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Organize Your Digital Media Assets

Discover the true value of your online presence with a comprehensive Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution. I have divided this site into three distinct categories: A freelancers needs, small agency’s needs and Enterprise needs. Learn about comprehensive platforms that are right for your specific needs.

Freelance or Single Person

Freelance professionals and single-person businesses, implement a personal DAM system to help you stay organized! Imagine having a personal assistant dedicated to organizing, storing, and effortlessly retrieving all your files – from client documents to creative projects, photos, design files, and videos. With DAM, everything is neatly organized and readily accessible whenever you need it, eliminating endless searches and chaotic folders. Take control of your digital world today and click on the graphic to discover how DAM can revolutionize your workflow and boost your productivity.

Small Design Agency

Digital Asset Management (DAM) is the ultimate tool for organization and efficiency for a digital design agency. Juggling multiple projects and clients while managing a plethora of digital assets can quickly become overwhelming. DAM serves as a centralized hub for all your digital assets – from marketing materials and brand assets to client files and project resources. Streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and ensure brand consistency across all your digital channels with DAM. Click on the graphic to discover how DAM can empower your small agency to thrive in today’s competitive landscape.

Enterprise Level DAM

Digital Asset Management (DAM) is crucial for large organizations, serving as a central hub for efficient asset management and brand governance. With extensive digital libraries and global collaboration needs, enterprises require robust solutions. DAM offers centralized control, advanced security, and scalability, empowering organizations to streamline workflows, ensure compliance, and maintain brand consistency. Click on the graphic to explore Enterprise DAM and revolutionize your organization’s digital asset management strategy.

9 benefits of using a DAM system

Centralized Storage of Assets

DAM has the ability to gather and meticulously organize all your scattered digital assets into one unified location.

Asset Usage Analytics

Asset usage analytics in DAM helps organizations measure and analyze how digital assets are being utilized

Ensuring Brand Consistency

DAM ensures brand consistency by providing a centralized repository for all brand assets, enabling easy access and distribution of approved assets.

Enhanced Customer Experience

DAM empowers businesses to deliver consistent, engaging, and personalized content to their customers

Sharing of Assets

Effective sharing of assets in a DAM system allows organizations to streamline collaboration, enhance communication, and ensure efficiency leading to improved productivity.

Better User Controls

DAM empowers you with better user controls, giving you full control and flexibility over your digital assets. Able to manage permissions and access levels with precision.

Improved Collaboration

DAM helps you align various teams and makes the collaboration between teams easier

Integration with Other Tools

DAM’s integration capabilities seamlessly connects with various tools, DAM becomes the glue that binds your workflows together

Data Security

With DAM, you have complete control over user access, ensuring that only authorized individuals can interact with your assets.

DAS (Direct Attached Storage)

Shock, drops up to 4 feet, dust and water resistant for all-terrain use
For Mac compatibility this Hard Drive requires reformatting. Refer to Application Guide for more details
Password protection built in
Uses USB 3.0 which is up to 4 times faster than USB 2.0 (USB 2.0 compatible)
Included Cable: USB-C

• Powerful NVMe solid state performance featuring up to 2000MB/s read/write speeds.(1) (Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending on host device, interface, usage conditions and & other factors. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes.)

• A forged aluminum chassis acts as a heatsink to deliver higher sustained speeds in a portable drive that’s tough enough to take on any adventure.

• Up to 3-meter drop protection and IP65 water and dust resistance(4), and a handy carabiner loop. (Previously rated for 2-meter drop protection and IP55 rating. Now qualified for the higher, stated specs.)

• Help keep private content private with the included password protection featuring 256‐bit AES hardware encryption.(3)

• Easily manage files and automatically free up space with the SanDisk Memory Zone app.(5) (Download and installation required.)

• Harness top Thunderbolt 3 speeds with the Seagate FireCuda NVMe SSD for playback/recording of up to 2800MB/s on 6K, 8K, and super slo-mo video

• Tackle any terrain with extreme IP67-rated water resistance, three-meter drop tolerance, two-ton car crush resistance, and dust resistance in a palm-sized external SSD drive

• Works with Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C on IPAD, Mac and Windows computers

• Take advantage of a one-month complimentary membership to Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps Plan for access to awesome photo and video editing apps

• Enjoy long-term peace of mind with the included five-year limited product warranty protection plan featuring Rescue Data Recovery Services

Available in capacities up to 8TB SSD(1), giving you capacity for your photo and video collection, music library, and important documents.
Access your content faster, 4 x faster than a desktop HDD(5), with read speeds up to 1000 MB/s(2).
Quickly back up your files with SSD speeds using Apple Time Machine, or make backups automatic with the downloadable Acronis True Image for Western Digital backup software. (3)
Maximize your desk space; the compact design of this SanDisk desktop SSD will feel natural in any work setting.
Get up and running quickly and easily on Windows or Mac out of the box with exFAT formatting, using the USB Type-C cable.

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