Today’s DAM Mondays tip talks about one of our users’ favorite features. If you’re not already utilizing this in your DAM, then take this tip and test it out. I guarantee this will improve your current workflows.
DAM Mondays: Digital asset management tip #31
Monday, January 23rd, 2012Top 10 Web APIs — Bridging Today’s Technology
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
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. (more…)
Breaking Down DAM (Digital Asset Management) Distribution
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Partners, distributors, media outlets, web producers, ad agencies, publishers—all of those groups depend on your digital media every day. How do you manage these needs? Surprisingly, many companies—both small and large—have no process in place to manage these requests, resulting in project delays and bottlenecks.
This process is known as digital media distribution and is a key component to digital asset management. A DAM’s core functionality includes managing, searching, organization and archiving assets, but what happens when you’re inundated by internal and external requests? (more…)
5 Best FTP Programs
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is commonly used by designers, photographers and other types of creatives to transfer large files between servers. Since WebDAM fully supports FTP transfer as one method of uploading to your online digital asset management system, I often get asked for my recommendations of the best, free (or cheap) FTP programs. Here are my picks:
FETCH SOFTWORKS
http://fetchsoftworks.com/
Fetch is a full-featured file transfer client exclusively for Mac users. Fetch supports both FTP and sFTP file transfer protocols to ensure compatibility with most internet providers, web-hosting companies, publishers, and more. The Droplet shortcuts and Dashboard widgets make it easy to upload files and track the progress of the upload through the user friendly interface. (more…)
