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With a Canto library, less time is spent searching and sharing assets than ever before.","\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has been one of the world’s leading providers of advanced space services for more than 50 years. A full-service supplier of state-of-the-art space engineering and services to commercial and institutional customers, SSC operates one of the world’s largest civilian networks of satellite ground stations and brings unmatched consulting experience to all phases of space programs. The company also provides a variety of rocket, balloon, and experimental launch services at the Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden, one of the world’s most versatile civilian space centers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ccto-goal-result locale=\"en\" goal=\"Consolidate digital assets stored in multiple shared drives into a single source of truth to locate and distribute images and other files quickly.\" result=\"Canto reduced the amount of time spent searching for assets and sharing them from several hours to a matter of minutes thanks to better organization, accurate metadata, and shareable links.\">\u003C\u002Fcto-goal-result>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goal: Organize scattered image assets\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSC has plenty of incredible images from various launches and advanced projects, but managing them proved to be quite a challenge. Most of their assets were stored on shared drives, which made it difficult to locate images and videos when they were needed. Journalists, organizations, suppliers, and colleagues frequently requested images for stories, ads, film productions, presentations, and much more, and it took far too long to locate the right asset and then share it using a third-party platform like Dropbox.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mariann Dalhem Ersson, Head of Digital Media and Communications Projects at SSC, recalls just how difficult it could be to keep up with asset requests: “Lots of stress. I spent a lot of time looking for the right asset.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem was made even more complicated by the fact that most of the photographers uploading the assets into the system rarely provided information that could make it much easier to locate them in the future. Since files were being stored in so many shared drives, it also became quite difficult to manage the permissions for each location.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Some of our engineers are really good at photography, and they take lots of photos. However, they had no other place to save them than their shared drives and could sometimes direct me to one I did not have access to,” Ersson says. “And often, there was no information about the picture. Who took it? What is on it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-61510 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_1.jpg\" alt=\"Swedish Space Corporation MASER 14\u002FSubOrbital Express sounding rocket launch from Esrange Space Center in 2019. There is a rocket launching from the ground with smoke and fire coming down at the SSC Esrange Space Center against a forest backdrop and a blue cloudy sky.\" class=\"wp-image-61510\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_1.jpg 800w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_1-450x255.jpg 450w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_1-768x435.jpg 768w\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MASER 14\u002FSubOrbital Express sounding rocket launch from Esrange Space Center in 2019. Credit: Dorian Hargarten, DLR\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enter Canto: A better way to manage images\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ersson and her team began to look for a better solution that would make it easy to quickly locate assets and either share or download them. Their search quickly led them to digital asset management software. As they began to evaluate providers, they discovered Canto and compared its features to other options on the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I didn’t know that a DAM could have so many great features,” she recalls. “(Canto) had so many more features that we needed and wanted. All of the team realized we really want this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizing and tagging image assets\u003C\u002Fh3>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After deciding to implement Canto, Ersson set about transferring many of SSC’s image assets into the new DAM environment. The task was made somewhat easier thanks to some earlier efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I had already made a folder in a shared drive called the ‘green’ folder maybe a year earlier,” Ersson says, “that included assets okay to use. And then I made a ‘red’ folder for limited use.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That foundation allowed her to begin placing assets like images, video footage, banners, logos, and other graphic elements into a structure of folders and albums. Each uploaded file could be tagged with vital metadata that would allow the team to sort them by location, service type, and project name. Realizing that this form of metadata would make everything much easier to locate, Ersson also began insisting on the inclusion of important metadata whenever images were uploaded into the new system. Since Canto’s upload links allowed her to require certain information to be included with each upload, she was able require that all uploaded images were property labeled and tagged.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There’s a description of the image,” she says. “I want to know what it is and what is it about. And also the author; I want to know who took the photo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This insistence made it easy to locate content even if it wasn’t filed properly in the existing folder system, which would greatly reduce the amount of time spent searching for assets in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-61513 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_4.jpg\" alt=\"Swedish Space Corporation SPIDER 2 sounding rocket launch from Esrange Space Center, February 2020. Credit for the image goes to Marcus Lindh, SSC. The image shows a snowy, forest-covered hilltop with a bright red laser-type light shooting straight into the sky at a slight left angle. The sky is a slightly green-black.\" class=\"wp-image-61513\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_4.jpg 800w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_4-450x300.jpg 450w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_4-768x512.jpg 768w\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SPIDER 2 sounding rocket launch from Esrange Space Center, February 2020. Credit: Marcus Lindh, SSC.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saving time with self-serve portals\u003C\u002Fh3>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fielding press requests for images used to take up a great deal of time under the old system of shared drives. Canto allowed the team to streamline the process by creating a dedicated press portal on the SSC website that contained all images cleared for publication. By making the press portal public, journalists could simply go to the website and browse the curated collection of images to find what they needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That proved to be a significant time saver for Ersson and her team: “It seems they find it because I don’t get as many requests from journalists any longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A separate portal was also set up for the creative agency that handles much of the company’s design work. Image assets could then be dropped into the portal to be used in banners and other graphics, streamlining creative workflows and ensuring that only approved images are available for use.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canto’s customization features also allowed Ersson to implement Canto seamlessly into the company’s existing environment to create a better user experience. Rather than directing journalists and agency partners to a separate site or service whenever they needed to access assets, they could access the portals quickly and easily from within the existing website without even realizing they were using a third-party service.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cases where a specific image from outside a portal needed to be delivered, Canto’s shareable link feature made it easy for Ersson’s team to quickly locate an image, generate a link, and send it to someone. The ability to make those links expire provided an extra level of flexibility when the team only needed to make an asset available for a short period of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-61512 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_3.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Swedish Space Corporation public Media Bank portal. The banner features Northern Lights of blue and purple against a dark blue sky, with the SSC Media Bank title and a search bar overtop. There are different categories external teams can choose to download from, such as Services, Offices & Locations, and People, each containing digital assets approved by SSC.\" class=\"wp-image-61512\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_3.jpg 800w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_3-450x255.jpg 450w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184551\u002Fssc_3-768x435.jpg 768w\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Swedish Space Corporation public Media Bank, powered by a Canto Portal.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Streamlining collaboration and approvals\u003C\u002Fh3>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although many different people were taking pictures of rocket launches and other events, Canto provided SSC with a way to establish a single source of truth for all that content. First, everyone was informed about where new content needed to be uploaded and what metadata information needed to be included to ensure better searchability. This not only solved the problem of people uploading images into multiple shared drives, but also allowed Ersson to exert much greater control over what would be available in the library.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They upload it, and I check it because sometimes the quality is not that good,” she says. “I decide whether it’s going to be in the library or not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canto’s upload links make it easier for people to submit images for review, whether they’re inside or outside the company. Upload links proved incredibly helpful as hybrid and remote work environments are becoming more commonplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It works great,” Ersson says. “It’s easy for anyone around the world to log in and use it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-61511 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_2.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Swedish Space Corporation Canto library with different views of one of their locations shown in the view pane. On the left, the folder structure is viewable and searchable, and you can filter by location or services using the shown right-hand side filter pane. The SSC logo is displayed in the top left corner.\" class=\"wp-image-61511\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_2.jpg 800w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_2-450x272.jpg 450w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184552\u002Fssc_2-768x464.jpg 768w\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the Swedish Space Corporation locations shown inside their Canto library.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ccto-testimonial company=\"Swedish Space Corporation\" author=\"Mariann Dalhem Ersson\" position=\"Head of Digital Media and Communications Projects\" img>It really changed my way of working. It’s so much easier. The stress and frustration is gone, so it’s really positive.\u003C\u002Fcto-testimonial>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Results: Less time searching, more time doing\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By consolidating SSC’s assets into a single source of truth, the team was able to cut down on the time spent locating and managing images dramatically. Prior to implementing Canto, Ersson estimates that she spent as much as two or three hours a day tracking down images and preparing to share them. Those days, however, are now long gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It takes me no time at all sometimes, because I’ve already served them with the footage,” she says. “If they’re looking for something specific that’s not on the public portal, it takes me no more than 15 minutes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Canto’s digital asset management features, SSC now has a scalable, flexible system in place for managing their images and branded content that will allow them to improve efficiency and move quickly to take advantage of new opportunities in an increasingly digital world.\u003C\u002Fp>","tech",{"url":33,"url_md":34,"alt":35,"height":36,"width":37},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F10154603\u002FSwedish-Space-Corporation.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F10154603\u002FSwedish-Space-Corporation-450x246.jpg","Swedish Space Corporation header image in red of satellite hovering around Earth.",655,1200,{"vId":39,"padding":40},"","56.25",{"headquarters":42,"website":43,"logo":44,"industryObj":45,"productsUsed":48,"company":53,"shortTitle":25},"Solna, Sweden","https:\u002F\u002Fsscspace.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2022\u002F08\u002F19184553\u002Fssc_logo.png",{"title":46,"filterUrl":47},"Technology","\u002Fcustomers\u002Findustry\u002Ftech\u002F",[49],{"title":50,"url":51,"key":52},"Canto DAM","\u002Fproduct\u002Fcanto-dam\u002F","canto-dam","Swedish Space Corporation",1789275703948]