Proprietary
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Non-Proprietary
Samples
Asset Management Systems
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Sample Asset Management Systems
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Price |
$25,000 |
Starts at $17,000 |
Starts at 50,000 |
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Does the application operate on both Mac and PC platforms? |
Mac - through browser access | ||
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Is a server required with the system? |
Yes |
Yes |
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What operating system is recommended for the server housing the application? |
W NT, Microsoft SQL Server |
W NT, Sun, SGI, Mac OSX |
Iris, Linux |
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What backend database does the application use? |
MS SQL Server, Oracle, Informix |
MS SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, MS Access |
Oracle, Informix |
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Does the application support drag-and-drop data integration?
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Yes – into Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand, and Corel Draw | Yes – into QuarkXpress | Yes – into Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand, and Corel Draw |
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Does the application allow permissions to be assigned by individuals and groups? |
Neither |
Individual and/or Group |
Individual and/or Group |
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Does the application provide for remote access of the database? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Does the application provide a Web access
interface? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Does the application provide access to the program codes? What kinds? |
COM automation API for custom browser interfaces C++ APIs for task automation between application servers |
C++ APIs for customizing and extending metadata and content services PERL APIs for prototyping and rapid application development Enhanced Asset Transfer Service (ATS) network facility for building lightweight client applications |
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Does the application provide open text-entry memo fields? How many? What size limitations are there (i.e. number of characters)? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Can multiple users access/edit these memos? |
Yes | ||
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Which fields/tables can be queried? |
All |
All |
All |
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Is full text searching supported? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| What specialized query interfaces are provided? |
Keyword, hierarchical |
Keyword, hierarchical |
Keyword, hierarchical |
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Can the system save queries – and the result
set? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Other Functions |
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What file formats for catalogued metadata does the application support?
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GIF, JPG, BMP, EPS, EPS BITMAP, PSD, TIFF, TIFF w/ LZW Compression, TARGA, STING |
ASCII, GIF, JPG, RAST, BMP, EPS, PNG, EPS BITMAP, DCS, FLASHPIC, PSD, PICT, TIFF WINFAX, MPEG, WAV, MP3, QUICKTIME, PDF, RICHTIFF, TIFF, IT, TIFF w/ LZW Compression |
ASCII, GIF, JPG, RAST, BMP, EPS, PNG, EPS BITMAP, DCS, FLASHPIC, PSD, PICT, TIFF WINFAX, MPEG, WAV, MP3, QUICKTIME, PDF, RICHTIFF, TIFF, IT, TIFF w/ LZW Compression |
