Author Archives: Alexandra Barltrop
Extensis exhibits at Museums + Heritage Show
May 8th, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Join Extensis at Museums + Heritage, the UK’s most comprehensive and exciting event for the cultural sector, where we will be demonstrating Portfolio Server at stand M9
Extensis will demonstrate how to integrate Portfolio Server with other IT business systems and leverage the benefits of digital asset management across your organisation. Developers can use the Portfolio API to create custom integrations for sharing assets and metadata with your Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Content Management (CMS), Collection Management, or other business systems.
Stop by to learn how to:
- Centralise and archive images, audio, video and document files
- Automate asset delivery and benefit from NetMediaMax
Event Details:
- 15th-16th May 2013
- West Hall, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road W14 8UX, London
For more information on Museums + Heritage 2013 or to register for FREE, visit http://www.museumsandheritage.com/show/
We hope to see you there!
Macworld Gives 5 Star Editor’s Choice Rating to Portfolio Server 11!
May 1st, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Last week Macworld UK reviewed Portfolio Server 11 and awarded it five stars! 
The Macworld editors found the new features appealing and attractive.
Here are a few snippets from the article:
“We found the new ability to customise the Client entry screen in the Server Admin simple, and useful for branding purposes.”
“Portfolio Server effortlessly handles media management, and support for more file types and client customisation is welcome.”
“…especially useful for video post production.”
Read the full review of Portfolio Server 11
Version à la demande : Nouveautés de Portfolio Server 11
April 30th, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Nous avons publié un enregistrement du webcast relatif aux nouveautés de Portfolio Server. Vous aller notamment découvrir la facilité avec laquelle vous pouvez personnaliser Portfolio Server pour l’adapter parfaitement à votre organisation ou équipe. 
Si vous ne connaissez pas encore Portfolio Server ou les solutions de gestion des ressources numériques, le webcast vous permettra de comprendre pourquoi il convient d’utiliser un système de gestion des ressources numériques et vous présentera Portfolio Server, qui pourra résoudre vos problèmes de gestion des fichiers et améliorer votre productivité.
Regarder l’enregistrement du webcast « Nouveautés de Portfolio Server 11 »
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Aufzeichnung des Webcasts: Sehen Sie, was in Portfolio Server 11 neu ist
April 30th, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Wir haben die Aufzeichnung unseres Webcasts „Was ist neu in Portfolio Server“ veröffentlicht. In diesem Webcast erfahren Sie, wie einfach Sie Portfolio Server personalisieren und ihn so nahtlos in Ihre Organisation integrieren können.
Wenn Sie Portfolio Server noch nicht kennen oder sich noch nicht mit Digital Asset Management-Software befasst haben – zu Beginn des Videos finden Sie eine kurze Einführung, warum Sie unter Umständen ein DAM-System brauchen und wie Portfolio Server die Dateiverwaltung optimiert und so die Effizienz deutlich steigert.
Sehen Sie sich die Aufzeichnung des Webcasts „Was ist in neu Portfolio Server 11“ an
Erfahren Sie mehr über die neuen Funktionen von Portfolio Server 11.
Scopri le novità di Portfolio Server 11
April 10th, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Partecipa al webcast per vedere le nuove caratteristiche di Portfolio Server™ 11 tra cui Galleria dei preferiti, personalizzazione del Web Client, supporto per Amazon EC2™ e molto altro.
Mercoledì 24 Aprile 2013
ore 11:00 (Roma)
Durata: 45 minuti, incluse Q&A
Potrai ricevere la registrazione video del webcast qualora non dovessi riuscire a partecipare.
Luca Marongiu, Product Manager, Technosolutions, sarà disponibile per rispondere alle vostre domande alla fine del webcast.
Ti aspettiamo.
Visit Extensis at TFMA in London and Learn How to Organise your Digital Assets
February 21st, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Come and see us on Stand F8 at Technology for Marketing & Advertising, the UK’s only integrated marketing event. It is taking place on 26-27th February 2013 at Earls Court 2 in London and this will be Extensis’ fourth year in attending the event.
TFMA’s Seminar Programme has also now been announced, covering all areas of marketing and advertising and we will be presenting a session!
Ed Smith, Extensis’ DAM Product Marketing Manager is coming to the UK from the US especially to present a seminar titled “Are you a digital horder? Get organised, boost customer relationships and drive increased revenues”
On Tuesday, 26th February at 4pm in the Content Management & Web Analytics theatre, Ed present a five step program to get your digital assets in order and your organization on the path to recovery! He will demonstrate how to leverage digital asset management solutions to find, locate, archive and access files, regardless of location.
The session will explore the challenges of managing marketing assets and present proven workflow solutions.
Extensis will also be presenting their latest font and digital asset management solutions on stand F8, throughout the show.
Stop by to learn how to:
- Manage fonts across multiple workgroups with ease and efficiency
- Keep your organisation compliant with non-invasive, font license reporting
- Centralise and archive images, audio, video and document files
- Automate asset delivery and benefit from NetMediaMax
- Use WebINK to improve your readers’ online experience as news and content coverage continues to ‘converge’ at speed.
Event Details:
- 26-27th February 2013
- Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London SW5 9TA
For more information on TFMA 2013 or to register for free, visit http://www.t-f-m.co.uk/
We hope that you will join us.
Get to know the Extensis Europe team better – with fonts!
February 15th, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Check out this collection of fonts which contain our names – and give an insight into who we are…
Poor Richard…
http://fontzone.net/font-details/Poor+Richard/
But he could be King one day…
http://www.dafont.com/king-richard.font
Talk to the Christopher Hand….
http://www.dafont.com/christopherhand.font
His teachers would never believe that Chris has handwriting like this…
http://www.fonts101.com/fonts/view/Handwriting/18106/Chris
Torsten…could use a new pen…
http://www.ufonts.com/fonts/fg-torsten.html
Alex is looking quite sensible as usual…
http://www.dafont.com/alex.font
JP always comes in handy…
http://cooltext.com/Download-Font-JP+Hand
Kevin’s trying to be different, but not too different!
http://www.ffonts.net/Kevin.font
Alison is quite formal but with grace…
http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Alison.htm
Russell has his own style…
http://www.fonts101.com/fonts/view/Script/15766/Russell
JM hasn’t given up on the old typewriter yet…
http://www.dafont.com/jm-letter.font
Nigel won’t settle for one, he needs a whole harem of fonts…
http://www.ffonts.net/tag/0/nigel
But alas Davor is the only one without a font to call his own…!
At Extensis, we love fonts, so feel free to share your namesake fonts with us!
MISE À JOUR : Guide de gestion des polices sous Mac OS X, incluant désormais Mountain Lion d’Apple
February 6th, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Nous avons mis à jour notre Guide de gestion des polices sous Mac OS X. La nouvelle version comprend des informations relatives à Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, ainsi que de nombreuses autres informations utiles.
Pour gérer au mieux les polices de votre Mac, ce document vous fournit toutes les astuces pratiques, dont des méthodes permettant de :
- rassembler et nettoyer votre collection de polices
- éliminer les doublons
- éradiquer les polices endommagées
- maîtriser les tâches de gestion des polices
- choisir une application de gestion des polices
- et bien plus encore !
Téléchargez le guide de gestion des polices sous Mac OS X Mountain Lion
AKTUALISIERT: Font Management Best Practices in OS X, jetzt mit Infos zu Apples Mountain Lion
February 6th, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
Frisch aktualisiert steht unser Font Management Best Practices-Leitfaden für OS X jetzt für Sie zur Verfügung. Diese neue Ausgabe beinhaltet die Informationen zu OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion sowie eine Vielzahl weiterer nützlicher Tipps und Hinweise.
Wollten Sie schon immer Ihre Schriften auf Ihrem Mac endlich unter Kontrolle bekommen? Dieses 29-seitige Dokument erläutert Ihnen bis ins Detail, was Sie wie tun und was Sie besser lassen sollten, darunter:
- Erfassung und Bereinigung Ihrer Schriftenbibliothek
- Aussondern von Schriftdubletten
- Beseitigung defekter Schriften
- Und vieles, vieles mehr
Der Leitfaden vermittelt Ihnen das Verständnis für Font Management-Aufgaben und erklärt, worauf Sie bei der Auswahl einer Applikation für das Font Management achten sollten.
Laden Sie gleich den Leitfaden “Font Management Best Practices für OS X Mountain Lion” herunter!
Webcast Recording: Learn how the National Trust for Scotland uses Portfolio Server to Preserve Digital Objects
January 31st, 2013 by Alexandra Barltrop
In case you missed it, we have posted a recording of the Webcast we hosted with the National Trust for Scotland where you can learn how the Trust uses Portfolio Server 10 to conserve and promote the nation’s cultural heritage.
Listen to John Sinclair, Photo Librarian at the National Trust for Scotland, discuss:
- Their previous challenge of manually servicing requests from Curatorial, Conservation and all other departments
- Linking object metadata in the collection management systems with Portfolio Server 10
- How they implemented and managed Portfolio Server 10
- How Portfolio Server 10 saves time, avoids unnecessary duplication, and enables easy self-service access to files
He also addressed several questions from webcast attendees including how to link Portfolio with Customer Relationship Management and Collections Management Systems

Portrait of ‘Gen. The Hon. William Gordon of Fyvie’ by Pompeo Batoni Copyright National Trust for Scotland






