I read a group of Irish newspapers is trying to convince their government that links should be paid for. If you link to a page on their site, you should pay them for the link. Peculiar or not?
Combine DAM benefits with strong publishing capabilities and you’ll get PublishingNOW! – a report
December 2, 2012 by
Van Gennep, a Dutch developer of publishing systems, made a name and a reputation for itself with its editorial flat plans, which have been copied by others but never with the same feature richness. Flat plans are still an integral part of Van Gennep’s current flagship product: PublishingNOW!, but the unique feature that sets PublishingNOW! apart from everything else out there is its DAM foundation.
ScreenFlow Total Publishing Solution
October 12, 2012 by
Telestream partners with Leaping Brain Labs to offer screencasters and video teachers a complete web-store front-end solution. I went through the setup process and found it to be more than just a web-store.
Content crucial to business success, more so than technology
July 5, 2012 by
Businesses depend on content for their success. The Internet has been responsible for a shift of focus from technology to content creation and management. At the same time, Internet technology has enabled individuals to create ‘wealth’ by becoming content creators and curators.
Van Gennep releases PublishingNOW!
March 29, 2012 by
DAM systems are increasingly being used for publishing. That makes sense as digital publishing, such as publishing to an iPad, has more to do with digital asset management than with re-purposing printed matter. Van Gennep, who has been acquired by ADAM recently, has released PublishingNOW!, a complete publishing platform based on a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system — and it’s driven by ADAM Software’s DAM platform.
Van Gennep and Aquafadas enter strategic alliance
March 7, 2012 by
Van Gennep, a world leader in editorial planning and publishing, is entering into a global agreement with Aquafadas, the developer of tablet and mobile app publishing solutions. Van Gennep will continue to focus on editorial planning and workflow, flatplanning and magazine layout, while Aquafadas will link to the information store of Van Gennep and allow publishers to create tablet/mobile versions of their magazines with a few simple clicks.
Six conditions for successful innovation in publishing
January 30, 2012 by
Last week, I read a research paper on IT innovation, discussing how it can produce lasting results for the business: new markets, reduction of costs, and improving the alignment with the business strategy. Influencing the culture is the IT leaders’ first step towards in IT innovation, said Info-Tech Research Group’s paper. It is interesting to see how their findings could also apply to innovation in publishing — with potentially the same results.
Print media is not dead, bad content is
January 25, 2012 by
This morning, I read an article in the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle. The story was originally written by a contributor of Investopedia. Its title read: “Technology And The Death Of Print Media” — an over-simplified, haphazard article.
Going from InDesign print layouts to iPad publications
January 11, 2012 by
Twixl media is the Belgian developer of Twixl Publisher, an iPad publishing solution. Twixl Publisher is an InDesign based solution for transmigrating a printed publication to the iPad. That made me think: how do Adobe-based software vendors understand this transmigration anyway?
