ADAM Software unveiled ADAM 4.3 – the latest version of their enterprise Digital Asset Management platform. With the release of 4.3 ADAM delivers all the ADAM known strengths such as infinite taxonomy, robust media workflows, all format support, flexibility, scalability, …, with even better search options, broad video support with large preview capabilities and a unique rules-concept to automatically trigger workflows.
With ADAM 4.3 customers will continue to experience the intuitive interface and Workflow capabilities found in earlier versions of ADAM, but this latest release also includes many new features that expand the product's functionality like:
“With 4.3 ADAM going all the way to meet and exceed enterprise users’ expectations by fully embracing workflow management and Digital Asset Management (DAM). By tearing down data silos we initiated this concept by offering DAM with status driven workflows. Followed by DAM with Visio-driven workflow based on a full BPM (business process management)-solution in 2007, we now complete the offering in ADAM 4.3 with a rules engine that allows enterprise users to sport their workflow with the most powerful rules and kick-off triggers. In a nutshell: in ADAM 4.3 DAM and workflow become one,” concludes Pieter Casneuf, partner of ADAM Software.
ADAM 4.3 is available for ADAM partners in the downloadcenter from now.
ADAM software is very proud to announce that ADAM is the world’s first Digital Asset Management-system that has been certified for Windows Server 2008! ADAM 4.2, which is being launched on February 15, 2008, “has been tested by VeriTest ® and meets the criteria for the Certified for Windows Server 2008 program and Vista”, Microsoft announced.
With this certification ADAM Software stays on track to build innovative enterprise digital asset management-solutions.
ADAM was the first DAM-solution
ADAM 4.2 is available for ADAM partners in the download center.
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ADAM Software becomes a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, the premium accreditation awarded by Microsoft to its worldwide partners.
ADAM software being labeled "Microsoft GOLD" is a token of quality awarded by Microsoft after strong evaluative testing. It strongly indicates the robustness of the solutions provided by ADAM Software, recognizes the ADAM expertise and rewards ADAM Software for his impact in the technology marketplace as an Independent Software Vendor.
The real value of the Gold Label comes from within. Microsoft Gold partnership is the confirmation that ADAM Software-customers can rely on a state of the art DAM system. Customers like Agfa, Philips Medical, InBev, EIDOS, Corporate Express, Warner Bross, Stanley Works, … are already on board. Microsoft also implemented the Digital Asset Management Software from ADAM to manage its own Microsoft global Home-Entertainment-marketingdownloadcenter. (https://www.microsoftprosource.com)
ADAM offers full integration with Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. Users have Direct access to the media stored in ADAM from within Microsoft Office applications. (http://www.adam.be/officeconnector and watch the movie)
ADAM Software has been a loyal Microsoft partner for years. ADAM Software acted as a launch customer for SQL2005 & Visual-Studio2005 (http://www.microsoft.com)
And we are fully dedicated to the launch of 2008-Microsoft-products as well and will make all products 2008 compatible as of end Q1-Y2008. (SQL2008, Visual Studio2008 and WindowsServer 2008)
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ADAM Software is proud to announce full breadth XPS-functionality. Thanks to its open architecture, ADAM has again proven its capability to adopt swiftly to support a standard to come, the XPS, what stands for XML Paper Specification.
ADAM’s provider model allows third party developers to co-engineer on emerging opportunities. As for XPS , ADAM software joined forces with the Belgian company NiXPS (www.nixps.com) to build an XPS-engine for ADAM. The 'NiXPS Library v2.0' widens the scope in which ADAM can handle data. Thumbnails of XPS files are shown in ADAM, the previewing of XPS files starts here. Metadata can be read by ADAM when importing. ADAM even handles a smooth conversion of XPS files to Adobe PDF.
About NiXPS
NiXPS pioneers the XPS revolution. With a strong background in the publishing industry and extensive experience with document formats, the company is ideally positioned to offer the technology needed to make XPS usable in professional document management environments. Our NiXPS Library is an independent, cross platform, highly efficient software library to read/modify/write XPS files. One of the first third-party libraries for the XPS format in the world. Our NiXPS Edit and NiXPS View applications are built on this foundation and offer customers unparalleled capabilities to inspect, edit and optimize their XPS files.
The new Adobe Version Cue® CS3 file management suite integrates completely with the ADAM digital asset management system.
Adobe® Version Cue® CS3 is the server-based workgroup collaboration system that's part of Adobe Creative Suite® 3. With Version Cue CS3, you can check files in and out within shared projects, add comments and track file versions, perform XMP metadata searches, and host shared PDF reviews. In a world premiere Adobe Systems and ADAM Software developed a complete integration between Version Cue® CS3 and the ADAM Studios. From the Adobe comfort zone the user has complete access to all the assets stored in ADAM: Version Cue® uses all the ADAM metadata, its thumbnails, high quality previews, guided searches and ADAM Workflows. The seamlessly integration between the ADAM repository and Adobe products reduces costs and simplifies workflows of advertising agencies, editors, printers and publishers.
Pieter Casneuf of ADAM Software says: "For design and production people, it's a long awaited moment to have all the Creative Suite functionality together with world class DAM functionality. The integration of ADAM within the CS3 interface allows business and administration users to work on the same asset base as the design and production team. ADAM manages the assets, versions and access rights so that different interfaces and access points work with one central engine."
The Version Cue® integration is fully compatible with other ADAM Software products like the ADAM InDesign® connector for automated catalogue building and the ADAM Docmaker Studio for web to print creation, editing and reviewing.
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ADAM Software signs OEM-agreement with AgilePoint
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ADAM Software is a European vendor of Enterprise Digital Asset management systems (DAM Vendor). Workflow is an important element into the product management of DAM-systems. As one of the major DAM-vendors, ADAM Software wants to offer its customers full integration with a best of breed solution in workflow management. Therefore, ADAM Software has chosen Agile Point as OEM-supplier to its workflow based solutions.
Today, the trend of asset management is towards fully integrated workflows, with digital asset management becoming a complete asset live cycle management (ALCM). During the live cycle of an asset (from creation over approval, to distribution and archiving), very flexible and variable workflows are executed. Pieter Casneuf, Partner of ADAM Software: “We were looking for a BPMS/E being capable of following these highly variable workflows to offer our customers intuitive designs and allow them to execute these workflows from ADAM without any expert knowledge prior to DAM. AgilePoint was the only vendor to understand our needs and to offer flexibility combined intuitively at enterprise level. Both system are full .NET which allowed us to take full advantage of Microsoft .NET technology”.
ADAM Software will launch a number of workflow enabled products in the near future combining the strengths of ADAM & AgilePoint. ADAM is the only enterprise DAM system combining the latest .NET technology with a complete business process engine.
“We are very pleased to have an OEM-Partner like ADAM Software“ said Hans Hantson, Channel Manager for Ascentn EMEA, “Like us they are focused on making their customers more productive. The AgilePoint BPMS suite brings a lot of value to many of our customers in allowing them to streamline their business processes. It is based on the latest .NET technology and therefore integrates particularly well with ADAM Software.“
ADAM holds a customer portfolio of global brands, such as Microsoft, Stanley, Corporate Express, InBev, Agfa, Sanoma Magazines, Philips Medical and many others. ADAM is flexible to a variety of asset live cycle management (ACLM) flows, including packaging workflows, brand management & collateral roll out, product data management and catalogue production, online proofing & web-to-print,…
About ADAM Software
ADAM is a Digital Asset Management company that provides clients the ability to manage, structure and deliver media between people, processes and systems. Our software has an intelligent open architecture that provides the ability to customize and continuously develop new applications using our ADAM SDK. We understand our clients’ needs to share and collaborate, automate mundane tasks and control quality. We are passionate in providing our clients with intuitive and easy to use software to help them organize media and distribute assets as quickly as possible. We have the knowledge of the way the media supply chain works, its people, the workflow and the common goal to publish and distribute quality content.
More info on http://www.adam.be
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About Ascentn:
Founded in 2002, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Ascentn brings more than a decade of experience in creating large scale J2EE-based enterprise-class workflow management solution to the Microsoft space. Ascentn pioneered the AgilePoint suite, an enterprise-class BPMS solution based on Microsoft's .NET framework. AgilePoint empowers business managers to realize new levels of process values by assembling reusable IT assets and common services into executable process models that serve as either a workflow or a composite application. This advancement enables business managers to innovate
more freely and to deploy, manage, and continuously improve business operations on demand. From financial services, manufacturing, communications through healthcare, companies are turning to AgilePoint to drive process excellence, reduce costs and improve business agility. Ascentn's solutions drive the BPM initiatives of many leading global organizations including Siemens, Pfizer, Chinatrust, Cellcom, Elbit Systems, DaisyBrand and most recently, for
the world's largest computer maker. Ascentn has offices in North America, Asia Pacific (Taiwan, China, Japan) and EMEA (Belgium and Spain). For more information about Ascentn, please visit our Web site at www.ascentn.com.
EMEA-Region: hans.hantson@ascentn.com or call +32 497 42.76.13.
US-Region: michelle.peterson@ascentn.com or call +1 650 968 6789
Ascentn and AgilePoint are registered trademarks. The Ascentn logo and AgilePoint are trademarks of Ascentn Corporation. Product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.
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KODAK Smart Review System Provides Flexible Approval Workflow for ADAM’S Digital Asset Management System in the EAMER Region
ADAM Software, the European-headquartered global vendor of Enterprise Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems, is integrating the KODAK Smart Review System into its own system in order to provide customers with a high resolution online approval facility.
The trend in asset management is towards a fully integrated workflow, with digital asset management systems evolving into complete Asset Life Cycle Management (ALCM) tools. During the life cycle of an asset, from creation and approval to distribution and archiving, very flexible and variable approval workflows are executed. Online proofing is an important element of this extension of DAM system functionality.
The Smart Review System integrates Kodak’s proprietary imaging and color technology into a server-based proofing engine, enabling high-resolution on-screen proofing. Because the server “streams” just the information that is needed, users can view high-resolution images quickly and easily over any internet connection.
Pieter Casneuf, Partner at ADAM Software, said: “As one of the major DAM vendors, we want to offer our customers full integration with what we consider to be the best-of-breed solution in high resolution approval workflows. Therefore, ADAM Software has chosen Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group as OEM supplier for our workflow based solutions.”
He continues, “The KODAK system gives us the ability to provide one fluid workflow to our customers, which incorporates the design, approval and distribution processes while keeping full control of the assets within the life cycle. Customers benefit from a highly technical system which is presented to them via a very simple to use, personalized user interface. This brings a reduction in errors and an increase in the speed with which the cycle is complete.”
Thierry Callot, Product Marketing Manager for Portal Products at Kodak’s GCG Europe, Africa, and Middle East Region, said, “ADAM is a well-respected supplier in its field, with a blue-chip client base and an excellent reputation. We are proud that they have chosen KODAK technology and delighted to sign this agreement with them.”
ADAM technology is used by a wide variety of global brands, including Microsoft, Stanley, Corporate Express, InBev, Sanoma Magazines, Philips Medical and many others. The company takes a flexible approach to a variety of asset life cycle management flows, including packaging workflows, brand management and collateral roll out, product data management and catalogue production, online proofing and web to print.
About ADAM Software
ADAM is a Digital Asset Management company that provides clients the ability to manage, structure and deliver media between people, processes and systems. Our software has an intelligent open architecture that provides the ability to customize and continuously develop new applications using our ADAM SDK. We understand our clients’ needs to share and collaborate, automate mundane tasks and control quality. We are passionate in providing our clients with intuitive and easy to use software to help them organize media and distribute assets as quickly as possible. We have the knowledge of the way the media supply chain works, its people, the workflow and the common goal to publish and distribute quality content. More information is available at www.adam.be
About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $10.7 billion in 2006, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak’s system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using KODAK solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; Creative Professionals rely on KODAK technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images.
For more information about Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group, visit www.graphics.kodak.com
Please follow this link to Kodak's image library: http://www.kodak.com/go/gcg_images
(Kodak is a trademark of Kodak)
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ADAM 4 is the latest and fully redesigned version of the ADAM Digital Asset Management Engine These days, digital assets are an inevitable part of every marketing process, be it brand management and distribution, packaging workflows, marketing collateral roll out on print or web, product data management or catalogue building. They are used by companies in various industries using different processes, but without exception they represent a huge intellectual and monetary value.
ADAM is a versatile digital asset management solution that helps you manage those processes from creation to distribution. It streamlines your asset’s lifecycle by letting you store, find and publish all types of assets: pictures, video, sounds, documents, presentations, page layouts, etc…. Adam Software has completely redesigned the ADAM Engine. In addition to the new streamlined and intuitive user interface, ADAM 4 is now 100% .NET and includes the ability to version, secure and manage the lifecycle and workflows of any media item in the asset library.
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Gradual Software, specialists in software solutions for automating the publishing process, extends the compatibility of its SWITCH product line with the ADAM asset management system. Advanced automation for a complete workgroup is done through PowerSWITCH. Using its comprehensive scripting and metadata tools users can build a smarter and more advanced workflow that integrates seamless with ADAM. Workflows can be made more "intelligent" by taking advantage of the metadata that increasingly is stored with documents. PowerSWITCH provides tools to read incoming metadata in various formats including XML, Adobe XMP and JDF. The contents of metadata fields can be used in ADAM to make routing decisions or to set processing parameters for automated tasks.
Examples of complex flows who integrated with ADAM are available for download at the Gradual Flow Library.
Microsoft has selected the ADAM software development framework to drive their prosource DAM solution across EMEA and in a later stage, on a global level. Microsoft selected ADAM after a competitive review of DAM solutions from numerous other providers. ADAM successfully passed Microsoft's stringent security audits, fully complying with all functionality and usage requirements. Microsoft will implement ADAM to link existing shared data and to consolidate fragmented asset distribution of processes and tools.
Prosource is a single source for all Entertainment & Devices (E&D) marketing collateral and enables internal marketing groups, media partners, retailers and the Internet community to access and download a variety of materials. Designed with a general Microsoft look and feel, prosource features an Xbox interface.
John Porcaro, Group Manager Xbox PR & Communications, Microsoft Corp., explains: “Our global marketing vendors and partners rely on us to provide instant access to hundreds of thousands of marketing assets: photographs, videos, screen shots, even huge layered files. Because we often deal with pre-release information, we needed a solution that allowed us to confidently share secure assets without worry of information leaking to competitors. In view of the shear volume of assets being managed daily, it was important to have a system that was easy to use, by our partners, our vendors, and especially our own employees. ADAM’s engine allowed us to build a global system with the features that will make it easier for our partners to work with us.”
"ADAM Software’s ADAM engine allowed us to quickly prototype and build a global Digital Asset Management solution. Their experience in this area made them a natural choice to tackle this strategic project, and their responsiveness and flexibility made the whole project easier than we imagined.” concludes Mr Porcaro.
A complete business case concerning the choice of Microsoft for the ADAM platform is available in the Download Center , register for free.
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