Acquia’s Explainer on Digital Asset Management

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Digital Asset Management (DAM) is essential for businesses dealing with a large volume of digital content. DAM involves organizing, distributing, and administering media files such as photos, videos, graphics, PDFs, and templates. Acquia has published an article explaining the concept and applicability of DAM. Jake Athey, Acquia's Vice President of Marketing and Sales, wrote the paper.

DAM emerged in the 1990s when marketers relied heavily on digital content for brand representation and online marketing. Initially, organizations struggled to manage their growing content libraries scattered across various devices and storage platforms. In response, DAM pioneers applied information management techniques used by librarians to media files. Widen, now part of Acquia, played a crucial role in this initiative, launching a web interface for an image database in 1996. Today, Widen continues to be a leader in the DAM space, offering an enterprise content management platform with DAM as its foundation.

The article also delves into the different types and functions of DAM. It also explains who all need good DAM tools.

Digital assets are crucial for branding, sales, and marketing efforts, as they help define brand identity, communicate offerings, and shape customer experiences. While basic cloud-storage tools and scattered drives may initially suffice, organizations often outgrow them and require a robust DAM system to manage their digital assets effectively. Click here to read the full article.

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