Have your media management needs changed but your DAM hasn’t? Do you have new staff, new media types or new workflow requirements? If so, then it might be time for a “DAM Reboot.”

Organizations are in a constant state of change. This means that the systems you depend on needs to change as well. If you don’t regularly take a fresh look at your system and update it as needed, at best you are missing important opportunities to improve efficiency. At worst, the system becomes so out of sync with your needs that it becomes underutilized and then quickly becomes useless.

Modula4 can help you do a DAM Reboot by looking at how your needs have changed and how your DAM can be updated to support these changes. We provide consulting, training, configuration and customization to ensure that your DAM system keeps up with your organization.

To learn more about how Modula4 can give your organization a DAM Reboot, contact us here.

Modula4 partner Picturepark rolls out the newest version of of its DAM platform to Cloud customers on August 16, with on-premise installers following in a few weeks. Most notable about the release is Picturepark Ports, which are branded or embedded digital asset portals that can be included on website pages and sidebars, intranets and wikis, and virtually any other Web location. Picturepark partners can use Ports technology to develop custom interfaces, press portals, download areas and more for their clients. The Picturepark interfaces in use by Vertu, Belden, Calvin Klein and other Picturepark customers were built on a precursor technology to Ports.

Also new is the ability to create direct links to downloads or previews of any Picturepark derivative. So, for example, instead of being able to just provide a link to a digital asset, users can choose a derivate that defines a specific format, size, color space, etc. No additional software is required.

Learn more about Picturepark here.

Modula4 partner 2imagine has updated its marketing collaboration system 1publish. The main new enhancement in 1publish 3.1 is the ability to export catalogs and marketing material for use on iPads. ePub export is also now supported.

Other enhancements include improved control over the defaults for batch uploads and processing. The performance and flexibility of variable data printing has also been improved.

For more information about 1publish visit here. 

Modula4 is pleased to announce that it is now offering Enhanced Support. This new level of service goes beyond the standard support included with software maintenance contracts. Standard support provides assistance if your system isn’t working properly due to software issues. Enhanced Support is a pool of hours that can be used any way the you like, including spot training, remote administration, regular status meetings, installing software updates and even custom programming.

Enhanced Support is a great way to ensure that you and your organization are getting the most out of your system. It also make budgeting and total cost of ownership much more predictable. Pricing varies based on the number of hours per month and the mix of service and customization time.

For more information about Enhanced Support call Modula4 at 415-869-8645 or contact us via email by clicking here.

Modula4 partner Picturepark has rebuilt its website to provide all-new content that’s designed to do more than sell DAM software. Designed to be a useful resource for the DAM community, almost half of the content on the new site is education focused. Among the new site features are a blog (a first for Picturepark), a page that offers tips for conducting DAM software comparisons, information about realistic DAM ROI calculations, and a video that offers valuable advice for those creating DAM RFPs. The website is decorated with photos of Switzerland that were taken by Picturepark employees.

You can visit the site here. 

Adobe announced that the latest release of Digital Publishing Suite – Release 27 – is now available. With support for Pinterest, device GPS integration and Free Article Preview with Metering, the latest features in Digital Publishing Suite are designed to help you drive awareness of, interest in, and revenue from your publications. In addition, they have refined Folio Producer Service so that you can streamline and accelerate production.

New features that are now available include:

• Social Sharing through Pinterest
• Device GPS Integration
• Free Article Preview with Metered Content
• Copy Folio

Modula4 is an Adobe Authorized DPS Partner. For more information about DPS visit here.

Modula4 partner Canto is presenting an introductory webinar on Digital Asset Management (DAM) in general and Cumulus in particular. Titled “Discover the Nuts and Bolts of Cumulus” the webinar will demonstrate how organizations and employees can benefit from a DAM solution. Cumulus will be presented through a live demo and attendees will be shown how organizations benefit from digital asset management solutions.

In the webinar attendees will:

• Learn about Canto and why we are the leaders in the digital asset management space
• See a live demonstration of Cumulus
• Hear how other organizations use Cumulus
• Be better equipped to make a DAM decision

Tuesday July 23, 2013 at 2pm EDT/11am PDT

To register for the webinar visit here.

Modula4 has launched a new portal for providing technical support and information to its customers. The new system, based on Zendesk, improves upon the previous system by offering a more modern and intuitive interface. With the new customer portal, Modula4 customers can more easily create, track and respond to technical support issues.

The new portal can be accessed at support.modula4.com, the same url used by the older system. All new tickets opened will be in the new system. If you have a login for the previous system, go to here to get a password for the new system.

Existing ticket that are still open in the previous system can still be accessed but under a new url, support1.modula4.com

Customers with questions about the new portal are encouraged to contact Modula4 for additional information.

Modula4 partner Picturepark  has released “The Enterprise DAM Checklist.” The guide is intended for non-technical readers to help them better understand key technical differences between DAM systems.

The 45-page guide uses non-technical language to outline the 10 technologies that are most important for enterprise DAM deployment.

You can download the guide by visiting here. 

Modula4 took home two trophies at the annual Canto awards ceremony, part of the recent Canto Partner Meeting in Berlin. Modula4 won in two categories, Extraordinary CIP (Cumulus Integration Platform) Integrations and Best Marketing Activities in The Americas region. The trophies are “Buddy Bears,” a traditional symbol of Berlin.

The partner meeting ran from April 15 – 18 and was attended by over 70 partners and 40 companies from 18 different countries gathered in Berlin for a three day meeting where Canto’s partners engaged in sharing best practices and learned about what’s new for Cumulus as it enters its third decade.Mark Davey, founder of the DAM Foundation was the keynote presenter.

The meeting also featured a day of partner presentations organized and moderated by Michael Gellner, CTO of Modula4.

The Partner Meeting included separate business and technical tracks and included a presentation of the Cumulus product roadmap. The meeting also was a farewell for outgoing Canto CEO Uli Knocke and a welcome for new CEO Jack McGannon.