The new decade is here and among others, the media archive landscape is going through significant changes. TV Technology brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Using The Cloud To Unlock The Value Of Your Assets.”

Media archive is often referred to as a digital asset management system (DAM). The need and desire to preserve content has always existed, there are new ways to deliver content that has been properly indexed and archived.

A DAM system stores, shares, and organizes digital assets in a central location. It amplifies the benefits you receive from creative files such as images, videos and other media. A successful DAM system helps teams and different departments accomplish their goals. It allows content to be accessed quickly and efficiently, allowing the utmost in creative potential.

A DAM system also increases the security, organization and searchability of digital assets. Most importantly, it empowers employees, saving them from long searches for requests.

Melody K. Smith

Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in thesaurus, ontology, and taxonomy creation and metadata application.