The Portals application in Widen’s digital asset management (DAM) system allows you to share a curated selection of assets, in a beautiful, branded environment.

And not to toot our own horn…but portals are popular! There are over 45,718 active portals across our 780+ customer DAM sites — and they are used to share everything from brand guidelines and campaign assets to sales materials, and everything in between.

So we thought it would be fun to hold a portals contest (with prizes!) to inspire and delight our DAM community. All submissions will be shared on the Widen Blog, and five will be featured in our Portals Showcase Webinar — look for registration info in your inbox, soon!

We hope you’ll participate…read on to learn how.

When it comes to creating engaging and memorable stories, video content is king. But because video files are very large, it can be difficult to store, view, and share this content.

With the right tools, however, video management can be friction-free. Cloud-based digital asset management (DAM) systems like the Widen Collective^® support video storage, viewing, and sharing, and allow organizations to manage video alongside their other media.

The Portals app in the Widen Collective^® offers a flexible, attractive, and easy way to share content within a branded environment. 

Our blog post Portals Examples and Use Cases showcases a range of creative and powerful ways that our customers are using portals to share assets, connect teams, and advance brand stories. In this article, we’ll share functionality details and best practices that will help you build a portal that meets your unique content and business needs.

The Portals app in the Widen Collective^® allows users to easily present and share curated sets of assets with specific audiences. 

They can be used to share all kinds of content...brand guidelines, media kits, training content, HR resources, sales materials, product information, you name it! Our customers even rely on portals to distribute content that changes quickly, such as COVID-19 resources. 

With Portals, your teams or partners are able to access content without logging into the digital asset management (DAM) system. All asset activity is tracked to capture who is using which files, and how. And every portal can be customized to provide a fully-branded experience. 

They say a picture’s worth 1,000 words. But could it also be worth 1,000 tastes? At Johnsonville, that’s just what you’ll find...mouth-watering images that will have you reaching for your grill tongs. And it’s Kelly Owens’ job to make sure everyone can find each delicious photo they need.

WatchGuard is a company that’s more than nice to have around. For over 20 years, they’ve provided simple, smart solutions that have taken the world of cyber security by storm. Backed by big-data visibility, their products and services help businesses of all sizes feel confident that their network and WiFi are safe and secure from the villains and perpetrators of cyberspace. But, like all superheroes, WatchGuard’s success was not without a few challenges (and victories) of their own.