Cumulus (software)

Cumulus (software)

Cumulus is a digital asset management software designed as a client/server system developed by Canto Software. The product line includes editions targeted to smaller organizations and larger enterprises. The product makes use of metadata for indexing, organizing, and searching.

Cumulus servers run on Mac OS, Windows, Linux and Solaris systems. Cumulus client software is available for Mac, Windows and web browsers.

History

Cumulus was first released as a Macintosh application in 1992, and was named by Apple Computer as the "Most Innovative Product of 1992".[citation needed] Cumulus introduced search capabilities beyond those available in the Macintosh at the time, particularly thumbnails.

Cumulus 1.0 was a single-user product with no network capabilities.

Within two years, Cumulus released version 2.5, available in five different languages, and receive the 1993 MacUser magazine Eddy award for "Best Publishing & Graphics Utility".[citation needed]

Version 4 of the software was the first version that was network-ready, and was available for Macintosh, Windows and UNIX operating systems allowing for cross-platform file sharing.

Version 5 of the product changed the software core to use an open architecture providing an API to external systems and databases. The open architecture of Cumulus 5 also enabled a more functional bridge between Cumulus and the World Wide Web.

Embedded Java Plugin (EJaP) technology was introduced in version 6 allowing system integrators to build custom Java plug-ins to extend the functionality of the Cumulus client.

Cumulus 6.5 marked the end of the Cumulus Single User Edition product, which was licensed to MediaDex for further development and distribution.

In the Summer of 2006, Canto released the Cumulus 7 product line.

Cumulus 8 was released in June 2009, including new indexation technologies and taking advantage of multicore/multiprocessors systems, and able to manage a wider variety of digital asset formats.

Cumulus 8.5 was released in May, 2011. Support was added for multilingual metadata, or what the company calls "World Metadata." Cumulus Sites was updated to support metadata editing and file uploads.

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