With the explosion of application programming interfaces (APIs), the web has become an intermingling of technology, as if all your favorite applications got together at a speed-dating event. Using web APIs, programmers can now mingle the capabilities of multiple applications together. By doing such, they eliminate the need of clicking through different applications—all serving different purposes. So, what is the best API deliverable? Instead of standing on opposite ends of a virtual wall, a window (with nice trimmings!) has been installed to grant data access, allowing different applications to socialize and make friends with each other.
With so many fish in the sea and increased availability of internet-based services, we all ask ourselves “What are the Top Web APIs out there?” After speaking to internal and external web service experts, we have published the answer.
In 2011, innovative companies invested heavily into business app integration. And, we have noticed that industry analysts have put out a spate of studies, 2012 market predictions and technology forecasts all about the growing importance of business app integration. This is, of course, exactly what Digital Asset Management (DAM) customers have felt as well. Across the board, smart organizations are achieving faster ROI by integrating their top business apps—creating more seamless and efficient business environments.
So, imagine being able to access your documents, update customer records, automatically refresh websites with content, and control sales materials all from a centralized location—anytime and anywhere in the world. Many have already learned, it is more of a reality than a DAM fantasy. A good DAM platform seamlessly integrates into top business apps, allowing you to pull images, files, and all your digital assets from your DAM and push it to other systems. But, before you try to integrate your DAM with every appliance in your kitchen, take a look at the Top 5 Business Apps for DAM Integration.
Happy New Year! 2012 is now here along with your first digital asset management tip of the year to make sure new users get started on the right track towards DAM excellence.
Tip #28
Require your users to read and agree to your custom Terms of Use before they can register a user account. Simply enter your terms from the General Preferences Users & Groups tab.
Here’s a digital asset management tip perfect for coming back from the holiday weekend.
Tip #27
The Folder Favorite is the thumbnail image that is used to represent a folder when browsing your database. By default, the first image of your folder is displayed. However, this can be changed to be any asset in a folder from the Folder Detail page in admin mode.
Give yourself a holiday treat this week and take some of the work off your hands. Allow your DAM users to be more independent with this digital asset management tip.
Tip #26
Don’t want to manually create user accounts for your users? Enable self-registration from your General Preferences and allow users to create their own user accounts from a branded web page.
Your DAM family would like to wish you a delightful holiday season. As you know, we did something extra special this year. In celebration of the holiday season, a gift in your honor has been made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Today, we were touched when they responded with a “thank you” video for your DAM loving gift. We wanted to route this to you ASAP, since each gift was sent in your honor. We hope you enjoy it.
Are you getting ready for festive parties or holiday events happening in the next few weeks? Here’s a great tip to have your pictures practically organize themselves.
Tip #25
Make sure to ask your photographers to synchronize their camera times. It will ensure users can find images by the date they were taken.
This Monday’s digital asset management tip will help you gather up information about your DAM easily by integrating with Google Analytics.
Tip #24
Want to track your DAM usage and traffic patterns? Integrate Google Analytics into your account. Simply go to the Edit Footer page under Templates and insert your analytics code.
Cloud-based software is becoming something we rely on daily, in both business and in personal tasks. There is cloud-based software for everything these days… interior design, managing household budgets, and conducting online meetings.
We can now access our information anywhere we go, needing just a few things, a computer or mobile device, Internet, and a browser. It is the last item that causes me frustration more often than not these days. No longer can I depend on just one browser for all of my needs. I need three.
The cloud-based software I use to conduct meetings will only work properly on two out of my three browsers. I use another program for expenses that works on all of my browsers, but looks terrible in my default browser. All of the buttons that are neatly aligned in my default browser seem to be randomly placed in another browser. My aggravations had always been targeted at the software I was using. Now I know better. Today, through my own work in the software industry, I have a keen understanding of the impact browser updates have on cloud-based software. Every time one of these browsers does an update, the domino effect begins.
WebDAM is the leader in digital asset management in the cloud, providing marketing and creative teams with online tools for storing, managing, searching, retrieving, and distributing digital files easily and efficiently.
With the explosion of application programming interfaces (APIs), the web has become an intermingling of technology, as if all your favorite applications got together at a speed-dating event. Using web APIs, programmers can now mingle the capabilities of multiple applications together. By doing such, they eliminate the need of clicking through different applications—all serving different purposes. So, what is the best API deliverable? Instead of standing on opposite ends of a virtual wall, a window (with nice trimmings!) has been installed to grant data access, allowing different applications to socialize and make friends with each other.
In 2011, innovative companies invested heavily into business app integration. And, we have noticed that industry analysts have put out a spate of studies, 2012 market predictions and technology forecasts all about the growing importance of business app integration. This is, of course, exactly what Digital Asset Management (DAM) customers have felt as well. Across the board, smart organizations are achieving faster ROI by integrating their top business apps—creating more seamless and efficient business environments.
