Cross-platform Support and Simplicity
Mac OS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry—Cumulus bridges all
Imagine Windows-based sales and marketing pros working in perfect digital harmony with Mac-based designers and Linux-loving IT pros—no server login issues, no file format roadblocks, no performance compromises. Or, imagine settling on a server platform and being able to change your mind at any time—without disrupting your business. Now imagine remote employees and customers using smart devices to upload, download and grant approvals to keep workflows moving—from anywhere.
Flexibility like this shouldn’t be a luxury—it should be standard equipment on any digital asset management system you consider. Just ask Jonas Tilgren from Saab.
“One of the biggest selling points about Cumulus was that it runs on different platforms. We hadn’t yet decided on a [server] platform to run our DAM system, and we wanted to have the option to switch platforms later, if needed. [Since then] we’ve moved from Linux to Windows in order to take better advantage of PowerPoint and PDF.”
Saab knew that building global recognition for the Gripen brand of fighter jets meant that worldwide media professionals would need easy 24/7 access to images, no matter which remote platform was used. Cumulus delivers what Saab needs for the media, while it also serves as an enterprise-wide internal resource. And for a customer that bases ROI on media placements, Saab’s Cumulus success came so fast, you’d swear it was flying on one of their jets.
“After just a few months using Cumulus, we had distributed more image to the media than we had the entire previous year.”
Another customer who chose Cumulus in part for its platform flexibility was the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), one of the world’s leading technical universities. ETH partnered with Google to have Google Image Search index and display results right from Cumulus, which increased their website traffic by more than 2000%.
Dr. Rudolf Mumenthaler, Head of Innovation and Marketing for ETH-Bibliotek explains their choice.
“We had to make our archive accessible. Among our main requirements were the ability to provide catalogs to each department, offer cross-platform support, and the system had to be Web accessible, with no user software required.”
But aerospace and education giants aren’t the only ones who demand simplicity and flexibility. Here’s what Matt Wilhm and LuAnn Gracyalny of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board say about their decision to purchase Canto Cumulus for their Mac and PC users.
“We chose Cumulus because it’s cross-platform and supports many different file formats. There wasn’t anything else out there in our price range that could match the capabilities of Cumulus.”
Canto saw this multi-platform thing coming a long time ago. It’s certainly not the only reason more than 14,000 Cumulus Servers have been sold worldwide, but there’s no denying the value it offers.
For more information on how Canto Cumulus can help stop the platform wars at your organization, contact your local Canto partner or Canto today.
(And, yes, Cumulus works well in single-platform environments too!)
