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Nuxeo Releases First CMIS-Enabled Digital Asset Management Application
Open Source DAM Solution for Managing Rich Media Assets Now Available
| Source: Nuxeo
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - February 4, 2010) - Nuxeo, the Open Source Enterprise Content Management
(ECM) company, announced today the general availability of its open
source Digital Asset Management offering Nuxeo DAM.
Nuxeo DAM is the latest application based on the Nuxeo open source ECM
platform, Nuxeo EP. Nuxeo DAM addresses the complex and resource-intensive
demands of managing the rich media assets that companies rely on. Designed
to meet the creative and ever-changing needs of marketing and brand
managers, as well as the custodians of digital artifacts in education,
government, military and cultural institutions, Nuxeo's digital asset
management software opens up new opportunities for the creators, users and
consumers of rich media to take control of their critical image, video or
audio content.
According to Nuxeo CEO Eric Barroca, "Nuxeo DAM has the same high level of
flexibility as its underlying platform -- Nuxeo EP -- thanks to its
extension-point, plug-in infrastructure. Thus, Nuxeo DAM can be adapted and
customized to create a new kind of media-intensive content application
matching ever-evolving business and creative needs."
Nuxeo DAM is the first application of its kind to meet the currently
available draft of the OASIS Content
Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification. Nuxeo, along
with many other industry leaders such as Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe Systems,
is involved with CMIS. CMIS is a proposed standard for interoperability
across multiple ECM and web content management systems that is expected to
be approved this year. Nuxeo EP, as the underlying ECM platform offering
from Nuxeo, includes a CMIS Server, based on the latest CMIS specification,
ensuring that packaged applications such as Nuxeo DAM and Nuxeo DM benefit
from the interoperability enhancements.
As an open source offering, this release of Nuxeo DAM has benefited
tremendously by input from the customer and partner community during the beta
period which began in December 2009. Feature prioritization, open issue
reporting, access to peer-to-peer support and best practice exchange
ensured the public beta offering evolved quickly to meet the needs of early
adopter clients.
Nuxeo DAM 1.0 -- Feature highlights:
Asset Capture / Batch Import: Media file uploads with IPTC and EXIF
metadata extraction; quickly upload batches of media assets; bulk tagging
with metadata
Annotations: Annotate pictures and office documents directly from the
browser
Intellectual Property and Rights Management: Manage attributions and
expiration dates; administrators view rights to asset folders
Renditions: Store multiple formats of a media file for different use cases
Filter-based Navigation: Browse the asset repository using dynamic visual
filters on metadata (by full text, content type, folder name, geographical
coverage, etc.)
Watermarking & Export of Media Files: Watermark images to ensure
appropriate distribution and attribution; configure export formats; expose
a unique URL for assets, to ease integration
Security & Access Control: Control sharing and access to assets with Access
Control Lists (ACLs) on folders; support complex authentication setups,
user sources, user groups, etc.
Configurable Content Model: Quickly define and configure the right content
model for assets (define metadata, controlled vocabularies, etc.)
Fully Browser- and Web-based: Use of web standards and technologies to
provide a rich fully browser-based user experience (no plug-in/Flash
required)
Deep Integration Across IT Ecosystem: Leveraging enterprise-class features
from Nuxeo EP, Nuxeo DAM works with existing IT infrastructure applications
(LDAP for user/group management, SSO for authentication, CMIS Server, etc.)
"Digital asset management is an increasingly important component of ECM
deployments due to the rise of audio and video content and the need to
consistently manage brand assets," said Kathleen Reidy, senior analyst,
enterprise software at The 451 Group. "The availability of DAM in an open
source model potentially makes it accessible to organizations of different
sizes and types."
DAM Deployments Assured by Nuxeo Connect
Digital Asset Management software deployments represent an important
investment in terms of time and resources. Successful DAM initiatives reap
maximum value from their platforms by ensuring that they are fully adapted
to the organization's context.
Nuxeo Connect is
the comprehensive subscription offering delivering high-quality software
maintenance and support for the entire Nuxeo ECM offering. DAM deployments
achieve a return on time and resource investment much faster when clients
subscribe to Nuxeo Connect. Customers are assured of service level
agreements for problem resolution, access to certified patches, value-added
design, configuration, monitoring and management tools, as well as product
updates in accordance with Nuxeo's product life cycle policy.
About Nuxeo
Nuxeo's ECM suite provides a cost-effective, modular, flexible open source
solution for managing information. A pioneer in the open source ECM market,
Nuxeo is used by hundreds of customers worldwide, including The Press
Association, Agence France-Presse (AFP), EllisDon and Cengage. Companies of
all sizes across all industries, including media, government,
transportation, education and energy sectors, use the Nuxeo Enterprise
Content Management offerings to meet their specific vertical and horizontal
content application needs. Support, training and professional consulting
services are available to customers and partners worldwide. Headquartered
in Paris, the company has global offices in North America (Boston), Western
Europe (Paris, Madrid and Rome), Eastern Europe (Moscow) and the Middle
East (Dubai). More information is available at www.nuxeo.com.