In this issue:

• Canto News
• Events
• Canto Employee Profile: Fulfillment Manager, Angela Zaretzki
• Cumulus Power Tips

Canto News

Canto Development Partner Idea7 Becomes Distributor for France

Idea7, a long-term player in the Digital Asset Management industry, has become the Canto distributor for the French market. The partnership allows Idea7 to offer solutions developed by Canto for the French market through the French Canto partner network and also specific software and hardware solutions vendors.

Canto CEO Ulrich Knocke sees the enhanced partnership between the two companies as a benefit to both: "[Idea7's] market expertise and existing solutions based on Cumulus technology are very important for Canto," he explains. "This announcement confirms our willingness to serve our French customers on the sales sphere as well as on system integration."

Ludovic Delobel, Director of Idea7, characterized the new agreement as a "new step in our long-term partnership with Canto," and went on to explain how the new partnership terms would better enable his Idea7 to serve the needs of its customers and the French-speaking regions as a whole.

Visit Idea7 at: http://www.idea7.fr

University of Michigan Chooses Cumulus EDU

Canto certified partner, Renaissance Micro, known for its expertise in the Educational arena, will supply the University of Michigan's Photo Service Department with an installation of Cumulus EDU, a version of Cumulus Enterprise intended for the Education market.

The University's Photo Services Department started using Cumulus back in 2004 and, within a year, saw a 64% increase in archive and stock sales. The department's archive then was only a few thousand assets strong. Today, less than 5 years later, they wrangle nearly 70,000 photos and contact sheets daily.

Among the enhancements Renaissance Micro will provide are real-time credit card processing that meets current payment card industry compliance requirements, and an integration with the department’s FileMaker Pro-based work order system, which will enable the systems to share data, thereby avoiding the need for duplicate data entry.

"No off-the-shelf software product could have made all this possible," claims Renaissance Micro president Dwain Leonard.

Visit Renaissance Micro at: http://www.renaissancemicro.com

Power Tips Roundup

Cumulus Power Tips have become a hot Web destination for many Canto customers each month. To date, eNews has delivered 17 Power Tips, and users regularly let Canto know how valuable the tips have been.

For those new to eNews, below is a round up of all the tips published so far:

• See the metadata being captured during cataloging operations.
• Easily copy fields from one view set to another.
• Create queries that reference the current time or date.
• Use a hidden tool in the Filters list to find filters fast.
• Drag & drop assets from Web browsers right into Cumulus.
• See live previews of any file type via the Cumulus Web Clients.
• Quickly find all assets who no category assignments
• Set the properties for many fields at once from a single menu option.
• Choose which fields appear in the Sort menu.
• Determine exactly where you want catalogs and other resources stored.
• Understand and make use of AND|OR Quicksearch queries.
• Selecting exactly which fields are search via Quicksearch.
• Understand and make use of full word searching.
• Take advantage of Cumulus licensing to enable more people to use your Cumulus Server.
• Set up user account templates to make new user setups quick and easy.
• Use Cumulus as a podcast broadcast station.
• Make fields "smart" using if|then|else formulas.

Also, don't forget Canto's Exploring Cumulus document series, which provides an easy-to-follow in-depth discussion and tutorial of topics important to Cumulus users.

Canto offers resources like these to help customers increase the value they get from their Cumulus systems. If you'd like to see something covered in an a Power Tip or Exploring Series document, please let us know!

In this issue:

• Canto News
• Events
• Canto Employee Profile: Fulfillment Manager, Angela Zaretzki
• Cumulus Power Tips