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July 2010
What's hot for July? Canto Cumulus Sites 1.2! During its first month as a 20-something, Canto managed to release an important software update that makes Cumulus Sites more useful than ever, and also offers some love for the rest of the product line. Here's what was posted to the Canto blog during the month: NEWS Cumulus Sites & Cumulus Updated The recent Cumulus 8.1.2 update delivered significant updates for Cumulus Sites, in addition to improvements made to the entire product line. Learn more! Case study: Fr.Ant.Niedermayr GmbH & Co. KG Learn how Cumulus helps one company produce millions of weekly retail fliers in this all new Canto Cumulus case study. Read it now! POWERTIPS Using Formulas to Create a History of Metadata Edits Ever wish you could keep a running history of when metadata was edited? Formulas in Cumulus make it easy to see who edited what when. Get started! "20% off for 20 weeks" promotion Find out about our "20% off for 20 years" promotion and help Canto celebrate its 20th anniversary. Exploring Cumulus: Categories Since its launch, this newly updated Exploring Cumulus document has received more comments than any other to date! Read it now and find out why. Exploring Cumulus: Cumulus-Direct URLs Want to serve assets from Cumulus right from your website, Facebook page, Twitter account, etc? You might be surprised to find out you already can, using the Cumulus system you have right now! Find out how. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
June 2010
No Longer a Teenager, Canto Celebrates a Milestone Twenty years ago, a small group of enterprising engineers in Berlin decided to start a company. Little did they know that company would help launch an industry, and be go stronger than ever two decades later. Here's what was posted to the Canto blog during the month: NEWS “20% off for 20 weeks” promotion Find out about our “20% off for 20 years” promotion and help Canto celebrate this milestone. Canto and Moksa invite you to a DAM demo Learn more about digital asset management from one of the industry's heavyweights. Vince DiPaola, founder of Canto partner Moksa, Inc., will be hosting a July event you don't want to miss. Learn more! Cumulus – Just What The (Down Under) Doctor Ordered Cumulus can be a doctor's best friend. Find out how a major Australian hospital makes the most of Cumulus, thanks to the help of Canto partner DataBasics. Access Cumulus via your iPhone/iPad or Android Device Just in time for the arrival of the new iPhone 4 and a tidal wave of Android smart phone powerhouses, like the HTC Evo and Droid Incredible, you can now access Cumulus from anywhere! Learn more! LEARNING CUMULUS Exploring Cumulus: Categories Since its launch last month, this newly updated Exploring Cumulus document has received more comments than any other to date! Read it now and find out why. Exploring Cumulus: Cumulus-Direct URLs Want to serve assets from Cumulus right from your website, Facebook page, Twitter account, etc? You might be surprised to find out you already can, using the Cumulus system you have right now! Find out how. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
May 2010
May was the Month of Mobile Not only were Canto partners and employees mobile attending trade shows this month, but brand new client software has been announced for Cumulus that brings the mobile Internet right to your DAM door. Here's what was posted to the Canto blog during the month: NEWS Canto Attends DAM 2010 in New York The DAM industry's premiere event gave Canto the perfect opportunity to show off Cumulus Sites and also introduce the world to a set of new Cumulus clients that just might encourage people to rethink their DAM systems. Access Cumulus via your iPhone/iPad or Android Device How does “anywhere access” to your files sound? Want to turn that Droid, iPhone, Evo or iPad into your on-the-go asset portal? Find out how! Upload images to Flickr and Picasa right from Cumulus A new Cumulus add-on from Canto partner idéa7 now makes it easy to upload images to the world's two most popular photo sharing sites. Learn more! TERM OF THE MONTH Categories Cumulus categories have been one of the product's main "killer" features for almost 20 years. Far more powerful than keywords, categories are "smart" objects that help you get organized, and help you stay organized. LEARNING CUMULUS Exploring Cumulus: Categories Totally revamped for the latest version and features of Cumulus, this popular Exploring Cumulus document brings you up to speed on the total power of Cumulus categories. Grab it now! Exploring Cumulus: Cumulus-Direct URLs In case you missed it last month, be sure not to miss this brand new Exploring Cumulus document. Ever wish you could post links to files in Cumulus from Web pages and social media? Now you can. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
April 2010
Volcanic Eruption Doesn't Stop Canto Partners In April, Canto hosted another of its successful partner meetings in Berlin. Despite Iceland's volcanic eruption causing many partners to stay longer than expected, many used the opportunity to network and speak to Canto employees learning more about Cumulus than ever. With all that knowledge, your local Canto partner is sure to have the latest information on Cumulus so be sure to contact them today. To find your local partner go to the Canto web page. April also brought a new Canto case study focusing on one of Austria's leading reprographics company as well as a minor bug-fix for Cumulus 8.0. Don't forget, Cumulus Sites and Cumulus 8.1.1 are now available for you to keep up-to-date on all what Cumulus offers today! Here's what was posted to the Canto blog during the month: IMAGINE CUMULUS 8 Share files with anyone, using Collection Links in Cumulus 8 Before the Collection Links feature in Cumulus 8, sharing files with Web users was always a balance of flexibility and security. You want to share some files, but not all files. Further, you want to choose exactly who can access the files, and you might even want the links you provide expire at some point. NEWS Case study: Reprozwölf Within the last 25 years, Reprozwölf, one of Austria's leading reprographic companies, gathered millions of images. Processing systems as big as washing machines became necessary - until Canto Cumulus took over their digital assets. Today Cumulus is the company's main search engine and color management tool. Volcanic Cinder Can't Hinder Canto Partner Enthusiasm at Annual Meeting Canto's worldwide partners were invited to Berlin to attend the company's annual partner meeting. Attendees from all parts of the globe descended on a warm and sunny Berlin to share ideas, product demos and business opportunities. Cumulus 8.0.3 Update Available Now Though Canto encourages all customers to update to Cumulus 8.1.1 to ensure they're taking advantage of all that Cumulus offers today, a minor bug-fix release has been released for Cumulus 8.0. Learning Cumulus (Exploring Series): Using Cumulus-Direct URLs for “Always Fresh” Web Downloads Cumulus is now capable of serving files directly to websites, live and on demand. This Exploring document shows you how easy it is to use “Cumulus-Direct URLs” to keep your website content fresh using links you control from within Cumulus. No more ftp, and no more outdated files! Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
March 2010
Product Releases Marching On If you blinked during March, you likely missed at least one of Canto's new product releases. From an entire Cumulus line update, to the long anticipated InDesign Companion, to brand new Web technologies that will make you glad you chose Canto Cumulus. It's all covered in the blog, and it's all available to you now! Here's what was posted to the Canto blog during the month: NEWS Canto Releases Cumulus 8.1.1 More than just fixes and improvements, Cumulus 8.1.1 brings a new feature admins will love, smarter metadata exporting and more. Canto Releases New Website/DAM Hybrid for File Sharing and Distribution Cumulus Sites is simply the most advanced Web application Canto has ever released. Ready to see your Web-publishing wish list in action? InDesign Companion Available Now for Canto Cumulus Layout artists have long asked for an InDesign version of Canto's QXP Companion for QuarkXPress, and now it's here. Cumulus-Direct URLs Link Website Files to DAM Say goodbye to ftp forever! Now, your website can serve thumbnails, previews and downloads directly from Cumulus. Can anyone say “game changer”? Case Study: ETH Zürich Using Google as a portal to Canto Cumulus, promoting and publishing images to the world. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
February 2010
Viva Valentines! Whether you love the American Red Cross for its heroic efforts, the Spanish language for its beauty and romance, Birkenstocks for their quality and comfort, or even game-changing new image search technologies, February's blog offered it all! Here's what was posted to the Canto blog during the month: NEWS Modula4 ImageSorter Brings New Image Search Power to Cumulus Ever wish you could find photos based on their visual content? Read how Canto partner Modula4 makes it possible and easy using Cumulus. Join Canto: Help the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Efforts Did you know the American Red Cross uses Canto Cumulus to distribute images to the media, just like those you've seen from recently devastated Haiti? Find out how you can help Canto help one of the world's most important organizations. Case Study: L+L Lieferservice und Logistik GmbH Think Cumulus is the prefect fit for your organization? Find out how the masters of “perfect fit” use Cumulus to help distribute some of the world's most recognizable shoe brands. Viva Canto Cumulus! Available now in Spanish too! As if English, German, French, Japanese and Korean weren't enough, Cumulus is now available in Spanish too. POWER TIPS Books have indexes to help you find things. Why not Cumulus catalogs? Find out how easy it is to use Cumulus to provide users with indexes that help them find things faster. (Bonus! Get a special sneak peak at Canto's forthcoming Web publishing and file sharing technology too!) Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
January 2010
Starting the new year right Canto and its partners hit the ground running this year. Record earnings reports are on their way, and a slew of new product announcements are on deck for release. If you want to be the first to know what's coming, stay tuned to the Canto Community Blog! Here's what was posted to the Canto blog during January: NEWS Cumulus In Use on the Web This new showcase on the Canto website presents examples of the work of Canto partners and customers who have customized Canto's Web interfaces to suit their needs, and demonstrate just how flexible Canto products can be! Modula4 Updates their Web Module for Canto Cumulus 8 As if “great” wasn't good enough, Canto partner Modula4 has released a brand new version of their popular Cumulus Web interface. Find out what's new, and find out how easy it is to add this fantastic interface to your Cumulus system. EVENTS FEB 09-11 –Amides at the Grafische Vakbeurs Hardenberg, Netherlands Join Canto partner, Amides, at the Grafische Vakbeurs graphic arts expo, where they'll showcase custom solutions built upon all their great add-on products for Cumulus, including the popular RoboFlow. Learn more: http://www.grafischevakbeurs.com/ POWER TIPS Add License Info (and More) to Every Photo You Distribute Staying in line with this month's theme of “metadata write-backs,” this Cumulus Power Tip shows you how to embed metadata into your assets from Cumulus. It's easier than you think-and more valuable too! TERM OF THE MONTH Metadata Write-Back - Embedding metadata into assets If you're not sure what “metadata write-back” means, this Term of the Month is for you! This is one of the most powerful features of Cumulus, and it's one that benefits virtually every organization. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
December 2009
Happy New Year! How many times during 2009 did you wish Cumulus could help you find lost financial assets? Needless to say, if you're reading this, you survived 2009! It was a whirlwind year for Canto, with the development and release of Cumulus 8, and it's not over yet. Look for some more fantastic product announcements soon, as Canto gears up for the celebration of 2010—our 20th year in business! NEWS TypeTrax for Cumulus 8 Adds Fonts into CS4 Project Workflow Canto Partner Moksa has upgraded their award-winning TypeTrax font management application to take advantage of Cumulus 8 and Adobe CS4. Cumulus 8.1 Now Available Standard with all Cumulus systems, the Cumulus Scheduler provides easy-to-use automation power you might not even know you have! Don't miss this brand new Exploring Cumulus document, and learn all about this terrific tool. POWER TIPS The Hidden Benefits of Canto Cumulus “Demo Mode” Cumulus Servers running in demo mode offer some powerful, hidden advantages. Learn how you can turn demo Servers into instructional tools, test laboratories, and even your own army of Vault servers. LEARNING CUMULUS Automated Workflows using the Cumulus Scheduler Ever wonder if the Scheduler could help your organization? Always wonder how to use cron notation to configure Scheduler tasks? Not sure what to do with all those new Scheduler actions in Cumulus 8? If so, this brand new Exploring Document is just what you’ve been waiting for! Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
November 2009
Cumulus 8.1 On Its Way It was pretty quiet in the Canto blog this month, as Canto had all personnel focused on the release of Cumulus 8.1. But we still managed to get some good stuff in there for you! NEWS Cumulus 8.1 Announced Learn what's new, and get ready for a fantastic Cumulus update, because it's only days away! Exploring Cumulus: “Automated Workflows using the Cumulus Scheduler” Standard with all Cumulus systems, the Cumulus Scheduler provides easy-to-use automation power you might not even know you have! Don't miss this brand new Exploring Cumulus document, and learn all about this terrific tool. ‘Stop Digital Chaos’ blog gets a refresh Based on extensive feedback and suggestions from Canto Community blog readers, the blog team has decided to implement few changes. Learn more! Canto Attends Henry Stewart See photos from the Henry Stewart show in LA, where Canto officially welcomed new partner Ostari to the worldwide Canto Partner Network. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
October 2009
Witches brews, tips and news, terms for you & an Exploring doc too! This month's Canto Community Blog offers lots of news and educational material that should alleviate any fears you have about this time of year. Read it now! (If you dare!) NEWS Canto Welcomes New U.S. Partner Canto has certified a new sales partner for the western United States. Find out who, and learn how they might be able to help you. Winners Announced for “Why I need Cumulus 8!” Contest Canto has chosen winners for a recent contest that asked entrants to let Canto know how Cumulus 8 could help them. See who won, and why. Canto Partner Trainings in Berlin Bringing partners up to speed on the new power of the Cumulus 8 back end, this three-day training is scheduled for Berlin in early November. POWER TIPS Email Notifications Based on Metadata Values Did you know Cumulus can notify you via email when certain metadata values are entered into asset records? This Power Tip shows how easy it is to set up email notifications to keep your workflow flowing! TERM OF THE MONTH Asset Cross Referencing (AXR) - Your Asset Collection's Family Tree Cumulus can track relationships between layouts and presentations and the external files they reference, enabling you to perform associative searching to find anything you need. This Term of the Month explains everything you need to know about one of the most powerful technologies Cumulus offers! Compatibility Note: Cumulus 8.0.2 has been successfully tested with Microsoft Windows 7, released in October. If you use Windows 7 (or Apple's Snow Leopard), please make sure you upgrade to Cumulus 8.0.2! Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
September 2009
Cumulus gets an update while Canto partners get busy! What Summer vacation? That's what you might be asking yourself if you're a Canto employee or partner! The world's introduction to Cumulus 8 continues full tilt, while Canto partners find themselves in the news and on the go with worldwide Cumulus 8 events! NEWS Cumulus 8.0.2 Now Available The second scheduled update to Cumulus 8 is now available, offering updates across the product line, including compatibility with Microsoft Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Canto Partner and Customer Featured in DAM Journal Newsday's James Kober and Vincent Di Paola, founder of Canto Partner Moksa, are each featured in the August, 2009 edition of the Journal of Digital Asset Management. Great Cumulus insights from an experienced Canto customer, and a Canto partner too! Canto Partner Otec Solutions to Host Annual Cumulus User Conference It's time once again for Cumulus fans in Canada and the northeastern US to sign up for Otec's annual user group meeting. Canto Partner Otec Solutions to Attend IFRA with New Product Releases Active now in Europe too, Otec Solutions will attend this year's IFRA in Vienna, Austria. Showing off a suite of new Cumulus enhancement products, Otec personnel will also be demoing Cumulus 8, and even making an expo presentation! POWER TIPS Interactively Find Assets that Share Categories Thanks to real-time search technology, learn how you can take advantage of asset relationship tracking in Cumulus to interactively fine-tune your search results-even when you're not sure what to look for! TERM OF THE MONTH Filters - The Metadata Masters of Cumulus Filters are the magicians inside Cumulus that enable it to perform its metadata magic. Learn about these secret weapons in this month's Term of the Month. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
August 2009
Formulas, filters and Snow Leopards too! This month's blog content was heavy on the user education side of things. Learn about a powerful new feature in Cumulus 8 and, but extremely popular demand, we have more to say about formulas. Find out what you didn't know about catalogs, and more! IMAGINE CUMULUS 8 User Live Filtering One of the most powerful technologies in Cumulus Enterprise is Live Filtering. Now, Canto has brought that technology right into the Cumulus Client, available to all users of Cumulus 8. Find out how User Live Filtering can make your search results more relevant, and reduce the time you spend searching for what you need. NEWS Cumulus and Apple's Snow Leopard Plan on upgrading to Mac OS X Snow Leopard? Find out how Canto's preliminary testing has gone, so you'll be informed before you unleash the big white cat on your Cumulus Server or workstation. POWER TIPS Using Formulas to Set Values Based on Multiple Other Fields Want to use formulas to do things like set an “Approved for Distribution” check box field automatically—but only after an asset is approved and the embargo date has passed? Learn how to do this, and more, in this month's Power Tip! TERM OF THE MONTH Catalogs and Asset Records – The Cumulus metadata database This Term of the Month explores exactly what a Cumulus catalog is—what it is not—what a catalog contains, and why it’s helpful for you to know all these important differences. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
July 2009
No Summer Vacation for Cumulus 8! Canto Cumulus 8 keeps getting better, thanks to its first scheduled tune-up. A single-user version of Cumulus returns to the market, and much more! IMAGINE CUMULUS 8 User Commenting Continuing our series of Cumulus 8 feature highlights, this article shows you how powerful the ability to comment on assets becomes in a multi-user system like Cumulus. NEWS Cumulus 8.0.1 Adds Polish Canto released Cumulus 8.0.1 on July 2, marking the first scheduled update for Cumulus 8. Single User Edition of Cumulus Returns "Canto Single User" is based on the same UI and core technologies that power Cumulus 8. Find out how you can get your own copy! POWER TIPS Setting Label Field Values (Colors) via Formula Field formulas are one of the most powerful features in Cumulus, enabling you to automate metadata entry based on the values in other fields, and more. This Power Tip shows how you can use field formulas to change label fields from one color to another. TERM OF THE MONTH Metadata—The heart and soul of DAM What's metadata? Surprisingly, that's not a dumb question! For many, metadata is just a series of tags used to describe an asset. But in the hands of a Cumulus user, metadata becomes a means for identifying, tracking and distributing assets. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
June 2009
Cumulus 8 meets the world The worldwide release of Cumulus 8 is complete, and the response from customers, industry pros and Canto Partners couldn't be better! Look for continued press coverage and event lists in the coming months as Canto and its partners continue to spread the word that the next generation of DAM power has arrived. IMAGINE CUMULUS 8 Email Cataloging We'll feature some of the new capabilities of Cumulus 8 in this special series we're calling “Imagine Cumulus 8.” Rather than feature lists, we'll show you what's actually possible using Cumulus 8—using real-work examples that will help you better appreciate the power and value of this killer new product release! NEWS Canto CEO Interviewed about Cumulus 8 and Canto’s Future Curious about the future of Canto? Interested in some of the strategies and philosophies that went into the development of Cumulus 8? Then don't miss this exclusive interview with Canto's CEO! Canto Takes Cumulus 8 to the Big Apple Attendees at June's Henry Stewart DAM Symposium enjoyed in-person tours of Cumulus 8, and they learned how one of the world's most successful international airlines relies on Cumulus every day. POWER TIPS Quicksearch anywhere, or everywhere! Learn how to master the Quicksearch option so that you find any information you need, regardless of which metadata field it's in. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
May 2009
The future of DAM (and Canto) starts here and now Canto Cumulus 8 is now available. Without a doubt, Cumulus 8 is the most exciting new product release to come from Canto in the company's 19-year history. Built on new technologies Canto has been seeding and testing in the product line since Cumulus 7.1, Cumulus 8 not only delivers tons of new features and capabilities today, it solidifies the technological foundation Canto needs to further DAM's evolution in the coming years. Now it's time to meet Cumulus 8. Need Cumulus 8 purchase or upgrade info? Please contact your Canto representative, or email Canto directly at . Note: If you aren't that familiar with Canto Cumulus solutions check out the new overview animation, 'Cumulus in 90 Seconds', on the Canto website. Want to see Cumulus 8 in person? Don't miss the Henry Stewart DAM Symposium June 1-2, 2009. Canto will demonstrate all that's new in Cumulus 8 and Cumulus customer Jens Polkowski, of Lufthansa, will share the airline's Cumulus success story. EVENTS Canto and Partner Vitras taking Lufthansa and Cumulus 8 to Henry Stewart! New York is the place to be this June 1st and 2nd when Canto will host a booth the Henry Stewart DAM Symposium and welcome special guest speaker, Jens Polkowski, of Lufthansa. TERM OF THE MONTH Triggers – A different kind of event planning Cumulus can perform predefined actions based on events that occur in catalogs. Events are generated by user actions or the Cumulus Scheduler. Events include changing a metadata value, creating a new category, deleting a record, and more. When an event is linked to an action, we call it a trigger. NEWS Canto Releases Cumulous Version 8! The most significant release in the Cumulus product line’s 17-year history is now available! Cumulus 8 is packed with new features and benefits, and it sets the stage for where Canto take digital asset management in the future. HELPFUL LINKS Using the Canto Blog The Canto Community Blog was designed to provide quick access to the information readers want most. The following information will bring you up to speed fast on the blog’s structure and features. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now!! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
April 2009
The Quiet Before the (Cumulus 8) Storm... Canto employees worldwide are focused on last minute touches for the launch of Cumulus 8. The response from early testers, partners and industry analysts continues to be overwhelmingly positive, and we can promise you one thing: Never before have you experienced such a massive Cumulus upgrade in a single product release! EVENTS Canto and Partner Vitras taking Lufthansa and Cumulus 8 to Henry Stewart! New York is the place to be this June 1st and 2nd when Canto will host a booth the Henry Stewart DAM Symposium and welcome special guest speaker, Jens Polkowski, of Lufthansa. POWERTIPS Personal Metadata Templates Did you know that you can create your very own personal metadata templates in Cumulus? There's no need to ask your Cumulus administrator, and there's no need to keep retyping the same information over and over! Increase your accuracy, and get to lunch faster with personal metadata templates! TERM OF THE MONTH Collections Is it a catalog? Is it a search result? No, it's a collection! Collections in Cumulus are your windows to the asset records you work with. Find out about useful options they offer in this month's Term of the Month! PROFILES Canto Partner Vitras Serving Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Vitras offers its customers one-stop shopping for Cumulus sales, support and integration services. NEWS BRIEF Is your computer ready for Cumulus 8? Updates to the core of Cumulus 8 turn it into a speed demon on today's multi-core and multi-processor machines. And we're not talking about twice or three times as fast -for many operations, like cataloging and high-volume metadata assignments, we're seeing exponential performance gains! If you've been thinking about that dual- or quad-core machine, there's no better time than now! (Cumulus 8 is also fully functional on older hardware, so there's no reason to panic if hardware budgets are tight right now.) Is your service contract ready for Cumulus 8? With Cumulus 8 just around the corner, now is not the time to let your software maintenance lapse! Contact your Canto representative now and make sure you'll be covered when Cumulus 8 ships, or contact Canto directly at info@canto.com. Are you ready for Cumulus 8? Canto Professional Services has Cumulus 8 "Jump Start" training programs available to get you and your coworkers up to speed on all that's new in C8. Contact Canto or your Canto representative and reserve your training time slot now -there's no reason to wait! Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now!! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
March 2009
March Madness for Canto and its Partners! Well, the cat called Cumulus 8 is out of the bag! From its introduction to Canto partners earlier this month, to the official launch of the beta test cycle, the most powerful version of Cumulus ever is now closer than ever. NEWS Canto Worldwide Partner Meeting Destination Berlin, Canto’s entire worldwide partner network was invited to meet Cumulus 8 for the first time in March. It was a record turn out for any partner meeting in Canto’s 19-year history, but what did Canto’s partners think of the upcoming release? Find out! Canto Website Honored by Leading Magazine What does a company do when a leading industry magazine picks its website as “Website of the Week”? They blog about it! Canto Partner Celebrates 5 Years of Business You show us a group of very happy Cumulus users, and we’ll show you the customers of Canto Partner Modula4. Celebrating 5 years of tremendous service to the Cumulus community, Modula4 has a very special offer for you! (Hint: It’s better than cake!) EVENTS DataBasics Cumulus 8 Seminars As if Australia itself wasn’t reason enough to visit Australia, Canto partner DataBasics has a series of seminars scheduled to unleash Cumulus 8 on the DAM faithful “down under,” with the assistance of a very special guest! Quark Cooks Breakfast for Cumulus Users! San Francisco will be the place to be on April 22 if you use (or want to use) Cumulus and QuarkXPress together, and you like a good breakfast! POWERTIPS Subpane Record Filters So you’ve split the Cumulus window and you see an empty record pane below. Now what? Find out just how useful those subpanes can be! TERM OF THE MONTH Live Filtering Described by one Canto blog reader as a “killer Cumulus feature,” Live Filtering is detailed this month. If you think it’s time for computer permissions to get smart, you’re ready for Live Filtering! SPECIAL NOTE: We’re on the eve of the most major product update in Canto’s history! Now is not the time to let your software maintenance lapse! Contact your Canto representative now and make sure you’ll be covered when Cumulus 8 ships this Summer, or contact Canto directly at info@canto.com. Want to get immediate notifications when new content hits the Canto Community Blog? Subscribe to the Canto blog now!! Thank you for your continued interest in Canto and its products.
February 2009
Canto Community Blog Was it a Happy Valentines DAM? If you love your assets even half as much as you love your special someone, you’re going to want to make sure you didn’t miss the release of Cumulus 7.6.1, announced earlier this month. It’s the box of chocolates your assets have been craving! Here’s a glimpse of some of the rest of the eye candy that came to the Canto blog throughout February: NEWS Renaissance Micro offers SCROM Canto partner Renaissance Micro takes advantage of the new SCORM support in Cumulus 7.6.1, released in February. EVENTS DataBasics at HeadOn Join Canto partner DataBasics at this year’s “Head On” portrait photography competition to take place this March 4th, in Paddington, NSW, Australia. Canto Partner IRPE to Attend Grafitalia 2009 Join Canto partner IRPE at this year’s Grafitalia expo to take place between March 24-28, in Milan, Italy. FEATURED FILE FORMAT InDesign Learn what’s possible when your workflow includes Cumulus and InDesign. POWERTIPS Binary Field Labels Ever wonder what you could do with those “Binary” field types available in Cumulus? Here’s a tip that puts them to great use. Plus, it’s useful—and available—to users of any Cumulus system. TERM OF THE MONTH Asset Handling Set Each time you catalog or access an asset, Cumulus does some thinking behind the scenes. Learn how you can use asset handling sets to tell Cumulus exactly how you want your assets handled.

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January, 2009	2009 Off to a Great Start! There’s just no stopping Canto partners, who have come through 2008 with record earnings, and promising potential for 2009. The blog this month is full of success stories, and there are more to come! On top of that, a new partner product links Cumulus with FontAgent Pro, for font control that will really help you keep your projects organized: NEWS: Canto Partners Strong in 2008 — Even a soft world economy can’t slow down Canto partners, some of whom saw dramatic Cumulus sales increases for the year. NEWS: TypeTrax Font Management for Cumulus — Hot off the presses—and hailed as “Best In Show” for MacWorld 2008—Canto partner Moksa releases TypeTrax,which brings font management to Cumulus. NEWS: Australian DataBasics Record Success — “Down under” describes anything but 2008 Cumulus earning for this partner! DataBasics sets a Cumulus sales record for the region. EVENTS: Microgestió At Graphispag Digital — Come to beautiful Barcelona and join Canto partner at Graphispag Digital, the largest such fair in Spain! PARTNER PROFILE: DataBasics — What’s behind the tremendous success of this Canto partner? Find out in this month’s partner profile. PARTNER PRODUCT: Web Suite from IDEA7 — Looking to give your Cumulus Web client a productivity boost—and maybe even a complete face lift? Don't miss Web Suite from Canto partner IDEA7, featured this month. POWERTIP: Drag & Drop Into the Find Window — This is one of those hidden gems that will boost your search productivity, while reducing the chances of error. TERM OF THE MONTH: Pixel Image Converter — Every wonder what file conversions and image manipulations Cumulus can do? Now you’ll know!
December, 2008	EXPLORING CUMULUS: Automatically Cataloging Assets into Cumulus 7 – Autocataloging is a topic of interest to almost all Cumulus users. Can you just drop assets in a certain location and have Cumulus pick them up from there? Read this catch-up Exploring document and find out! POWER TIP: Real-time Individual Permissions Testing – Do you sometimes find testing user permissions settings to be convenient? Do you wonder if there's a better way that making settings, and having log out to see them? There is a better way! FEATURED FILE FORMAT: Photoshop – No one needs to tell you what a Photoshop file is. But do you know about all the built-in options Cumulus offers that can help you make the most of your Photoshop file collection? You might be surprised to learn what's possible in the Cumulus system you already have! POWER TIP: User Accounts for the Entire Planet – This catch-up PowerTip shows how easy (and useful!) it is to create as many user accounts as you need, no matter how many user licenses your Cumulus Server has now—with no additional purchases or upgrades required! TERM OF THE MONTH: Vault – Do terms like version control and check in/out have you scratching your head? They won't after you read this month's Term of the Month! Find out all that the Cumulus Vault can do for you, and learn why it's so much better than you might think!
November, 2008	NEWS: Canadian Cumulus User Conference a Success – Canto partner Otec Solutions once again came through for Cumulus users by sponsoring another successful Cumulus User Conference. POWER TIP: Queries Based on Dates and Time – This PowerTip explains how to use date and time variables in your saved queries. Make those queries reusable any time! Previously published, this tip has been completely rewritten to offer more information than before! FEATURED FILE FORMAT: PowerPoint – Ever wonder what Cumulus can do with your PowerPoint format files after they're cataloged? Find out what you've been missing! TERM OF THE MONTH: View Set – Cumulus view sets offer easy, programming-free configuration options that can streamline workflow and enhance security. And though the default sets that ship with Cumulus are useful used, find out why you should be taking advantage of custom view sets. NEWS: Internet Client Pro 50% Off! — Just in case you missed it from last month, Canto continues to offer its powerful Internet Client Pro Web client for 50% off through December 23, 2008. Anywhere access to any Cumulus Server on Earth is now more affordable than ever!
October, 2008 Canto Launches its Blog!	NEWS! Internet Client Pro 50% Off! — Total access to your Cumulus catalogs and assets from anywhere just got a whole lot more affordable, thanks to a special offer from Canto. NEWS! Quark Integration Products Upgraded — Canto's Quark integrations products have been updated. Find out what's new! NEWS! Using the Canto Blog — Here's a quick overview of the structure of the new Canto blog that will help you find what you need fast! PARTNER PROFILE! Otec Solutions — Canadian customers have access to one of the world's most helpful and capable Canto partners. Learn more about Otec Solutions, and find out about their Cumulus User Group meetings. PARTNER PRODUCT! Modula4 Video Module — Canto Cumulus can catalog any video, but you wanted more. Canto Video Suite 2 can split videos into easy-to-track scenes, but still you wanted more. Now it's time to meet the Video Module from Canto partner Modula4. TERM OF THE MONTH! Asset Action — Lights! Camera! Asset Action! Well, it's not quite like that, but after reading this Term of the Month, you'll understand asset actions better, including which permissions you'll need in order to use them.
September, 2008 Canto Launches its Blog!	NEW! Canto's Blog — Learn about our new format and what you can expect. TIPS! Custom Thumbnail Icons — A great new tip that enables you to make your catalogs more beautiful (and useful!) by avoiding those occasional, ugly generic icons that appear. NEWS! Cumulus 7.6 Success Report — Still holding off on the upgrade to Cumulus 7.6? — This article offers an overview of the success of the release. Look before you leap! TERM OF THE MONTH! Central Asset Locations — First in a series of articles. EVENTS! Cumulus User Conference and Training — Canto partner Otec Solutions once again sponsors this popular annual event. On hand will be Canto and Otec personnel, in addition to high-profile Cumulus users who will share their success stories.
August, 2008 The Wait is Over!	NEWS! Canto News — The wait is over- Cumulus 7.6 is here! This latest version of Cumulus provides a new suite of features and updates that address a number of longtime user requests and improve the Cumulus functionality even further. Check out this month's newsletter issue for explanations of some of the key Cumulus 7.6 features, including native PDF rendering, watermarking support, and improved file format support.
July, 2008 Are You Ready for Cumulus 7.6?	NEWS! Canto News — Cumulus 7.6 is a major update to the product line that adds many new features and filters long requested by customers. Make sure you're ready for the upgrade! EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — When events are planned, this is where you'll find out first! MEET CANTO! Canto Employee Profile: Regional Account Manager, Juan Visperas — Canto's San Francisco office is home base for longtime employee Juan Visperas. Meet the man who's always smiling, always eager to help, and always ready to pounce video gaming opponents. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Want to make your catalog metadata available for use by other applications? This month's Power Tip shows you how!
June, 2008 Summer Updates for Cumulus	NEWS! Canto News — A new partner for Korea, Cumulus updates, a new Exploring Cumulus document that could save your metadata and productivity in the case of disaster, and more! EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — When events are planned, this is where you'll find out first! MEET CANTO! Canto Employee Profile: Partner Manager, Elke Krämer — Meet a woman who, as a young girl, never could have imagined she'd be doing the job she's doing now—and now, couldn't imagine doing anything else! TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Sometimes the best workflow tips can be the basic ones. This month's Power Tip is one of benefit to all Cumulus users.
May, 2008 Canto Partner Meeting in Berlin	NEWS! Canto News — See a round up of the month's meetings. EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — Have some time off this Summer? Plan to join Canto and its partners in person at one of the season's events. MEET CANTO! Canto Fulfillment Manager, Robert Welch — The next time you look into the nighttime sky and observe a constellation, keep in mind that Robert Welch has probably already been there—at least in spirit. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Learn to make the most of the dynamic, real-time permissions model unique to Cumulus, and create permissions schemes more powerful than magic!
April, 2008 Ready for the new Service Packs!	NEWS! Canto News — Find out about the Cumulus 7.5.3 update and testing for the new Windows service packs, plus help change eNews for the better, and more. EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — Don't miss the contact information for Canto at New York's Henry Stewart DAM Symposium this May. MEET CANTO! Canto Employee Profile: Catherine, Sascha and Baby Amélie — This month's employee profile is special, featuring two long term employees and a little something extra! TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Forget what you want to find! This month's Power Tip helps you find what you don't need, and explains why it often makes sense to do so!
March, 2008	NEWS! Canto News —Canto customer Newsday will represent Canto at this year's Henry Stuart DAM Symposium, and a long-requested Exploring Cumulus document is released! EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — Keep track of where Canto and its partners will be, and make plans to join us! MEET CANTO! Canto Partner Manager, Kay Gröger — The road to partner manager has been long and winding for this gastronomical guru, but super service for Canto's European partners is what he's cooking up today! TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — It's time for some Spring Cleaning! Learn how you can use Cumulus to wrangle asset collections located in every nook and cranny of your digital world.
February, 2008	NEWS! Canto News —Canto has a new distribution partner in France, and a Power Tips roundup summarizes your favorite part of eNews over the past year. EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — Visit Canto at this Summer's Henry Stuart DAM show in New York, and visit partner infowerk at shows in Germany. MEET CANTO! Canto Fulfillment Manager, Angela Zaretzki — Growing up playing Cowboys and Indians in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, Angela Zaretzki never lost her belief that some day it would all make more sense. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Learn how easy it is to use Cumulus field formulas to make "smart" metadata entries automatically.
January, 2008	NEWS! Canto News —The Cumulus product tour has been updated, and read the latest on Canto's trainings for 2008 EVENTS! Cumulus Training in New York City — Cumulus training crosses the US in February for a week long stint in the Big Apple. MEET CANTO! Technical Support Manager, Michael Schuetz — How far would you go for your digital asset management system? Meet a man who literally crossed the planet for Cumulus. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Your existing Cumulus system is the perfect vehicle for podcast broadcasting, and you might not even know it! Follow this month's Power Tip and find out how easy it is to capture, catalog and broadcast podcasts from all over the world.
December, 2007	NEWS! Canto News —Cumulus 7.5.2 is available now! TRAINING TIME! Cumulus Training for MacWorld — The one thing customers ask of Canto more than anything else is for more training! Canto is saying "yes" this January with a set of classes tailored to the subjects users care about most. MEET CANTO! Technical Documentation Manager, Hanne Kolbus — No one on Earth has trained more people to use Cumulus than Hanne Kolbus. If you've ever cracked open one of Canto's user guides, you've spent some time with Hanne. Now you can learn more about this longtime Canto employee first hand. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Quick Quiz: If you have a 3-user Cumulus Workgroup Server, how many user accounts can you have? If you answered, "3," then this PowerTip is for you! Find out how you can set up as many user accounts as you need—legally and easily!
November, 2007	NEWS! Canto News —Cumulus 7.5.2 is only a few weeks away, offering full support for OS X Leopard and a host of other fixes. There's something new on the horizon for HELIOS fans too! TRAINING TIME! Cumulus Training for MacWorld — The one thing customers ask of Canto more than anything else is for more training! Canto is saying "yes" this January with a set of classes tailored to the subjects users care about most. MEET CANTO! Technical Services Manager, Alain Defrasne — If you ever thought learning Cumulus was a challenge, imagine learning it using English docs when all you speak is French. Then, imagine that within a year's time, you'd mastered both the program and the new language. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — This month's Power Tip expands on the Quicksearch topic from last month. Learn absolutely everything you can do with Quicksearch, and have your coworkers saying, "How did you do that?"
October, 2007	NEWS! Canto News — The 2007 Cumulus Roadshows were a success that included lots of information for users, and a few surprises for everyone. In addition, Canto's Berlin offices are moving, and if you're a Mac OS X user, find out what you need to know before you upgrade to Mac OS X Leopard. NEW PRODUCT! Adobe CS3 Integration! — Due in a few short months, see the first ever released screenshots from a product that promises to forever change the way creative groups deal with DAM. MEET CANTO! Technical Support Specialist, Larry Bosworth — If you've ever called for support in the US, you've likely spent some time with Larry. Now you can learn the behind-the-scene info on one of the most popular behind-the-scenes guys at Canto. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Quicksearch is used all the time by most Cumulus users. But the potential it offers goes far beyond simple keyword queries. Learn how you can easily take advantage of all the power this tool offers in this month's Power Tip!
September, 2007	NEWS! Canto News — The big events for last month were the release of Cumulus 7.5.1 and a sneak peak of an integration product that promises to become one of Canto's most popular ever. Also, learn about Canto's Customer Referral Program and earn rewards! EVENTS! ROADSHOW! — Cumulus 7.5.1 is hitting the road this October, along with employees from Canto and our partners. Come out for this FREE event and see what's new in Cumulus, and get your questions answered. See the schedule and sign up today! MEET CANTO! Lead Engineer, Thomas Schleu — Every wonder who it was that wrote the very first line of Cumulus code? We call him "Mr. Cumulus" and he continues today to lead Canto's development team. Meet him in this first of a series of person profiles of your friends at Canto. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — You create a new catalog and Cumulus presents you with a directory to save it. But what if that's not where you want it saved? Learn how you can decide exactly where you store your catalogs, and more, in this month's Power Tip.
AUGUST, 2007	NEWS! Canto News — Cumulus 7.5.1 is out now, but this "point" release includes more than just nuts and bolts updates. Also, Canto launches a U.S. road show this October, and might be in a city near you soon! EVENTS! Canto and Canto Partners — New events have been announced, and you're invited to join Canto and its partners for these in-person opportunities. EXPLORING DOC! Understanding Central Asset Locations —What's the best way to ensure your assets are always accessible to the users who need them? When does version control and check in/out make sense? Find out these things and more in this month's Exploring document. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Ever wish you could set the search/sort and editing properties of all your fields at once? Did you know you can? Find out how!
JULY, 2007	NEWS! Canto News — Find out what Canto's enhanced marketing team has been up to, and get involved by getting in touch. EVENTS! Canto and Canto Partners — New events have been announced, and you're invited to join Canto and its partners for these in-person opportunities. UPGRADE INFO! Cumulus Enterprise Advantages — Customers often ask about the differences between Cumulus Workgroup and Cumulus Enterprise. This new document details workflow and automation capabilities possible only when using Enterprise. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Looking for a convenient way to find all assets that have no category assignments using nothing more than the magic of your mouse? Learn how in this month's Power Tips section.
JUNE, 2007	NEWS! Canto News Items — Hot on the heels of the Cumulus 7.5 release, Canto announced a new development partnership with Adobe, and muscled up its internal Marketing. WEB CLIENT TOUR! Live Catalog Tour — Canto's open invitation to view our internal marketing catalog through our new Web client tour has been well received and, despite the increase in traffic, Cumulus 7.5 Web Publisher Pro is running strong! EVENTS! Canto and Canto Partners — New events have been announced, and you're invited to join Canto and its partners for these in-person opportunities. TUTORIAL! Exploring Cumulus — More requested that any other Exploring Series document so far, this new "jumbo-sized" Exploring document explains many of the workflow management technologies built into Cumulus today. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — The Cumulus 7.5 Web clients offer a handy new feature that makes Web-based previewing of almost any type of file easy.
CUMULUS 7.5 RELEASE SPECIAL EDITION (MAY, 2007)	RELEASED! What's New in Cumulus 7.5 — Learn all about the new features and benefits packed into this significant release that end users and IT pros are both going to appreciate. WEB CLIENT TOUR! Live Catalog Tour — Want to take a look behind the scenes at Canto and see what we've been up to? Our new product tour and demo of the Cumulus 7.5 Web Clients enables you to do just that. IN PERSON! Canto and Canto Partners — Learn how, when and where you can attend shows to meet Canto employees and partners in person. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Ever thought about cataloging assets over the Web? Does drag and drop from the Web browser into Cumulus sound good? If so, this month's PowerTip is for you. GET CUMULUS 7.5 NOW! Customer Portal Accounts — The Cumulus 7.5 release is available through your Customer Portal account. If you don't yet have a Customer Portal account, go sign up for yours now so you can start enjoying the benefits of Cumulus 7.5 as soon as possible!
APRIL, 2007	ON DECK! Cumulus 7.5 Sneak Peek —We can't hold back any longer! The forthcoming version of Cumulus is undergoing extensive testing as part of Canto's renewed commitment to reliability, but we want you to see some of what's on deck right now! IN PERSON! Canto and Canto Partner upcoming events — A couple of important shows are coming up. Learn where they are, how you can attend and who you'll meet there. NEW! Exploring Cumulus — This month's Exploring documents cover two of the most popular user requests: configuring Cumulus for autocataloging, and configuring the Vault for check in/out and version control. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Have you ever wished you could search through the Filters list to find all occurrences of "tif," "wmv" or some other search value when configuring an asset handling set? Learn about this hidden feature that, until now, was known only to the most secretive among Canto's engineers.
March, 2007	NEW! Video Suite 2 — Adding support for Flash 8 video and animation, sporting a brand new user interface, and more, Video Suite 2 is a killer upgrade to a killer option product now available for all Cumulus 7 systems. NEW! Exploring Cumulus — New this month are Exploring documents that explain the various Cumulus 7 category types and how you can take advantage of (and disable!) the categories automatically generated by Cumulus, and another that helps those evaluating Cumulus 7 make their way through the program. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — This month's Power Tips covers a couple of new variables that can be used in queries to enable users to search on "live" time references, such as "today" or "6 hours from now."
February, 2007	NEWS! Competitive Report — Canto and longtime partner HELIOS have analyzed the combined benefits of Cumulus and HELIOS. See at a glance how these two best-of-breed solutions seamlessly integrate to deliver superior local and remote prepress and digital asset management workflows. NEW! Product Slideshows — As if Canto's impressive Flash-based product tours weren't enough, now we offer a "Reader's Digest" version of the tours as slideshows. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — The response we've gotten from the new Power Tips section of eNews has been overwhelming! We're glad you like it, and we're happy to offer even more new tips this month.
January, 2007	NEWS! Enterprise Sales on the Upswing — Cumulus Enterprise sales for 2006 were at an all-time high. Find out why. FREE! Customer Portal Accounts — Canto's Customer Portal Accounts are a great resource for support for all current Canto customers. Learn more and set up your account today! NEW! Exploring Cumulus — This month's new Exploring documents include one on Metadata Standards support in Cumulus, and another that explain the benefits behind the Dynamic, Rules-based Permissions model unique to Cumulus Enterprise. Also catch up on any older Exploring documents you've missed. TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Cumulus is such a vast application that even those of us here at Canto find ourselves exchanging "did you know?" tidbits. We felt it was time that we started sharing some of these tips with the readers of eNews.

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Contents

January, 2009

2009 Off to a Great Start!

There’s just no stopping Canto partners, who have come through 2008 with record earnings, and promising potential for 2009. The blog this month is full of success stories, and there are more to come! On top of that, a new partner product links Cumulus with FontAgent Pro, for font control that will really help you keep your projects organized:

NEWS: Canto Partners Strong in 2008 — Even a soft world economy can’t slow down Canto partners, some of whom saw dramatic Cumulus sales increases for the year.

NEWS: TypeTrax Font Management for Cumulus — Hot off the presses—and hailed as “Best In Show” for MacWorld 2008—Canto partner Moksa releases TypeTrax,which brings font management to Cumulus.

NEWS: Australian DataBasics Record Success — “Down under” describes anything but 2008 Cumulus earning for this partner! DataBasics sets a Cumulus sales record for the region.

EVENTS: Microgestió At Graphispag Digital — Come to beautiful Barcelona and join Canto partner at Graphispag Digital, the largest such fair in Spain!

PARTNER PROFILE: DataBasics — What’s behind the tremendous success of this Canto partner? Find out in this month’s partner profile.

PARTNER PRODUCT: Web Suite from IDEA7 — Looking to give your Cumulus Web client a productivity boost—and maybe even a complete face lift? Don't miss Web Suite from Canto partner IDEA7, featured this month.

POWERTIP: Drag & Drop Into the Find Window — This is one of those hidden gems that will boost your search productivity, while reducing the chances of error.

TERM OF THE MONTH: Pixel Image Converter — Every wonder what file conversions and image manipulations Cumulus can do? Now you’ll know!

December, 2008

EXPLORING CUMULUS: Automatically Cataloging Assets into Cumulus 7 – Autocataloging is a topic of interest to almost all Cumulus users. Can you just drop assets in a certain location and have Cumulus pick them up from there? Read this catch-up Exploring document and find out!

POWER TIP: Real-time Individual Permissions Testing – Do you sometimes find testing user permissions settings to be convenient? Do you wonder if there's a better way that making settings, and having log out to see them? There is a better way!

FEATURED FILE FORMAT: Photoshop – No one needs to tell you what a Photoshop file is. But do you know about all the built-in options Cumulus offers that can help you make the most of your Photoshop file collection? You might be surprised to learn what's possible in the Cumulus system you already have!

POWER TIP: User Accounts for the Entire Planet – This catch-up PowerTip shows how easy (and useful!) it is to create as many user accounts as you need, no matter how many user licenses your Cumulus Server has now—with no additional purchases or upgrades required!

TERM OF THE MONTH: Vault – Do terms like version control and check in/out have you scratching your head? They won't after you read this month's Term of the Month! Find out all that the Cumulus Vault can do for you, and learn why it's so much better than you might think!

November, 2008

NEWS: Canadian Cumulus User Conference a Success – Canto partner Otec Solutions once again came through for Cumulus users by sponsoring another successful Cumulus User Conference.

POWER TIP: Queries Based on Dates and Time – This PowerTip explains how to use date and time variables in your saved queries. Make those queries reusable any time! Previously published, this tip has been completely rewritten to offer more information than before!

FEATURED FILE FORMAT: PowerPoint – Ever wonder what Cumulus can do with your PowerPoint format files after they're cataloged? Find out what you've been missing!

TERM OF THE MONTH: View Set – Cumulus view sets offer easy, programming-free configuration options that can streamline workflow and enhance security. And though the default sets that ship with Cumulus are useful used, find out why you should be taking advantage of custom view sets.

NEWS: Internet Client Pro 50% Off! — Just in case you missed it from last month, Canto continues to offer its powerful Internet Client Pro Web client for 50% off through December 23, 2008. Anywhere access to any Cumulus Server on Earth is now more affordable than ever!

October, 2008

Canto Launches its Blog!

NEWS! Internet Client Pro 50% Off! — Total access to your Cumulus catalogs and assets from anywhere just got a whole lot more affordable, thanks to a special offer from Canto.

NEWS! Quark Integration Products Upgraded — Canto's Quark integrations products have been updated. Find out what's new!

NEWS! Using the Canto Blog — Here's a quick overview of the structure of the new Canto blog that will help you find what you need fast!

PARTNER PROFILE! Otec Solutions — Canadian customers have access to one of the world's most helpful and capable Canto partners. Learn more about Otec Solutions, and find out about their Cumulus User Group meetings.

PARTNER PRODUCT! Modula4 Video Module — Canto Cumulus can catalog any video, but you wanted more. Canto Video Suite 2 can split videos into easy-to-track scenes, but still you wanted more. Now it's time to meet the Video Module from Canto partner Modula4.

TERM OF THE MONTH! Asset Action — Lights! Camera! Asset Action! Well, it's not quite like that, but after reading this Term of the Month, you'll understand asset actions better, including which permissions you'll need in order to use them.

September, 2008

Canto Launches its Blog!

NEW! Canto's Blog — Learn about our new format and what you can expect.

TIPS! Custom Thumbnail Icons — A great new tip that enables you to make your catalogs more beautiful (and useful!) by avoiding those occasional, ugly generic icons that appear.

NEWS! Cumulus 7.6 Success Report — Still holding off on the upgrade to Cumulus 7.6? — This article offers an overview of the success of the release. Look before you leap!

TERM OF THE MONTH! Central Asset Locations — First in a series of articles.

EVENTS! Cumulus User Conference and Training — Canto partner Otec Solutions once again sponsors this popular annual event. On hand will be Canto and Otec personnel, in addition to high-profile Cumulus users who will share their success stories.

August, 2008

The Wait is Over!

NEWS! Canto News — The wait is over- Cumulus 7.6 is here! This latest version of Cumulus provides a new suite of features and updates that address a number of longtime user requests and improve the Cumulus functionality even further.

Check out this month's newsletter issue for explanations of some of the key Cumulus 7.6 features, including native PDF rendering, watermarking support, and improved file format support.

July, 2008

Are You Ready for
Cumulus 7.6?

NEWS! Canto News — Cumulus 7.6 is a major update to the product line that adds many new features and filters long requested by customers. Make sure you're ready for the upgrade!

EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — When events are planned, this is where you'll find out first!

MEET CANTO! Canto Employee Profile: Regional Account Manager, Juan Visperas — Canto's San Francisco office is home base for longtime employee Juan Visperas. Meet the man who's always smiling, always eager to help, and always ready to pounce video gaming opponents.

TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Want to make your catalog metadata available for use by other applications? This month's Power Tip shows you how!

June, 2008

Summer Updates for
Cumulus

NEWS! Canto News — A new partner for Korea, Cumulus updates, a new Exploring Cumulus document that could save your metadata and productivity in the case of disaster, and more!

EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — When events are planned, this is where you'll find out first!

MEET CANTO! Canto Employee Profile: Partner Manager, Elke Krämer — Meet a woman who, as a young girl, never could have imagined she'd be doing the job she's doing now—and now, couldn't imagine doing anything else!

TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Sometimes the best workflow tips can be the basic ones. This month's Power Tip is one of benefit to all Cumulus users.

May, 2008

Canto Partner Meeting
in Berlin

NEWS! Canto News — See a round up of the month's meetings.

EVENTS! Canto and its Partners on the Move — Have some time off this Summer? Plan to join Canto and its partners in person at one of the season's events.

MEET CANTO! Canto Fulfillment Manager, Robert Welch — The next time you look into the nighttime sky and observe a constellation, keep in mind that Robert Welch has probably already been there—at least in spirit.

TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Learn to make the most of the dynamic, real-time permissions model unique to Cumulus, and create permissions schemes more powerful than magic!

April, 2008

Ready for the new Service Packs!

NEWS!   Canto News — Find out about the Cumulus 7.5.3 update and testing for the new Windows service packs, plus help change eNews for the better, and more.

EVENTS!   Canto and its Partners on the Move — Don't miss the contact information for Canto at New York's Henry Stewart DAM Symposium this May.

MEET CANTO!   Canto Employee Profile: Catherine, Sascha and Baby Amélie — This month's employee profile is special, featuring two long term employees and a little something extra!

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Forget what you want to find! This month's Power Tip helps you find what you don't need, and explains why it often makes sense to do so!

March, 2008

NEWS!   Canto News —Canto customer Newsday will represent Canto at this year's Henry Stuart DAM Symposium, and a long-requested Exploring Cumulus document is released!

EVENTS!   Canto and its Partners on the Move — Keep track of where Canto and its partners will be, and make plans to join us!

MEET CANTO!   Canto Partner Manager, Kay Gröger — The road to partner manager has been long and winding for this gastronomical guru, but super service for Canto's European partners is what he's cooking up today!

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — It's time for some Spring Cleaning! Learn how you can use Cumulus to wrangle asset collections located in every nook and cranny of your digital world.

February, 2008

NEWS!   Canto News —Canto has a new distribution partner in France, and a Power Tips roundup summarizes your favorite part of eNews over the past year.

EVENTS!   Canto and its Partners on the Move — Visit Canto at this Summer's Henry Stuart DAM show in New York, and visit partner infowerk at shows in Germany.

MEET CANTO!   Canto Fulfillment Manager, Angela Zaretzki — Growing up playing Cowboys and Indians in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, Angela Zaretzki never lost her belief that some day it would all make more sense.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Learn how easy it is to use Cumulus field formulas to make "smart" metadata entries automatically.

January, 2008

NEWS!   Canto News —The Cumulus product tour has been updated, and read the latest on Canto's trainings for 2008

EVENTS!   Cumulus Training in New York City — Cumulus training crosses the US in February for a week long stint in the Big Apple.

MEET CANTO!   Technical Support Manager, Michael Schuetz — How far would you go for your digital asset management system? Meet a man who literally crossed the planet for Cumulus.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Your existing Cumulus system is the perfect vehicle for podcast broadcasting, and you might not even know it! Follow this month's Power Tip and find out how easy it is to capture, catalog and broadcast podcasts from all over the world.

December, 2007

NEWS!   Canto News —Cumulus 7.5.2 is available now!

TRAINING TIME!   Cumulus Training for MacWorld — The one thing customers ask of Canto more than anything else is for more training! Canto is saying "yes" this January with a set of classes tailored to the subjects users care about most.

MEET CANTO!   Technical Documentation Manager, Hanne Kolbus — No one on Earth has trained more people to use Cumulus than Hanne Kolbus. If you've ever cracked open one of Canto's user guides, you've spent some time with Hanne. Now you can learn more about this longtime Canto employee first hand.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Quick Quiz: If you have a 3-user Cumulus Workgroup Server, how many user accounts can you have? If you answered, "3," then this PowerTip is for you! Find out how you can set up as many user accounts as you need—legally and easily!

November, 2007

NEWS!   Canto News —Cumulus 7.5.2 is only a few weeks away, offering full support for OS X Leopard and a host of other fixes. There's something new on the horizon for HELIOS fans too!

TRAINING TIME!   Cumulus Training for MacWorld — The one thing customers ask of Canto more than anything else is for more training! Canto is saying "yes" this January with a set of classes tailored to the subjects users care about most.

MEET CANTO!   Technical Services Manager, Alain Defrasne — If you ever thought learning Cumulus was a challenge, imagine learning it using English docs when all you speak is French. Then, imagine that within a year's time, you'd mastered both the program and the new language.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — This month's Power Tip expands on the Quicksearch topic from last month. Learn absolutely everything you can do with Quicksearch, and have your coworkers saying, "How did you do that?"

October, 2007

NEWS!   Canto News — The 2007 Cumulus Roadshows were a success that included lots of information for users, and a few surprises for everyone. In addition, Canto's Berlin offices are moving, and if you're a Mac OS X user, find out what you need to know before you upgrade to Mac OS X Leopard.

NEW PRODUCT!   Adobe CS3 Integration! — Due in a few short months, see the first ever released screenshots from a product that promises to forever change the way creative groups deal with DAM.

MEET CANTO!   Technical Support Specialist, Larry Bosworth — If you've ever called for support in the US, you've likely spent some time with Larry. Now you can learn the behind-the-scene info on one of the most popular behind-the-scenes guys at Canto.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Quicksearch is used all the time by most Cumulus users. But the potential it offers goes far beyond simple keyword queries. Learn how you can easily take advantage of all the power this tool offers in this month's Power Tip!

September, 2007

NEWS!   Canto News — The big events for last month were the release of Cumulus 7.5.1 and a sneak peak of an integration product that promises to become one of Canto's most popular ever. Also, learn about Canto's Customer Referral Program and earn rewards!

EVENTS!   ROADSHOW! — Cumulus 7.5.1 is hitting the road this October, along with employees from Canto and our partners. Come out for this FREE event and see what's new in Cumulus, and get your questions answered. See the schedule and sign up today!

MEET CANTO!   Lead Engineer, Thomas Schleu — Every wonder who it was that wrote the very first line of Cumulus code? We call him "Mr. Cumulus" and he continues today to lead Canto's development team. Meet him in this first of a series of person profiles of your friends at Canto.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — You create a new catalog and Cumulus presents you with a directory to save it. But what if that's not where you want it saved? Learn how you can decide exactly where you store your catalogs, and more, in this month's Power Tip.

AUGUST, 2007

NEWS!   Canto News — Cumulus 7.5.1 is out now, but this "point" release includes more than just nuts and bolts updates. Also, Canto launches a U.S. road show this October, and might be in a city near you soon!

EVENTS!   Canto and Canto Partners — New events have been announced, and you're invited to join Canto and its partners for these in-person opportunities.

EXPLORING DOC!   Understanding Central Asset Locations —What's the best way to ensure your assets are always accessible to the users who need them? When does version control and check in/out make sense? Find out these things and more in this month's Exploring document.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Ever wish you could set the search/sort and editing properties of all your fields at once? Did you know you can? Find out how!

JULY, 2007

NEWS!   Canto News — Find out what Canto's enhanced marketing team has been up to, and get involved by getting in touch.

EVENTS!   Canto and Canto Partners — New events have been announced, and you're invited to join Canto and its partners for these in-person opportunities.

UPGRADE INFO!   Cumulus Enterprise Advantages — Customers often ask about the differences between Cumulus Workgroup and Cumulus Enterprise. This new document details workflow and automation capabilities possible only when using Enterprise.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Looking for a convenient way to find all assets that have no category assignments using nothing more than the magic of your mouse? Learn how in this month's Power Tips section.

JUNE, 2007

Adobe Logo

NEWS!   Canto News Items — Hot on the heels of the Cumulus 7.5 release, Canto announced a new development partnership with Adobe, and muscled up its internal Marketing.

WEB CLIENT TOUR!   Live Catalog Tour — Canto's open invitation to view our internal marketing catalog through our new Web client tour has been well received and, despite the increase in traffic, Cumulus 7.5 Web Publisher Pro is running strong!

EVENTS!   Canto and Canto Partners — New events have been announced, and you're invited to join Canto and its partners for these in-person opportunities.

TUTORIAL!   Exploring Cumulus — More requested that any other Exploring Series document so far, this new "jumbo-sized" Exploring document explains many of the workflow management technologies built into Cumulus today.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — The Cumulus 7.5 Web clients offer a handy new feature that makes Web-based previewing of almost any type of file easy.

CUMULUS 7.5 RELEASE
SPECIAL EDITION
(MAY, 2007)

RELEASED!   What's New in Cumulus 7.5 — Learn all about the new features and benefits packed into this significant release that end users and IT pros are both going to appreciate.

WEB CLIENT TOUR!  Live Catalog Tour — Want to take a look behind the scenes at Canto and see what we've been up to? Our new product tour and demo of the Cumulus 7.5 Web Clients enables you to do just that.

IN PERSON!   Canto and Canto Partners — Learn how, when and where you can attend shows to meet Canto employees and partners in person.

TIPS!   Cumulus Power Tips — Ever thought about cataloging assets over the Web? Does drag and drop from the Web browser into Cumulus sound good? If so, this month's PowerTip is for you.

GET CUMULUS 7.5 NOW!   Customer Portal Accounts — The Cumulus 7.5 release is available through your Customer Portal account. If you don't yet have a Customer Portal account, go sign up for yours now so you can start enjoying the benefits of Cumulus 7.5 as soon as possible!

APRIL, 2007

ON DECK! Cumulus 7.5 Sneak Peek —We can't hold back any longer! The forthcoming version of Cumulus is undergoing extensive testing as part of Canto's renewed commitment to reliability, but we want you to see some of what's on deck right now!

IN PERSON! Canto and Canto Partner upcoming events — A couple of important shows are coming up. Learn where they are, how you can attend and who you'll meet there.

NEW! Exploring Cumulus — This month's Exploring documents cover two of the most popular user requests: configuring Cumulus for autocataloging, and configuring the Vault for check in/out and version control.

TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Have you ever wished you could search through the Filters list to find all occurrences of "tif," "wmv" or some other search value when configuring an asset handling set? Learn about this hidden feature that, until now, was known only to the most secretive among Canto's engineers.

March, 2007

NEW! Video Suite 2 — Adding support for Flash 8 video and animation, sporting a brand new user interface, and more, Video Suite 2 is a killer upgrade to a killer option product now available for all Cumulus 7 systems.

NEW! Exploring Cumulus — New this month are Exploring documents that explain the various Cumulus 7 category types and how you can take advantage of (and disable!) the categories automatically generated by Cumulus, and another that helps those evaluating Cumulus 7 make their way through the program.

TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — This month's Power Tips covers a couple of new variables that can be used in queries to enable users to search on "live" time references, such as "today" or "6 hours from now."

February, 2007

NEWS! Competitive Report — Canto and longtime partner HELIOS have analyzed the combined benefits of Cumulus and HELIOS. See at a glance how these two best-of-breed solutions seamlessly integrate to deliver superior local and remote prepress and digital asset management workflows.

NEW! Product Slideshows — As if Canto's impressive Flash-based product tours weren't enough, now we offer a "Reader's Digest" version of the tours as slideshows.

TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — The response we've gotten from the new Power Tips section of eNews has been overwhelming! We're glad you like it, and we're happy to offer even more new tips this month.

January, 2007

NEWS! Enterprise Sales on the Upswing — Cumulus Enterprise sales for 2006 were at an all-time high. Find out why.

FREE! Customer Portal Accounts — Canto's Customer Portal Accounts are a great resource for support for all current Canto customers. Learn more and set up your account today!

NEW! Exploring Cumulus — This month's new Exploring documents include one on Metadata Standards support in Cumulus, and another that explain the benefits behind the Dynamic, Rules-based Permissions model unique to Cumulus Enterprise. Also catch up on any older Exploring documents you've missed.

TIPS! Cumulus Power Tips — Cumulus is such a vast application that even those of us here at Canto find ourselves exchanging "did you know?" tidbits. We felt it was time that we started sharing some of these tips with the readers of eNews.

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