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Hello, I’m Christine Krantz and I’m here to help clients get the most from their digital assets. I’ve been with Widen for over ten years and have worn many hats throughout my tenure. I started in customer service for Widen's print division, then worked through the ranks in a variety of customer...

As a follow-on to the CMSWire article “Have You Audited Your Digital Assets Lately?” by Henrik de Gyor, we thought we’d share a guide to help you audit your digital asset management system. This Digital Asset Management Site Audit was developed for Widen Media Collective customers. However, the...

Widen's Project Services, Help Desk and Client Services teams will be helping all Widen Media Collective customers transition to the new User Interface through the start of 2012. The User Interface upgrade is provided free of charge as part of regular monthly subscriptions. Included with the new UI...

How well do you know the capabilities of the Widen Media Collective? We hope we’ve provided you with a good base for how to use your Widen Digital Asset Management system to improve efficiency, strengthen brand consistency, and help you get more from your digital media assets. However, there may be...

Building user adoption for your digital asset management system and other marketing technology resources can be a challenging endeavor for marketing groups. There is always a bit of a learning curve or change management that must occur when organizations work to break down the silos and implement a...

Widen Enterprises has released Widen Media Collective® Version 5.5 with its Summer 2010 update to the flagship Software as a Service product for digital asset management (DAM). Watch the video to learn about the new features and updates with the Widen Collective 5.5 Release. Updates to the core...

Names are a big deal with marketing and creative groups; especially when it comes to the everyday business systems and applications you depend on to do your job. Choosing a name for your digital asset management system is key to a successful deployment in building user adoption internally and...

Widen Enterprises has released Widen Media Collective® Version 5.4 with its winter 2009 update to the flagship Software as a Service product for digital asset management (DAM).Over 180 technical enhancements were made to improve usability, reliability, scalability and security with the Widen Media...

“Widen25” is the new service mantra for Widen Collective digital asset management customers. As a DAM Software as a Service provider, Widen has always believed that service is just as important as the technology, but now we are putting a number to it. Internally, Widen support has always had rapid...

Lots in store for Widen’s v5.3 Spring 09 Release!Widen Media Collective administrators and users won’t want to miss the upcoming Widen Digital Asset Management v5.3 Spring 09 Release webinars.  It’s the easiest way to quickly get up to speed on what’s new.  Thanks to the feedback of our clients,...

This new economy forces marketing and creative operations to take a closer look at opportunities to squeeze more value from their digital assets.  Moreover, it is more important to lower the cost of bringing your products to market through digital production.By helping clients create and manipulate...

From images, to audio and video, Widen DAM SaaS applications provide the tools to help clients successfully manage and distribute their digital assets.  For the majority of our clients, there are select individuals that become the champions of their digital asset management implementation.  These...

What can you do to “Widen” Your Playing Field for 2009?  How about starting to take a closer look at all the processes you use to form your digital asset library.  For instance – are you using more than one vendor for color production and or Color proofing?  How do you handle color management or...

What metadata fields will your organization require and use? Here’s a list of considerations for common metadata fields: I.  Asset Type:  What is the file – an image, video, brochure, etc.?  Call it out… somewhere.  Widen digital asset solutions have multiple options for this type of...

As the Customer Relationship Manager for Widen Software as a Service and premedia services clients, it’s my goal to share valuable information to the Widen user base and community of marketing professionals and technologists evaluating and implementing marketing software.With the recent release of...