This article originally appeared on the Intelligencebank Blog and we think our reader will find it useful. When brands assess risk and how that might impact their ongoing business, brand compliance is a consistent concern. Companies spend eye-watering portions of their marketing budgets building brand equity, yet a lack of consistency, unapproved content or activity which isn’t aligned to the companies values can destroy this in minutes.

It was never a matter of if and only a matter of when organizations would need to move portions of their operations to the cloud. Many companies were already working in the cloud or making plans to do so when the COVID-19 work-from-home mandates were announced. Companies lacking cloud-based infrastructures were forced to quickly put a plan of action into place.

Businesses evolve, they grow, they restructure. At one point or another, all marketing and creative organisations will have to update or upgrade a significant portion of their tech stack, as their existing processes and workflows become outdated with new advances in technology.

This article originally appeared on the Workfront Blog and we believe our readers will find it useful. In an era of unprecedented change when enterprises need technology to accelerate productivity, improve visibility of work, and connect strategy to delivery, one solution delivers a 285% return on investment, according to Forrester. That solution is Workfont, the subject of a commissioned Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) Study, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Workfront—an in-depth analysis of the potential cost savings and benefits of technology deployed by leading businesses.

Too often, businesses spend significant amounts of money on content infrequently utilized, before being archived and forgotten about forever. Managing your content like this is both ineffective and illogical: It’s like ordering a three-course dinner but only eating half of the starter.

The world of marketing has transformed dramatically in the last ten years or so — what used to be a linear approach is now a much more complicated, multi-channel beast — and this has led many businesses to adopt technology-based solutions to their problems. The number of different systems and software-based applications available today is overwhelming, ranging from digital asset management (DAM) and content management systems (CMS) to product information management (PIM).