Modula4 parter Canto is hosting a webinar titled “Maximize the Return on Your Digital Asset Management (DAM) Investment.” Join Gleanster Research analyst Ian Michaels, top advertising firm Lippincott and the XO Group (owner of well-known wedding site theKnot.com) for a live panel discussion webinar as they share secrets that have contributed to their DAM success.

By attending the live webinar you will receive the full Gleanster research report, “Future-Proof Your Investments in DAM”. The industry report is full of insightful information that will help you make the right digital asset management decision.

You can register for the webinar and to receive the free research report here.

Modula4 partner Canto has announced the release of Cumulus 9, the latest update to its flagship digital asset management (DAM) software. Cumulus 9 features an all-new web browser experience, added content sharing features and significant improvements to boost server performance.

Cumulus 9 offers a range of new features and updates, including:

• New Cumulus Web Client UI – a new web client user interface satisfies demands for a consumer-based user experience, while maintaining robust functionality behind the scenes.

• Upload Links – Cumulus users may send upload links to any outside collaborator, photographer, videographer or freelancer to drag and drop files directly into Cumulus, without needing a Cumulus account.

• RoboFlow UI – newly updated workflow management user interface improves system administrator’s user experience.

• Video Cloud – a newly available hosted video conversion and streaming service. Additional fees apply.

• Server performance improvements – routine updates expected with new software releases are also included – up to 30% faster server performance during early testing.

Availability
Cumulus 9 is available now from Modula4. If you have questions about Cumulus 9 please contact us here.

Modula4 Partner Picturepark has released an all-new live demo that features the company’s new Ports and Asset Classes technologies. While browsing asset metadata, users will see that the available fields differ depending on the class of content. Also visible is HTML-formatted metadata that includes live external links. Demo accounts are created by the company’s third-party marketing software, which shows how Picturepark’s service-oriented architecture (SOA) can make integrations possible without coding.

The new port-based Picturepark demo is now live. Some of the benefits of the new environment include:

• Easier to use and understand
• Faster performance worldwide
• Extensive use of Asset Classes (see the metadata for “webinar” and “advertising” assets for examples)
• Examples of HTML-enhanced metadata for live links, bold text, etc. (check the DAM Survival Guide record for an example)
• Search results that are more in line with expectations

Try the new Picturepark demo by using the form below.

Createasphere, founders of the annual DAMMYs has awarded “Dammy of the Year” for 2013 to David Diamond, Director of Global Marketing of Modula4 partner Picturepark and author of the book DAM Survival Guide (Download a free copy of the DAM Survival Guide here). Diamond is being recognized for his role as an author, educator and business leader in the digital asset industry who “exemplifies forward-thinking, leadership and innovation.”

Diamond has worked in digital asset management since 1998. He has served as director of global marketing for Picturepark, a Swiss DAM software vendor, since early 2012. Prior to Picturepark, Diamond directed marketing for Canto Software, where he worked for 12 years. He has also held senior management positions with Apple and the University of Southern California. He began his DAM career as a freelance writer. At Picturepark, Diamond developed the DAM Guru Program, a free service that connects members of the international DAM community and also helps to place them with employers. Diamond is a frequent speaker and lecturer at industry events worldwide.

Modula4 is adding positions in our San Francisco Bay Area and Berlin, Germany offices. New positions include a UI / UX Designer a Senior Developer and a Software Engineer. Come work for a dynamic company that provides custom digital asset management (DAM) and publishing workflow solutions. If you have the right skills and experience, are a good communicator and are customer-service oriented we’d like to hear from you. Follow these links to see the job descriptions, requirements and information on how to apply.

UI / UX Designer

Senior Developer

Software Engineer

Modula4 partner Canto has announced plans to release version 9 of its flagship digital asset management (DAM) software, Cumulus, featuring an all-new web browser experience, added content sharing features and significant improvements to boost server performance.

Upon release, Cumulus 9 will offer a range of new features and updates, including:

• New Cumulus Client Web UI – a new web client user interface satisfies demands for a consumer-based user experience, while maintaining robust functionality behind the scenes.

• Upload Links – Cumulus users may send upload links to any outside collaborator, photographer, videographer or freelancer to drag and drop files directly into Cumulus, without needing a Cumulus account.

• RoboFlow UI – newly updated workflow management user interface improves system administrator’s user experience.

• Server performance improvements – routine updates expected with new software releases are also included – up to 30% faster server performance during early testing.

Availability
Cumulus 9 will be available in early fourth quarter 2013 from Modula4. If you have questions about Cumulus 9 please contact us here.

Software maintenance insures that your system is always working properly and is “future-proof” against changing environments like updates to browsers, desktop and server operating systems and Java versions. It offers piece of mind and makes the total cost of ownership consistent and predictable. Even better, you can enjoy substantial savings by renewing for multiple years. The amount of savings depends on the length of the agreement. Multiyear agreements range from 2 -5 year with discounts of up 33% off the annual renewal rate.

To see how much you can save with a multiyear agreement contact Modula4 here.

Modula4 partner Picturepark has published a Google Shortlists tip that can make DAM software comparisons easier to manage and collaborative too. Keep track what you like and don’t like about each system, add notes about the good and bad, and enable others on your team to provide input too.

It’s free and easy to get started: Do your initial round of “DAM shopping” and add each solution that interests you to your shortlist and a basic description of each system. Invite your team to participate in the shortlist. Once they have accepted the invitation, they’ll know about scheduled demos, and they’ll be able to provide their own comments too.

To learn more about Picturepark visit here.

For directions on how to use Google Shortlists for DAM comparison visit here.

Modula4 partner Adobe has released an update to their Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS). This new release includes support for Apple iOS 7, bringing alignment with the user interface design guidelines plus the ability to share articles using the new AirDrop sharing functionality

Also in the new release are four standard audience metrics—as defined by the MPA, The Association of Magazine Media—available through the built-in analytics dashboard in DPS. In addition, custom text notifications are now available that alert your users of new content without having to integrate a third-party push notification provider—keeping users engaged with your app and your brand. And DPS now includes device camera integration so users can take photos from within the app for use in app content or for sharing from the photo library

To learn more about Adobe Digital Publishing Suite visit here.

Modula4 partner WoodWing Software recently released the version 9 of its multichannel publishing system Enterprise, including the editorial management application Content Station.

Apart from many changes under the hood, the new user interface of Content Station 9 maximizes the simplicity of multichannel publishing. The new user interface allows to see channel specific views with all content and metadata for that channel at any point in the process. Without any effort, users can easily share or duplicate content on component level. It’s now possible to have separate workflows per channel within a dossier in a fully transparent manner. The integration with channel-specific publishing systems like WebCMS and social media channels is much tighter, allowing a new level of efficiency. The enhanced plug-in architecture makes it even easier to add additional digital publication channels. Editors, designers and managers benefit from the single log-on for all digital channels.

The all new Publish Manager App in Content Station gives a complete overview of the publishing status across the various channels and enables instant control to approve or publish many dossiers at once.

To learn more about WoodWing visit.