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Contact Name
Melissa Kelly
Company Profile
The leader in digital asset management in the cloud, WebDAM is the #1 choice by teams of all sizes -- large enterprise, higher education, non-profits, Gov, and even small businesses. The platform provides professionals with web-based tools to easily manage, share, find, and distribute digital assets. Recognized for the best user interface, customer experience, lightning-fast performance, enterprise-level security, and scalability -- WebDAM maintains the best customer retention rate & adoption in the industry. For more information, see a WebDAM demo.

Contact Telephone
415-227-4886
Contact Email
sales@webdam.com
Company Website
http://www.webdam.com/
Years Trading
9
Office Locations
  • Silicon Valley, CA
  • Product Name
    WebDAM
    User group URL
    http://www.damsuccess.com/
    Online trial link
    http://www.webdam.com/free-trial/
    Trial download or sandbox link
    http://www.webdam.com/free-trial/
    Company RSS Feed URL
    http://www.webdam.com/feed/
    Company LinkedIn URL
    http://www.linkedin.com/company/webdam-solutions
    Company Facebook URL
    https://www.facebook.com/webdam
    Clients & Customers
  • Over 200,000 professionals and teams trust WebDAM to connect their teams, creative files, and brands.
  • Partner Network
    If the vendor operates through a sales channel they may use intermediaries who have regional focus or additional specialisms in a given vertical market.
  • Yes
  • Partner Network Notes
    To become a partner, or for more information about the WebDAM Partner Program click here: http://www.webdam.com/company/partners/

    Licensing

    Licensing Model
    This refers to the type of licence the DAM system software is supplied under. Proprietary means that the developer restricts access to the source code (the instructions used to generate the software). Open source means that the developer provides full access to the code so you can modify it yourself. Split model is hybrid and means they may offer both options with some restrictions removed (or added) depending on the model chosen. If split is selected, it is advisable to verify the differences with the vendor.
  • Proprietary
  • Use of Open Source Components
    Many DAM systems use freely available open source components to deliver key functionality. The products themselves may not be open source, however. This question will help to identify to what extent they are open source.
  • No open source components used
  • Hosting

    Software Delivery Methods
  • Cloud/SaaS
  • Technology

    Client
    Client refers to the type of hardware or software device that can be used to access or control the DAM system.
  • Web client
  • iOS mobile app
  • Android mobile app
  • Service Oriented Architecture
    Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) means the vendor's product uses a modular architecture where each core DAM function is delivered as a service which can be separated out independently from other functions. It is important for large-scale Digital Asset Management implementations or more complex integration requirements.
  • Yes
  • Search

    Search Features
    This describes the search strategies that can be used to find assets. If you do not understand any of them, leave the options de-selected. Most DAM systems should support at least keyword search at a minimum.
  • Keyword
  • Folders
  • Filters
  • Faceted Search
  • Linked Asset Search
  • Index/Search Text Content Of Documents
    Some DAM systems can search the text content of document assets and that might be important for your DAM solution.
  • Yes
  • Metadata

    Embedded metadata support (reading)
    Embedded metadata refers to information stored within asset files which can be searched from the DAM system. There are different standards for this type of metadata. Some image cataloguing software like Adobe Lightroom will write this data to asset files and a device like a camera may capture details also such as GPRS coordinates where an photo was shot. XMP metadata is often used with other types of files such as InDesign or PDF. If you are unsure whether this applied to you, do not check any options.
  • IPTC
  • IPTC Core
  • XMP
  • EXIF
  • Embedded metadata support (writing)
    See the reading question above for more details on what embedded metadata is. This question refers to whether embedded metadata can be written back to files if edited within the DAM system.
  • IPTC
  • IPTC Core
  • XMP
  • EXIF
  • Controlled Vocabularies
    Controlled Vocabularies are predefined lists of search terms. They can be realised in many different ways but the common factor is the user picks from a restricted selection rather than enters a keyword. Most DAM systems will usually support both controlled vocabularies and keywords.
  • Yes
  • User Defined Metadata Fields
    The ability to configure metadata your own metadata fields is important for DAM systems so you can assign a dedicated field for certain items of information rather than using a generic classification method or one of the vendor's own standard fields.
  • Yes
  • Cataloguing Interface Options
    When cataloguing assets with custom fields, some metadata will be controlled selections, others will be free text. There are further choices like date fields, file attachments etc.
  • Text field
  • Text area (narrative)
  • Date
  • Numbers
  • Other
  • Business Intelligence & Reporting

    Asset Usage Records
    To enable reports to be generated, DAM solutions must retain records of asset usage, including searching, download and editing of records. The reporting should include the user who carried out the activity and the date/time it occurred.
  • Yes
  • Audit Trail
    A detailed audit trail that logs every user action in a central record is useful to gain insight into user behaviour. Comprehensive audit trails allow DAM system users to produce reports that address their unique needs.
  • Yes
  • Built-In Reports
    A range of built-in reports that you can quickly generate is useful to answer common questions such as the "what is our most popular asset?".
  • Most popular assets by download
  • Most active users by uploads
  • Most active users by downloads
  • Download activity over a given period
  • Login activity over a given period
  • Other reports (please specify)
  • Asset Processing

    Dedicated/Scalable Proxy or Derivative Asset Generation
    Nearly all DAM systems will generate thumbnails and previews of media, including more dynamic types like video or audio. Some products use a separate server to do this which usually makes them more suitable for large scale asset ingestion and processing.
  • Yes
  • Multi-Page Document Asset Previews
    If you deal with document oriented assets, having a solution which can generate multi-page previews (and also zoom in on them) can save the hassle of downloading a file only to discover it is not the one you need. For assets with very similar content, this can be a useful feature.
  • Yes
  • Asset Manipulation

    Image Manipulation
    Many DAM systems allow users to manipulate images by resizing, cropping etc. Choose any features which are important to your users.
  • Image re-sizing
  • Format conversion
  • Change colorspace
  • Batch manipulate groups of assets
  • Other (please specify in notes below)
  • Video Manipulation
    Some DAM systems may allow video assets to be converted or modified. If that is a potential requirement for you, specify those features which are likely to be needed. EDL = Edit Decision List and refers to providing in/out points when editing video footage.
  • Format conversion
  • Batch operations on multiple video assets
  • Integration

    API
    API means Application Programming Interface and allows third party software to control a DAM system. If you intend to integrate your DAM with another existing solution then you need to choose the API protocol that is compatible with that.
  • REST
  • Storage Integration
    Many DAM solutions will now allow assets to be stored on the server of Cloud storage providers. This allows asset files to be distributed and/or integrated with other solutions. Some third party services use generic protocols like FTP, others are proprietary.
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Box
  • Dropbox
  • FTP
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Scripting & Plug-Ins

    Scripting Capabilities
    Some advanced DAM solutions have a scripting capability that allows users or third parties to add functionality which the vendor did not originally envisage. Usually programming skills will be required to use this, but some tools have visual interfaces also.
  • No
  • Plug-In Support
    In addition to scripting (or sometimes instead of), some DAM solutions will have a plug-in architecture that allows third party developers to extend the core platform.
  • Yes
  • Authentication

    Authentication Support
    If you need to integrate with an existing corporate authentication service then this option will be important for you.
  • Active Directory
  • LDAP
  • SAML
  • Other
  • Authentication Notes
    Shibboleth

    Multi-Lingual Options

    Multilingual Application Interface Support
    The interface means the controls to use the DAM system. This is different from the metadata support which is usually entered by end users when cataloguing assets.
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Other
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • German
  • Dutch
  • Norwegian
  • Swedish
  • Finnish
  • Multilingual Metadata Support
    See previous question. Most DAM systems with multi-lingual support will provide it for metadata.
  • Yes
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