IO Integration is excited to announce our new Creative Operations cloud hosting platform, IO Space™. Current global events have changed the way we work, and how we work will never be the same. Companies prioritizing the expansion of remote workforce capabilities in recent years were better prepared when the stay-at-home orders were put in place, but for many others this process had to be expedited. Several organizations with on-prem technology are still finding it difficult to support and expand the capabilities of their remote workforce. The particular challenge for marketing and creative departments is being able to quickly access marketing assets, maintain creative production workflows, and keep remote teams working efficiently. Moving Creative Operations to the cloud can alleviate many of these issues and it's no longer a question of if, but when to make the move. Based on the next generation Cloud 2.0 platform, IO Space consists of a host of products and services specifically designed for Creative Operations and marketing production teams. Our products and bundles are maintained, supported, and managed by IO Integration Creative Operations technology experts who understand the way your teams work. With data centers around the globe, IO Space offers a reliable, cost-effective, and scalable infrastructure for any organization looking to move creative production or data backup to the cloud.

IO Integration is a proud recipient of the Workfront Partner of the Year Award for 2020. Who better to guide creative teams through digital transformation in today’s turbulent times than a global business that’s got remote working expertise in its DNA? IO Integration, a 2020 Workfront Partner of the Year, writes about its winning partnership with Workfront and nine trends behind its clients’ transformational change. By Martyn Cook, Director of Solutions, and Matthew Bagshaw, Director of Services, IO Integration

This article by Julie Allouch, Director of Digital Experience at Nuxeo, was originally published on the Nuxeo Blog and we think our readers will find it informative. You can’t launch a new product if you don’t have the right photos. High-volume, highly structured photoshoots are an integral part of the product launch process. And in these times, organizing new photo shoots is quite impossible, it’s critical that companies can trust their existing content. Being able to search, find, and reuse digital assets will be key to survival.

In today’s typical creative agency environment, there is art, science and a bit of magic behind producing, managing and distributing the multitude of assets demanded by clients. At the heart of the ecosystem is the all-important workflow, essential for making sure everything runs smoothly. But as we’re all aware, there are always challenges and nothing runs perfectly all the time.

There’s little doubt that technology exists to make our lives easier. But in today’s environment there is also a level of complexity that exists when multiple technologies are used within an organization. A case in point is your creative or marketing departments; you’ll most likely use a number of systems, anywhere from three to 10, to help your teams deliver on client campaigns. Everything from digital asset management and usage rights management, to project management, distribution and campaign management and tracking.

This article by Matthew Brochinsky, Senior Transformation Advisor at Workfront, originally appeared on the Workfront Blog and we think our readers will find this information useful. If you’re reading this from any place other than the office building you were sitting in several weeks ago, raise your hand. Like millions of others, you suddenly found yourself working and/or managing a team from a socially distant location (but always within reach of hand sanitizer). We are all adjusting to a new normal with no clear answer to how long it will last. Okay, you can put your hand down now. Almost overnight, we transitioned to working from home—while trying to maintain the same levels of productivity. Companies without a response plan in place pre-pandemic are scrambling to figure it out as they go...from home. This might feel overwhelming, like trying to paint an airplane in flight. Yes, it will be difficult, but it’s not too late to make refinements that will enable and engage your newly remote teams to be productive on the right work—during this pandemic and beyond.