Digital Asset Management
February 18, 2008
SharePoint can store files of virtually any type, ranging from simple ASCII files to complex engineering diagrams. It can even store parts of files, such as individual slides from PowerPoint presentations. Out of the box, though, SharePoint doesn’t offer the sophisticated tools needed to manage and manipulate digital media. You can’t use MOSS, for example, to resize images or transcode videos.
Fortunately, Microsoft’s partners can help: Equilibrium is a gold-certified partner that adds Digital-asset Management (DAM) and Media-asset Management (MAM) capabilities to SharePoint.
Equilibrium’s product, MediaRich, allows a company to keep a single, high-quality version of an image or video that can be converted to other formats on demand. As an example, a company can store just one version of a product logo, which can be converted to other formats (.BMP, .JPG, .PNG, etc.) and other resolutions (print, Web, mobile devices) as needed.
