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Canto - Cumulus

On this page: Product Info | Demos/Downloads | Hot Info/Press | Client Stories | Support & Training | Updates | 3rd Party Partners | Pricelist

Canto Cumulus is a powerful digital asset management system for all organisations where effective workflow management and rich media asset control is paramount.

Free Downloads & Demos

* Cumulus DEMO CDs available - email us for the free CD! Note: Cumulus Single User Edition no longer available.

Cumulus in 90 seconds - Flash movie!

Full Cumulus product tour of features

Web Client Access Tour

Web2 Web Publisher Pro (WPP v7.6) online demo and standard Image Library demo (WPP v3).

... more demos & downloads.

Hot Info! and Press

* Cumulus product information on topics such as permissions, asset relationships, software evaluation of Cumulus and more, see Exploring series tutorials.

* Cumulus/HELIOS versus Xinet FullPress / WebNative Venture: "HELIOS UB Solutions together with Canto Cumulus digital asset management provide a complete prepress and digital asset management solution" - comparison chart!

* Read Design Graphics Cumulus 7 Review (pdf)

... more in Hot Info!

Client Success Stories!

* Brandwidth & Toyota in the UK - online Cumulus case study at JPY.

* In Print & Online Cumulus success story in IDM Nov-Dec 07 p33. Tait Electronics: 'Pictures paint a thousand words' (pdf) article (© Knapp).

* Cumulus success story in Digital Reproduction #9 Sept-Oct 2007 p22-23 National Gallery of Victoria: ''Image Service Metamorphosis at NGV' (pdf)

* Ken Duncan Group and Cumulus (html | pdf) - 'photography as an art form' meets DAM!

Cumulus/Digital Asset Management Seminars

* Email us for bookings or advance notice of forthcoming Seminars.

Cumulus Support and Training

* Cumulus Support: Customer Care Centre details.

* DataBasics Onsite Services Installation/Training products (html) descriptions. DataBasics offers both Remote and Onsite Cumulus Workgroup Server Installation and Administrator Training, plus Remote and Onsite User Training. Prices are listed in our Canto pricelist (pdf).

Canto advises that there will be no support for all Cumulus 5 products after December 2005. This applies to customer, developer and partner support.

LATEST NEWS
* Special Offer on Internet Client Pro: Web Client access at HALF PRICE - details in Focus on Cumulus ICP November 2008. Download the Focus Special Offer (PDF).

* Third-party add-ons: Modula4 Modules for your Cumulus solution.

Cumulus Product Info      

* Latest release Cumulus v7.6. View Canto's online movie (Flash) for latest features! Download/view What's New in 7.6 PDF.

* Cumulus Editions Overview and addon Options: Workgroup | Enterprise | Single User no longer available.

* Canto's Cumulus Tutorials on a range of topics - those held locally include Cumulus Client interface (pdf), Cumulus Web interface (pdf), overview of Cumulus workflow technologies (pdf) and more!

* Specific Option descriptions/datasheets: Web Publisher Pro | Internet Client Pro | Vault | Brand Assistant (pdf) | QXP (Quark) Companion (pdf) | HELIOS Companion | Viewer and the following Filter Options: Video Suite | PDF AssetStore | 2PDF AssetProcessor.

* Integration with RedDot CMS: Canto Teams Up with RedDot to provide comprehensive Content Management solutions - Press release (pdf), the online movie (Flash) shows how it works!

Supported File Formats & Filters

* Cumulus and Metadata standards (Exploring series) information.

* Detailed Cumulus metadata support chart (pdf)

* Filters and File Formats list (pdf) updated.
* Support for RAW camera formats (pdf) list.

3rd Party Partner Products

* Modula4 Cumulus modules: add-ons include Web Module, Log Module, Search Module, Video Module and LDAP Import Module.

* Heymann's new CGM Thumbnail Generator extension for Cumulus 7.5 - details in their Newsletter

* Heymann's Email Order System (EOS) is an extension to the web Options WPP/ICP for ordering files via email... updated with a "collect files' option more.

* Interaktion's iAsset Contributor puts metadata into Cumulus via webforms which are easily configurable by changing a record view set, and to assign categories.

* Cumulus add-on iPrefillerPro also from Interaktion enables the controlled entry of metadata ensuring no blank fields: see the datasheet (pdf) - view the online >demo (Flash)!

* Pound Hill's MetaGrove product for XMP metadata - toolkit plugin for Adobe Creative Suite: overview & workflow diagram (pdf) and online tutorial (html)

Upgrades & Update Info

* Register with Canto's Customer Portal http://customer.canto.com

...more on DataBasics Cumulus Customer Support page.

Product Registration and Demos

* All purchased Canto products need to be registered in order for DataBasics to provide effective support and for software updates. Go to Canto online for details. DataBasics Customer Support page has full details on how to check your registration and update your version.

You may also register your Cumulus Demo: in DEMO mode, Cumulus is limited to 50 records, 2 catalogs and 5 Clients. Once registered, the software is unlimited but is date-stamped for one month. You can install the Demo software on Macs, Windows and Linux.

Pricelist

* Latest AU$ Canto Pricelist includes Academic price plus locally built and Partner add-on solutions.

* Educational Discount for Archive Server - see Canto's Educational Pricing Policy (pdf). See the pricelist (pdf).