Artesia Digital Media Group
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The Artesia Digital Media Group is a digital asset management
software company with operations centered in the Washington, D.C. area and offices throughout North America and Europe. The company was originally a division of Thompson until a management buyout
in 1999 created Artesia Technologies, Inc.
The next year, Artesia was named one of Computerworld’s
100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000 and spent the next several years as one of a few companies working to define the newly forming category and promote Digital Asset Management as an important competency for firms dealing with digital media.
In late 2000, Artesia secured additional funding from a group of investors which included Warburg Pincus Ventures
, BEA Systems
, and Razorfish
. In August 2004, the company was acquired by Open Text
, an Enterprise Content Management
company based in Waterloo, Ontario. Shortly thereafter, Artesia Technologies, Inc. was renamed “The Artesia Digital Media Group” to form the foundation of Open Text’s Digital Media Group.
The company’s software, Artesia DAM, is a scalable
, Java EE enterprise-class digital asset management solution for ingesting rich media content and managing the creative workflows around editing, collaborating, and distributing digital media files. Artesia DAM is currently used by companies in a variety of industries and sectors to manage advertising and marketing activities, and also within production environments in entertainment media, publishing, and the federal government.
Artesia DAM is now renamed as Open Text Media Management a whole new set of offerings.
Digital asset management
Digital asset management consists of management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets...
software company with operations centered in the Washington, D.C. area and offices throughout North America and Europe. The company was originally a division of Thompson until a management buyout
Management buyout
A management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...
in 1999 created Artesia Technologies, Inc.
The next year, Artesia was named one of Computerworld’s
Computerworld
Computerworld is an IT magazine that provides information for senior IT leaders. It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Its publisher is International Data Group. Computerworld serves the needs of IT management via print and online...
100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000 and spent the next several years as one of a few companies working to define the newly forming category and promote Digital Asset Management as an important competency for firms dealing with digital media.
In late 2000, Artesia secured additional funding from a group of investors which included Warburg Pincus Ventures
Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Asia. It has been a private equity investor since 1966...
, BEA Systems
BEA Systems
BEA Systems, Inc. specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products known as "middleware", which connect software applications to databases and was acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008.- History :...
, and Razorfish
Avenue A/Razorfish
Razorfish Inc. is one of the world's largest interactive agencies. Razorfish provides services including digital advertising and content creation, media buying, strategic counsel, analytics, technology and user experience...
. In August 2004, the company was acquired by Open Text
Open text
In semiotic analysis, an open text is a text that allows multiple or mediated interpretation by the readers. In contrast, a closed text leads the reader to one intended interpretation....
, an Enterprise Content Management
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
company based in Waterloo, Ontario. Shortly thereafter, Artesia Technologies, Inc. was renamed “The Artesia Digital Media Group” to form the foundation of Open Text’s Digital Media Group.
The company’s software, Artesia DAM, is a scalable
Scalability
In electronics scalability is the ability of a system, network, or process, to handle growing amount of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth...
, Java EE enterprise-class digital asset management solution for ingesting rich media content and managing the creative workflows around editing, collaborating, and distributing digital media files. Artesia DAM is currently used by companies in a variety of industries and sectors to manage advertising and marketing activities, and also within production environments in entertainment media, publishing, and the federal government.
Artesia DAM is now renamed as Open Text Media Management a whole new set of offerings.