After reviewing the status and requirements, the DAM consultants (together with the previous Canto partner interaktion) recommended a system change to the fylr DAM system from Programmfabrik. The system switch to fylr carried out by DAM United has proven successful for numerous companies. It is a simple, secure and cost-effective solution for those wishing to switch and benefit from the latest DAM developments and work more effectively with large image stocks.

As a first step, the DAM consultants worked with Caritas Switzerland to develop a consolidated, more effective basis for the future work and management of digital assets. The metadata, structures, user groups and rights etc. that had grown over the years were thoroughly reviewed and adapted to the new possibilities offered by fylr. “This joint consolidation process and the explanation of the new possibilities alone were extremely valuable for us. The DAM from Programmfabrik works with keyword structures and tags, and enables us to get straight to the desired destination. In the Cumulus DAM, we had to navigate through hierarchical category trees, which was much less transparent and time-consuming for us and also more complex to manage,” explains Daniel Galliker, Head of Marketing Services, Caritas Switzerland.

In the next step, Caritas Switzerland independently migrated the 165,000 assets from Cumulus to fylr. Thanks to the DAM United Cumulus to fylr Converter (DAMmigrate) and the mapping of the existing information fields to the new structures, the migration was semi-automated and therefore secure, time and budget-saving. The experts at DAM United customized the converter so that the tool understands the logic in the old and target systems and prepares and transfers the asset inventory accordingly. “Thanks to the support of DAM United and their migration tool, we were able to transfer our large stock of images, including all data, to the new structures of the new DAM system in a way that fit perfectly. We can now say that this process worked very well and nothing was forgotten,” explains Daniel Galliker.

Caritas Switzerland relies on the hosting service of DAM United and its partner OVHcloud, a leading European cloud provider, for the secure, data protection-compliant fylr hosting.