MediaBin Presentation WorkBench for PowerPoint

The Powerpoint presentation continues to proliferate and control the day of many middle and upper management corporate employees. So much so that Gizmag is departing from tradition (we don't usually do software) and flagging the arrival of a very useful Digital Asset Management Solution that might prevent a few of our loyal readers from drowning in a sea of PowerPoint presentations! Using WorkBench a user can now drop all their digital assets (video, photos, ads, logos etc) to their own "WorkBench" from a central digital repository and create their own versions using templates. The Powerpoints are sent by email links, not originals.

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) provider Interwoven solutions for business, today announced that it has extended the power of its Digital Asset Management (DAM) system with the introduction of MediaBin Presentation WorkBench.

Available as part of the latest version of Interwoven's MediaBin Asset Server, Presentation WorkBench enables enterprises to more efficiently and cost-effectively manage and share Microsoft PowerPoint files within a centrally-managed system for all digital assets.

By gaining greater control of PowerPoint presentations within the Web-based MediaBin environment, enterprises can benefit from increased brand control and consistency across the organisation; reduced IT support costs through fewer PowerPoint e-mail attachments; and improved productivity through a streamlined presentation assembly and distribution process.

With the proliferation of PowerPoint files, today's enterprises across industries are faced with the growing challenge of effectively managing an increasing volume of presentations within their organisations.

The frustrating task of trying to locate specific presentations, slides, or company-approved templates is an all too-common occurrence for many organisations, and can impact the speed and efficiency of critical sales and marketing processes.

Furthermore, as e-mail continues to serve as the primary medium for collaborating on and distributing PowerPoint files, many enterprises are faced with the mounting IT challenge of how to control the costly burden of PowerPoint e-mail attachments on network bandwidth.

While several point products currently exist in the market to help manage PowerPoint files, they generally fail to address the broader management and user productivity needs for the full spectrum of multi-channel marketing content including: photographs, logos, audio, video, datasheets, ads, and documents.

By offering MediaBin Presentation WorkBench as a component of the MediaBin DAM system, Interwoven is ensuring that enterprises have the most comprehensive system available on the market today to centrally manage and control access to presentations in the context of an overall DAM strategy. As a result, business users across departments can now quickly and easily create personalised, highly-targeted presentations that are consistent with corporate branding by pulling together the right combination of pre-approved slides.

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