Modula4 is pleased to announce that it has acquired Heymann Consulting, a long-time digital asset management (DAM) consultancy and product development company. Modula4 has acquired Heymann’s product line and selected clients.

“I have been working hard to make sure that my current customers will be supported further on by a good partner company of mine and that the current add-on products for Cumulus will be maintained and we both together found a great solution to make sure that you will be supported as normal in the future,” said Lutz Heymann, founder of Heymann Consulting. “I am proud to say that Modula4, the world wide operating long term Canto Partner will take over and get on with my business and products. As Modula4’s core expertise matches the Heymann Consulting services, it is the perfect fit.”

“Heymann has a reputation for useful and well-designed products along with excellent client services,” said Modula4 CEO Jon Hornstein. “We look forward to continuing to support and develop their products and providing their customers with the same quality service they are used to. This transaction also allows Modula4 to offer these products to all Cumulus users, further strengthening our ability to provide complete solutions.”

In the transaction Modula4 has acquired Heymann’s popular line of add-on products for Canto Cumulus including Email Order System Pro, Smart Categories, Smart Filters, Cumulus Importer, Cumulus Exporter and List Search. While Modula4 integrates the Heymann product line with it’s own, brief descriptions of the products can be found in the Products area of the Modula4 site.

Canto has introduced Cumulus 9.2, the newest version of its digital asset management (DAM) software. This latest release includes several new features along with the an array of performance enhancements and bug fixes.

New features include “Social DAM,” which gives users the ability to collaborate within Cumulus. In addition to commenting and annotation, users can now create special interest groups, get notified about replies, and can ping their peers by mentioning them.

Additional features include basic workflow tools, improvements to search, plug-in support and the update process for the Web Client, improved Microsoft Office support and support for status-based workflows. Integration with Amazon S3 is also available as a separate add-on.

To learn more, visit our Cumulus product page or contact Modula4.

Modula4 has announced the release of Reporting & Analysis 2.0, a major update to its popular reporting tool for Canto Cumulus. The newest version of Reporting & Analysis features the ability to create custom reports through an intuitive user interface.

Reports can be created showing a wide range of activities such as search terms used, items viewed, items download, and the users who perform these functions, among many others. Reports can be exported as .csv files or as native Excel (.xlsx) files so the information can be imported into external analytics systems and services.

The Reporting & Analysis tool is available for both Modula4’s Web Module as well as Cumulus Sites. Customers of earlier versions of Reporting & Analysis can receive the latest version at no additional cost provided they have a current software maintenance agreement.

For more information about the Reporting & Analysis 2.0 tool for Canto Cumulus visit here or contact Modula4 to schedule a demo.

Cumulus is a powerful and versatile tool for managing your digital assets. While most organizations deploy Cumulus to perform important tasks, it’s often under-utilized. Learn about advanced settings in Cumulus to add new capabilities and increase the return on investment in your Cumulus system.

This training session will introduce you to some of the best practices and advanced features in Cumulus: In it, you will learn how to:

– Organize metadata to make search results more relevant

– Use metadata templates to speed-up and enforce proper metadata entry

– Manage permissions so each users only sees and access the assets they need

– Use tools like the Scheduler and Triggers to automate tasks

– Create Formula Fields which can be used to highlight missing metadata, display the number of times a records has been viewed and much more

While each of these features and best practices provide benefits individually, they can be combined to support:

– Approval workflows

– Rights Management

– File distribution

– Asset archiving

Whether your goal is to have Cumulus do the tasks it currently performs in a more complete or automated way, or you want to put it to entirely new uses, this training course will start you on the path getting the most out of your Cumulus system.

Who this training is for: Cumulus administrators who wish explore some of the advanced features and concepts for configuring Cumulus.

When: Wednesday, Oct. 29
10 am – 12 pm Pacific (1 pm – 3 pm Eastern)

Cost: $150

Class size is limited to 12 attendees.

To sign-up for the training session visit here.

Note: This is group training. There will be time for Q&A but if you are seeking individualized training please contact Modula4 about customized training and consulting sessions.

Modula4 CEO Jon Hornstein will be participating as a facilitator at DAM LA, the west coast’s leading conference dedicated to digital asset management (DAM). Organized by Henry Stewart Events the conference brings together people who work in DAM from a wide range of industries including media & entertainment, marketing, retail, government and higher education. At the conference Jon will be leading round table discussions on a variety of DAM topics.

Representatives from Starz Entertainment, 3M, San Francisco Ballet, gyro, Miramax, Quiksilver, Conde Nast, JCPenney, Disney Technology Solutions & Services, Kate Spade & Co, Wounded Warrior Project, Warner Bros. and many more will be present to share their insight and experience with planning and deploying DAM solutions.

The conference takes place Nov. 13-14 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Subscribers to the Modula4 newsletter receive a $100 discount on registration. To take advantage of the discount, visit here and use discount code MODULA4.

Learn more about the DAM LA conference here.

DAM LA, the leading digital asset management (DAM) conference on the west coast is offering $100 off the cost of attendance to subscribers of the Modula4 newsletter. The conference features speakers who will share their insight and experience in evaluating and implementing DAM systems in a wide variety of vertical markets.

The conference is produced by Henry Stewart Events and takes place Nov. 13 – 14 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Modula4 CEO Jon Hornstein will be participating as a facilitator.

Learn more about the DAM LA conference here. 

To register with your $100 discount click here and use discount code MODULA4.

Modula4 Partner Picturepark has release the Picturepark DAM Connector for Sitecore. The connector provides Sitecore users with easy access to assets that are approved and ready for placement, while providing full DAM services to the entire organization. It supports image conversion on-the-fly, video streaming and reporting, among other features.

DAM Connector for Sitecore is relatively easy to implement since both Picturepark and Sitecore share the same .NET architecture. No significant configuration or development services are required to get started, greatly reducing the typical time, cost and complexity of deployment.

To learn more about Picturepark visit here or contact Modula4 to learn more about the Picturepark DAM Connector for Sitecore.

Modula4 Partner Picturepark recently released Picturepark 8.7, the latest version of their versatile digital asset management (DAM) platform. Based on Sorenson video processing technology the new Picturepark Video Converter (PVC) offers improved image quality and supports a wider variety of video and audio formats for both input and output.

Picturepark 8.7 also provides improved performance when importing large amounts of files and metadata, especially useful when migrating from other DAM systems. In addition, metadata can now be imported and exported as native Excel files (.xlsx) greatly reducing the number of errors that can result when ingesting or exporting metadata files converted to or from.csv format. The new release also features user interface enhancements for both end-users and administrators and is now supported on Windows 2008 server.

To learn more about Picturepark contact Modula4.

Modula4 Partner Canto has released Cumulus 9.1.2. This newest version of Cumulus adds several feature to the Web Client interface including the ability to mention other users in comments and have them notified, to upload assets directly to a container and direct access a parent container.

Cumulus 9.1.2 also contains important bug fixes and performance enhancements.

To learn more about Cumulus visit here.