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Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive are not DAM systems

DAM technology too often gets perceived as merely an image repository. This is a shallow view — like saying that a person sitting in a hot tub and kicking his legs constitutes swimming. Actual swimming includes a whole lot more than that, just as digital asset management consists of far more than just putting images in a central searchable repository.

Box and IBM announce new workflow tool Box Relay

This move ostensibly takes Box one more step away from simple share-and-sync services towards more complex enterprise-level document management. Just remember that Relay is not a full fledged BPM or advanced workflow tool, even it it suits more workaday workflows that often went underappreciated in automation projects

EMC rumored to sell off Documentum

Being a large storage and hardware vendor, EMC also packaged Documentum with its hardware offerings. But the Documentum stack itself seemed to lag, especially with the rise of the likes of simpler alternatives like SharePoint and then Box

EMC De-syncs from Syncplicity

As a standalone service, Syncplicity probably wasn’t lucrative enough for an EMC sales strategy that focuses on large deals. Moreover, customers who are not "EMC shops,” and others will probably find it easier to deal with a standalone Syncplicity instead of EMC

Box Unboxing into Content and Collaboration

Box sees itself as a broader provider of content and collaboration services. The vendor wants to become a content layer that licensees can use to build their own applications that access Box's underlying services. This is a major shift and will have architectural implications going forward

ECM file sync - dedicated folder vs arbitrary folders

One new feature that many ECM platforms (and all Cloud-based file sharing tools) provide is the ability to sync files across your multiple devices: desktop, laptop, mobile phones, and tablets. The idea is that you should be able to access your files -- and optionally complete tasks -- irrespective of your location or device type