The tidal wave of digital content surging through company systems—documents, images, audio and video files, etc. will test the most diligent of organizations.

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Control digital asset surge with a DAM
Digital asset
management
Suppress the flood with a DAM
A DAM is a central repository where digital content can be:
Open the floodgates to
categorize your digital assets
Controlled vocabularies
(approved terms to describe data):
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Dam Embankment
Barrier
Wall
Metadata
(data about data):
Taxonomies
(classifies where data goes):
Dam
Natural dam
Manmade dam
Beaver dam
Don’t let these digital assets sink and
never rise to the surface for reuse
Organizations are
flooded with digital content
What the picture shows:
File size:
Date created:
Author:
Date last used:
Boat
864 KB
09/18/14
Author
11/11/14
Archived
Distributed
Stored
Retrieved
High performing DAMs save
organizations time and money:
Digital content
is reused Workplace
efficiency increases
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Sources:
1.“How Digital Asset Management Can Save You Money.” Canto.com. Canto, Inc, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2014. <http://www.canto.com/how-digital-asset-management-can-save-you-money/>.
2.Jobson, Daren. “A 30 Second Guide to DAM Systems.” Freedmaninternational.com. Freedman International, 5 Aug. 2014. Web. 22 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.freedmaninternational.com/blog/30-second-guides/a-30-second-guide-to-dam-systems>.
3.“Taxonomy vs. Controlled Vocabulary.” Http://damsurvivalguide.com/. DAM Survival Guide, 6 Aug. 2014. Web. 27 Oct. 2014.
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