If you have lost an image it might be a good idea to check
your inbox another time.
It has recently been shown that the worlds largest
“image databases” are the mail servers within
Companies.
If you look closely at which file types are most commonly
found on mail servers, you will see they are image files
such as .JPG and .GIF.
If you in the past have used or are using the mail server
as an image server you should continue reading…
I’m going to tell you the solution.
We all know that it’s every Server Administrators
worst nightmare that the mail system wil crash. He may also
have no idea how to deal with increasingly huge involvement
of these unorganized files which take up a lot of disk
space - which include documents, programs and images.
I must admit that in almost every company I’ve worked
for, it is totally normal, if not unavoidable, that all
these types of files are floating around on the mail server.
But what does it actually cost the Companies? Let’s
take a look at an example – I’ll only need to
show you one before you’ll be convinced that this is
a serious and common problem.
A Bank displays photos of all their employees on their
website. The photographer mails a new photo of the latest
employee to the graphic designer who passes it on to the
marketing department, who finally e-mail it to their web
master.
At this point you can see where I’m going with this,
right?!
The purpose of the mail server is altered now and it has
become an “image server” as well and now
contains the original photo and two edited versions. So far
this has cost the Company more than $100.
Later the original photo has to be used in a printed
application and here arises the problem. Who, what, where
and why?! Where is the photo? Everyone is desperately
searching their inboxes.
The graphic designer who originally received the photo from
the photographer has now left the Company and as a result
they have to take the photos again.
The problem could have easily been avoided with an image
server, where images can be categorized and searched for as
if it was a Google search.
The photo or the image works as a “master
image” from which you can make eCatalogs, desktop
presentations, professional printing and web images in any
format – also pdf.
A carefully crafted digital master is a valuable asset that
can be repurposed and reused over a period of many years.
You only need to upload the image once to the image server
and it will thereafter be accessible by all employees of
the Company.
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The Author has expert knowledge on image servers (see
http://www.image-server.biz ) and specializes in
integration, development and consultancy services with J2EE
technologies. He has a great experience with complex J2EE
enterprise projects involving advanced frameworks, web
services and legacy systems.
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