Modula4 took home two trophies at the annual Canto awards ceremony, part of the recent Canto Partner Meeting in Berlin. Modula4 won in two categories, Extraordinary CIP (Cumulus Integration Platform) Integrations and Best Marketing Activities in The Americas region. The trophies are “Buddy Bears,” a traditional symbol of Berlin.

The partner meeting ran from April 15 – 18 and was attended by over 70 partners and 40 companies from 18 different countries gathered in Berlin for a three day meeting where Canto’s partners engaged in sharing best practices and learned about what’s new for Cumulus as it enters its third decade.Mark Davey, founder of the DAM Foundation was the keynote presenter.

The meeting also featured a day of partner presentations organized and moderated by Michael Gellner, CTO of Modula4.

The Partner Meeting included separate business and technical tracks and included a presentation of the Cumulus product roadmap. The meeting also was a farewell for outgoing Canto CEO Uli Knocke and a welcome for new CEO Jack McGannon.

Modula4 partner Picturepark is hosting a live webinar “Be a DAM Superhero” on June 5. The webinar will feature Andrew Mannone of America’s Test Kitchen and Carol Thomas-Knipes of LogicSource sharing stories and advice based on their experience as the sole person responsible for a large DAM system. The session will be hosted by David Diamond, Marketing Director of Picturepark and author of the DAM Survival Guide.

You can register for the “Be a DAM Superhero” webinar here.

Modula4 partner 2imagine has updated their 1publish marketing collaboration system to version 3.0. In addition to support for Adobe CS6, 1publish now includes new annotation and history modules. There is also a new table editor with extended editing support.

The update also supports rules-based restrictions which gives admins increased control over permissions to restrict the editing of object, and “book” function that allows admins to group InDesign documents and templates into a book.

To learn more about the 1publish system visit here.

Adobe announced an update to its Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) tablet publishing solution. The latest release allows publishers to make selected articles free to all while allowing only paid subscribers to access additional articles. Users can tap the Preview button to download and read all free articles. When a user navigates to other articles in the app, a paywall prompts them to purchase the folio. This new feature is currently only supported on the iPad.

Other improvements include support for PDFs in both the Android Viewer and the Desktop Viewer, full iPhone 5 support and an improved dashboard. There have also been significant new features added to the Web Viewer including the ability of publishers to embed shared Web Viewer articles in their Web site and to create Web Viewer-only folios that don’t need to conform to standard device resolutions.

To learn more about Adobe DPS visit here.

Modula4 partner Canto, maker of Canto Cumulus digital asset management (DAM) software, recently announced that Jack McGannon, former Chief Executive Officer of Document Sciences is joining Canto, Inc. in the role of CEO.

Based in San Francisco, McGannon will have offices in San Francisco and Berlin and will split his time between the two locations. Under his leadership, the company will focus on growing and supporting its customer base of several thousand and investing in development activities to address the changing technology landscape.

Most recently, Mr. McGannon was CEO for the US operations of Ein Sof, a technology services provider.

You can learn more about Canto Cumulus here.

Modula4 partner Picturepark will host “The Copyright Killings” on May 8, 2013. The free live panel discussion will address “the perfect storm of copyright-free chaos,” whereby social media business practices meet pending global legislation to make it difficult for legal copyright holders to prove ownership over their materials.

Guests will be Michael Steidl, Managing Director for the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC); Jeff Sedlik, President and CEO for the PLUS Coalition; and David Riecks, longtime advocate of metadata standards and practices, and owner of PhotoMetadata.org. 

Attendees will gain an understanding of the current and evolving situation and concerns, they will be introduced to some possible solutions, and they will learn what steps they can take to help ensure their copyrights are protected indefinitely.

Visit here to register. 

Adobe recently released an entry-level version of its Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) Enterprise Edition at a new lower price. Organizations can now enjoy the power and flexibility of Adobe DPS at a significantly lower cost.

Adobe DPS provides a robust end-to-end publishing solution for creation, distribution, commercialization and analysis of high-value content including traditional magazines and newspapers as well as corporate publications including magazines, annual reports, product guides and retail catalogs consumed on desktops and tablets.

DPS Enterprise supports the most in-demand and advanced capabilities for tablet publishing including private distribution, restricted distribution, integration with subscription databases and advanced analytics. It also offers much greater control over the design of the app interface as well as the storefront for app publications.

Adobe has new Enterprise packages for corporate customers as well. These packages bundle the subscription fee with fulfillments to make the cost of tablet publishing more predictable.

You can learn more about Adobe DPS here.

For pricing and additional information, contact us.

Modula4 partner 2imagine has updated their 1publish browser-based document editing system. 1publish 2.8 offers new and improved features including an annotations module, change tracking, a table editor and support for variable data printing.

The annotation module lets user add comments to any object in the document. Change tracking records and displays a history of the documents and the objects within it. The table editor adds more control over editing tables in InDesign and variable data publishing allows InDesign to connect to a database for dynamic publishing.

1publish provides a unique and powerful solution for editing Adobe InDesign and Illustrator documents. It allows teams to collaborate on marketing material, catalogs and virtually any type of documents for print or electronic distribution. This template-based system allows your staff to change text and graphics within layouts created by your design team with the full creative range offered by Adobe InDesign.

You can find more information about 1publish here.

Modula4 partner Picturepark has launched the DAM Guru Program. DAM Guru is a vendor-neutral program that connects DAM “Gurus” with “Newbies” seeking advice about planning, implementing and improving DAM systems. The DAM Guru Program can also be used by employers looking to hire DAM experts. Newbies can find mentors, while Gurus help the DAM community and learn about job opportunities. All services are free. For more information visit http://DAMGuru.com.