In addition to aggregating business transactions, the company specializes in providing information to the professionals in the field and its associated markets. The company creates, manages, and distributes its vast library of content via the web to businesses and consumers. This content is published in the form of articles on a vast range of topics aimed at businesses and consumers. After production staff receives an article from writers, they select an appropriate illustration or image. In order to ensure the accuracy of the image, industry experts review the images to approve them for publication.
Images are often montages, composite images created from several sources.
A desktop cataloging product is used to associate keywords and search criteria with images. Once images are approved, the images and articles are gathered to a folder on a server and repurposed in Adobe Photoshop to prepare them for publication on the web site. Growing Image Access Requirements . The desktop cataloging application was quickly overwhelmed as the department grew and more users needed access to the catalogs. Increasing Number of Images .