Implementing a Digital Asset Management System: For Animation, Computer Games, and Web Development

The Web Content Management market has seen immense growth through the 1990s and at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In the last few years, this growth has reached a plateau, however. Most companies already have a WCM solution and the Internet hype is definitely over. The number of manufacturers has diminished significantly, mainly due to mergers and acquisitions. The systems offer more and more functions, and the differentiation from Document Management and Enterprise Content Management has become close to impossible. In this section we will list products whose main strength is WCM. You should also have a look at the systems in the next category when looking for a WCM, because those programs generally offer WCM features as well.
RedDot has two main products: RedDot CMS and the Extended Content Management System XCMS. The latter extends the WCM solution to Enterprise Content Management. It includes functionality for document management, collaboration, and back-end integration.
| Manufacturer | RedDot Solutions |
| Type of DAM | Web Content Management/Enterprise Content Management |
| Architecture | Client/server application |
| Platform | Server: Windows NT, 2000, 2003 Client: any browser |
| Used by | Mid-size to larger corporations |
| Reference customers | AMD, FedEx, Mazda, The Bank of New York |
| Website | www.reddotsolutions.com |
RedDot CMS is also part of XCMS. We ll have a closer look at RedDot CMS first. Setting up and modifying the workflow is relatively painless compared to...