conversation in Britain. With good reason: the weather changes on a dime and can be beautiful one moment and terrible the next. Last Monday, clouds were threatening rain and it was muggy. Ha! I thought, perfect weather for an … [Read more…]
There is no denying it. We’ve become a digitally centric culture. As such, enterprises are generating an astonishing number of files. Without a system to manage them, the files can quickly pile up and cause backups to become bloated. Precious money and resources are spent re-creating content that already exists because no one can find … [Read more…]
Henrik de Gyor (2012) chides companies for ignoring to factor in the ability to scale when considering a DAM system. “Do not think short term unless you enjoy frequent database migrations.” A successful company should prepare for growth and that means choosing tools that will grow with them. Granted having a DAMS that scales is … [Read more…]
(please find both articles I discuss referenced at the end of this blog entry) Today I made an interesting connection between Peter Norville’s (2012) Understanding Information Architecture PREZI and Mark Davey’s (2012) blog entry about Enterprise silos, which were both linked to from the DAM Foundation’s website. Now that the public is using a variety … [Read more…]
(click this link to view the original article) http://tinyurl.com/82sskmm I agree that governance, executive buy-in, and complying with the company’s mission are crucial factors to a DAM’s successful implementation. There has been much literature written about their importance. However, one important factor that isn’t discussed in Gourlay’s article is user involvement. How were employees engaged with … [Read more…]