Otec Solutions is the first Canadian cavok partner. The systems integrator specialized in Digital Asset Management Systems and related workflows includes cavok to his range of featured programs. "Cavok is a good on-premise solution which fits well with our practice. It has a good API for customizing, has a good Adobe integration and has all you loo...
The Austrian digital asset management expert and long-time Canto Cumulus integrator Andreas Schmuck aka Schmucki has become a new Cavok partner. In particular, the fact that Cavok will be offered as an on-premise solution also in the future was decisive. "What convinces me about Cavok is the monitoring of the file system. It's a very elegant soluti...
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warns about a vulnerability in the Java framework log4j. Many news media have already reported about it. This vulnerability is considered to be enormously dangerous. Firstly because log4j is virtually a standard and thus extremely widespread, and secondly because the attacks carried out via t...
Cavok Digital Asset Management System users can now modify the content of IPTC or XMP metadata fields. The changed information is immediately saved at the file.
Integrate more easily: The Cavok DAM system's REST API makes it particularly easy to set up connections to web stores, PIM and many other systems. The programming interface includes the entire functionality, is fully documented and comes with an integrated test facility.
Following Canto's declaration to phase out its Cumulus enterprise digital asset management system by December 31, 2023, many customers as well as resellers in the DAM market are looking for alternative solutions. DAM specialist VALKE.NET media, based in Paal-Beringen, Belgium, recommends two alternatives. Read the dutch blodpost from VALKE.NET medi...
The Canto Cumulus partner of many years, Peter Fuhrhans, is the newest integration partner for our digital asset management software Cavok. Alternative for Canto Cumulus wanted After Canto decided to discontinue further development of Cumulus, it was clear to Peter Fuhrhans: "We need an alternative to offer our customers." After some research and c...
As a leading manufacturer of dental products and technology, Dentsply Sirona has centralized all marketing and sales materials for the DACH region in Cavok digital asset management since its corporate merger.
Digital asset management is all about metadata. Without a well-maintained and useful metadata structure, it is difficult to move away from the classic folder structure. Clever search and filter functions in a DAM system can make it easier to find files. However, this requires a sensible metadata structure and/or keywording of all digital assets. Th...
Omni-channel marketing is one of the buzzwords of the moment. But what does it actually mean? What is the difference to multi-channel marketing? What are the advantages of an omni-channel marketing strategy for companies? This article provides answers to these questions and shows how the use of digital asset management software can support the omni...
The trend on the software market goes to cloud storage. Some DAM vendors have already announced that they will no longer offer their on-premise solution. For example, Canto's on-premise solution Cumulus will not be further developed and distributed as of September 1. Support for Cumulus Enterprise is also scheduled to end on December 31, 2023. Many companies are now faced with the decision: move to the cloud or switch to another DAM system?
Without images, graphics and animation, the World Wide Web would be quite boring. Appealing visual effects are important to make a website really interesting. Photos, animations and graphics loosen up the displayed text and encourage users to engage with it. There are many different digital image formats. But which formats are particularly suitable...
Choosing the right digital asset management software, companies are faced with the decision of whether to operate the system on their own servers (on-premise) or as software-as-a-service (SaaS). In the latter case, the DAM provider hosts the data itself or outsources this to a cloud service provider. Especially for companies in regulated industries...
In the world of digital images, a whole range of different image file types exist. But which image file type is suitable for which purpose? What are the advantages and disadvantages of well-known graphic files such as JPG, PNG or SVG? What is the difference between raster and vector graphics? In this article we answer the questions and give an overview of the most important formats of images.
Metadata is the core of every digital asset management system. But what exactly is metadata? What kind of metadata exists? And why is metadata important? We will answer these questions in this article.
Marketers are no lone fighters. Even in smaller companies, the marketing department usually consists of a small team that deals with the wide range of tasks and channels. In addition, freelancers and external agencies support the marketing team. Besides teamwork, creativity and personal skills, the effective use of helpful marketing tools is becomi...
Due to ongoing digitalisation, the amount of digital data in companies is constantly growing. A digital asset management (DAM) system helps companies to store this mass of files centrally, to organise these assets easily and to grant all relevant employees controlled access to the files. However, the market offers a wide range of DAM software. Many...
It's a familiar problem for many marketing departments: working with external service providers and partners is tedious. In the confusion of systems, file formats and versions, you can quickly lose track of everything and also a lot of time. Agencies, on the other hand, have the same troublesome experience as marketing departments. Not only do they...
Many companies rely on their own online shop in addition to marketplaces for successful e-commerce. To offer customers an optimal online shopping experience web shops need a lot of care. While customers can view and touch items in the local store, in online retailing comprehensive product information and especially images and videos of the product ...
With digital asset management (DAM) software, companies can store and manage all their digital content such as images, videos, audio and text files. Especially in the field of marketing, new content and appealing visual images are needed all the time, so more and more media files are needed. A DAM solution stores this content (digital assets) centr...