The Next Wave - Digital Directions

Francesco Rietti, MediaSphere product manager, Cascade Systems, on the new digital infrastructure of publishing for Y2K.

"Digital asset management (DAM) is central to the new digital infrastructure that will take the publishing industry into the next millennium.

"DAM systems are rapidly becoming a critical component for successful media-independent publishing, making it possible for content to be searched, published, dynamically maintained and pushed through to the Internet, where it can be leveraged in new and exciting ways.