Solution Profile: Digital Asset Management with Canto Cumulus

Posted by Nextware Technologies on December 26th, 2016

As the world of big data becomes ever more complex, companies are finding it ever harder to keep tabs on where their information sits.  Data loss is a huge problem, impacting productivity and the ability to adequately serve customers’ needs. Human error, hardware failure, theft, viruses, data misplacement, and software corruption can all play a role in data loss. Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems are designed to counter these issues by organizing data in a way that keeps it accessible.

Canto Cumulus is a market-leading software platform which helps companies overcome the challenges and consequences of data loss. With Cumulus DAM, you can keep your data secure and easier to find. As a leading provider of Canto Cumulus DAM solutions, here’s why Nextware often recommends this solution to its clients:

1.    It uses high-end metadata information – The Cumulus digital asset management system relies on sophisticated metadata to search, store, publish, track changes, and sort on multiple channels and platforms. The use of metadata promotes collaboration on media files such as videos, documents, and images through the use of metadata to link changes from multiple users. Powerful search tools let you look up keywords with dynamic filtering, customizable queries, and categories, so you can easily find what you need.

2.    It can help boost productivity – Data asset management systems are designed to reduce downtime. When you use Canto Cumulus DAM, you can easily locate and access your data to get work done faster. The system makes it easier to handle complex integration, customization, and migration, too. These tasks typically take a lot of time to complete, but an effective data asset management software should help make the process go faster and seamlessly.

3.    Workflow automation - Another notable productivity feature in Cumulus DAM is workflow automation, which lets you streamline asset handling and content creation. Manual workflows can be automated simply when you set up process steps or assign tasks that are based on status.

4.    Mobility support – Cumulus digital asset management supports mobile functionality.  You can mark up, collaborate, comment, search, upload, download, approve, or review content anywhere, anytime from your iPhone or iPad. True to its name, Cumulus makes all of this work in the cloud.

5.    Easy to integrate with existing systems – Cumulus has a powerful RESTful API that lets you integrate the digital asset management platform with your current enterprise business systems. Canto offers standard integrations to various PIM and CMS systems, Adobe tools, ERP, cloud storage tools, and other enterprise solutions.

6.    Scalable – Cumulus digital asset management systems can be scaled to the size of your business. It offers version control, which lets you manage version histories and compare features, track changes, and roll back to previous versions when necessary.

About the Author:

Afshin at Nextware Technologies brings more than twenty years of experience to the team in developing state-of-the-art IT solutions and re-engineering business processes. He joins us from Moog, Inc., a leading aerospace manufacturing firm, where he managed a team of engineers and IT staff supporting a global user base in 26 countries. Prior to Moog, he helped transform Curlin Medical from a struggling, single-product medical device manufacturer to a diversified, M powerhouse with 250 employees worldwide and a range of highly-differentiated flagship products. Afshin received his B.S. in Computer Science from California State University of Fullerton.

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