Canto’s Thomas Schleu is named DAMMY of the Year.

Left to Right: Mary Yurkovic, Createasphere; Derek McCracken, Hallmark Cards; Barbara Roshcher, Hallmark Cards; Dagbert Sansen, ADAM Software (accepting on behalf of Pieter Casneuf); Steve Cronan, 5th Kind; Paul Nicholson, Showtime; David Diamond, CANTO Software (accepting on behalf of Thomas Schleu); Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy, Createasphere.

At Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management Conference in New York last week, the Second Annual DAMMY Awards were bestowed in front of a sold-out ballroom of guests.

The DAMMY Awards are the only honors specifically conceived to recognize excellence in innovative digital asset management technology. The 2011 DAMMY Award winners are:

Best Storage, Archive, and/or Preservation Solution

ADAM Software

Best Example of Asset & Media Repurposing

Hallmark Cards

Best Strategy or Solution for Digital & Media Asset Management During the Acquisition of Content

5th Kind

Best Strategy Ease of Use for End-User Interface

Showtime Networks

DAMMY of the Year:
Thomas Schleu – Canto Software

Judges who are recognized professionals in digital asset management select finalists and winners of the DAMMY Awards. This years’ judges included Lisa McIntyre, GSD&M; David Riecks, Controlled Vocabulary; and Donna Slawsky, Columbia University School of Continuing Education. Several of the nominations can be viewed at www.createasphere.com/dammys.

The DAMMY Awards were launched in 2010 with a three-part goal: to raise awareness of the rapidly evolving, increasingly crucial role of digital asset management (DAM); to promote creative and technical excellence in the field; and to recognize the achievement in the DAM space.

The DAMMY Awards returned to The New Yorker Hotel for a gala luncheon, sponsored by Harris, during Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management Conference on Friday, September 23, 2011.

Createasphere’s next DAM event will be the Digital Asset Management Conference - Europe on November 8-9, 2011 in The Hague, Netherlands.