18 System Integration

Introduction

This is make or break time. The products have been chosen. The next stage is to install a highly complex software system without disrupting the smooth running of the business. This is an area where experience counts. One route is to use the services of one of the major IT consultancies to project-manage the integration of the system.

Like any enterprise-scale software installation, the integration of digital asset management needs expert planning and implementation (Figure 18.1). The integration has two components. The first is the installation of the application. This can be managed just like any other new software purchase. The other component is the ingest of content and metadata into the repository. This ...

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