MediaBank

Digital Asset Management Benefits

Assets are files and documents that are too valuable for you to lose. If your business relies on producing, storing, or distributing digital information, asset management is just a smarter way of doing business.

Everyday files and documents are sent to and from customers, passed between employees and partners, and constructed as part of your marketing initiatives. As the lifeblood of your everyday activities, the cost of recreating lost work, finding the proverbial needle in a haystack, and correcting data errors can add up fast. Further, creating an organized environment can have a tremendous impact on employee productivity and morale as well as the ability of your business to capitalize on evolving market conditions.

Digital Asset Management vs. File Systems

File systems often force users to search through many directories or servers to find a particular asset. Assets may be stored on devices that aren’t a part of the file system, like archive media. There’s also the risk that users will move things around on mounted volumes. Additionally, there’s always the issue of distributing digital assets on the web or other media – like CDs, wireless, or direct-to-print. Asset management systems provide the source for data to be deployed quickly for review, approval, or inclusion in remote workflows.

MediaBank solves these problems by providing a mechanism to control and view data through a single interface, without regard to file location. This allows users to work on files, not work to find them. The more ways you need to display or distribute your data, the more sense it makes to use a digital asset management system to find and control it.

**If you would like to learn more about DAM, ECM, & VDP, go to WAVE Corp’s Content Management & Digital Asset Management Glossary.