Upgrade a Fileserver with Picturepark Starter

Aarau, Switzerland – 27 February 2012 – Digital asset management (DAM) software maker Picturepark® announced as of today their new entry-level offering called, Picturepark Starter. The new product is targeted at smaller companies with single workgroups as well as agencies. Picturepark Starter allows upgrading existing servers and older image libraries with a rich featured next generation DAM capable of delivering sophisticated distribution and order workflows for a price yet unseen in the industry.

The new product Picturepark® Starter allows to upgrade existing file servers or older image databases with a market-leading next generation DAM solution. Supporting more than 200 popular rich media formats (images, illustrations, video, office documents etc.) the solution allows to import, structure, tag, find and distribute assets by using cutting edge methods of Digital Asset Management.

Archive and exchange

Picturepark Starter allows not only archiving but also exchanging customer’s valuable assets in a controlled way – all around the world and all around the clock. Authorized users can browse the digital library, subscribe to certain topics or download assets directly. Using the asset mailing function with download link enables to exchange assets quickly and with ease, overcoming mailbox quota restrictions at the same time.

Keeping control

With Picturepark, administrators can easily define who can access which materials and to what degree. Some images may be downloaded in all resolutions while others are not accessible at all or must be ordered and approved first. Using the analytic & reporting tools power users can easily monitor who accessed what and when and keep control of it all.

Competitively priced

Picturepark Starter is a pre-configured ‘out-of-the-box’ solution – ready to be used. The system runs with any web browser and in any standard network environment, on a single Windows server or more sophisticatedly deployed. Picturepark Starter is competitively priced at USD 2’200 / EUR 1’600 / CHF 2’000 and comes with ready-made integration packages provided by certified Picturepark partners. However, the system can also be installed and fine-tuned by the clients IT organization.

About Picturepark

Picturepark digital asset management software enables organizations to centrally store, manage and share digital assets on a modern service-oriented architecture (SOA) that is scalable, based on open standards, and available in the Cloud (SaaS), on-premise or in hybrids. Picturepark is suitable for enterprise-wide DAM deployment thanks, in part, to load-balancing, failover, service-based computer clustering, and support for true multi-tenant deployment. Adaptive Metadata technology enables each class of asset to have its own metadata schema that can evolve over time. Support for multiple taxonomies and controlled vocabularies is standard. The Picturepark Web Services API enables developers to integrate Picturepark with other systems. Embedded and branded Web portals based on HTML5/CSS can be built using the graphical Picturepark Ports tool.