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XUG Status Update

Note to visitors: Xinet Users Group, Inc., ceased operations in the second half of 2009 due to lack of corporate funding. This website remains up for now as a convenience to folks who would like to use its forum features, but it is not an official communications organ of Xinet Users Group, Inc., nor is [...]

You Need a DAM Person to Manage a DAM System

At the Henry Stewart DAM Conference in New York last week, Henrik de Gyor spoke about his role as Digital Asset Manager at K12, Inc., in Herndon, Virginia (USA). On his own blog, Henrik lists these questions management must answer when implementing a DAM System:

Who is driving the progress of DAM?
Who is tracking progress, measuring [...]

Technology Expert in Creative Services Is Essential

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David Barron

I wouldn’t agree with someone who says that Xinet “runs itself”–at least, not effectively. The only way Xinet runs itself is as a very expensive file server. The only static environment is a dead one. The very nature of digital is a constantly changing environment. As soon as [...]

Damn You, Bit Rot!

This is so cool…

Quick, take me to YouTube!

Happy Monday, and have a great week!

Internet Retailing Conference Worth a Look

Xinet software and integrated systems have long been key parts of the production workflow for some of the biggest retailers in the world. Just in the Xinet Users Group alone, we count among our member companies Target, Kohl’s, The Otto Group, Macy’s, West Marine, REI, and others.

One of the fastest growing live events on the [...]

June in Berlin: International Conference on PDF/A for Long-Term Digital Archiving

PDF/A is a specification that is intended to define a file format that preserves the visual appearance of electronic documents over time. The adoption of PDF/A as the standard for long-term digital archiving has gradually been taking hold around the world.

The 3rd International PDF/A Conference will take place June 17th to 19th in Berlin. One [...]

Asset Management for Photographers, Revised

O’Reilly Media (no, not that O’Reilly) just released the long-awaited second edition of Peter Krogh’s The DAM Book, one of the more comprehensive volumes on the market covering the practice of digital asset management from photography through archiving.

Some of the topics covered in the new edition are:

The image file life cycle: from shooting to editing, [...]