4The case for digital asset management

Introduction

The case for digital asset management, like most business decisions, hinges around return on investment. The primary gains from asset management are that the time to search for content will be dramatically reduced, the precision and recall of the search will be improved, and the preparation time of content for distribution will be reduced. These three will lead to cost savings and improved efficiencies.

Before making a case for digital asset management, you must qualify the scope of the deployment. Asset management systems can range from a single user installation for image filing with a cost of $50, through to a multi-million dollar installation for hundreds or even thousands of users. The ...

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