Swedish software developer Cantemo has unveiled MediaBox, a digital asset management system priced at less than £10,000. The software offers the same functionality and quality as its enterprise level precursor, but is available in packages for five, 10 or 20 users with up to 300,000 assets and upgrade paths. “In today’s fast moving media market there is an increasing need for small and medium sized companies to effectively manage their ever expanding number of rich media assets,” said Cantemo Chief Executive Parham Azimi. “Many of these companies will have the same critical demands as much larger organisations.” MediaBox features tools for transcoding, managing, searching and governing data and for adding metadata. It comes complete with up to eight storage areas and a codec package. The OEM product is available via specialist resellers and third party systems integrators, who will be able to re-package and re-skin the technology, create apps and integrate it into systems. To make this possible, MediaBox has been designed as an open-ended integration platform consisting of two parts: ‘Apps’, which allows for the addition of new functionalities, the modification of existing ones and the integration of third-party systems and ‘Themes’. The latter is for fine-tuning or completely rebranding the interface on a user or group level. www.cantemo.com
