Lee Miller Archives launch new site at fotofringe London

As part of the launch of their new Online Picture Library, the team from Lee Miller Archives will be at fotofringe in London today. The new site is built on Aetopia's MediaCore platform and Aidan and Mark will be there to support the launch.

Lee Miller was a celebrated photographer who led an incredible life and left behind a unique and diverse collection featuring 20th century personalities, artists, fashion, surrealism and WWII reportage.

Images are available for reproduction and licensing at www.leemiller.co.uk

Follow Lee Miller Archives @farleyfarmhouse and fotofringe London @fringeflow

Aetopia at Publishing & Media Expo

We are at the Expo Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th. Feel free to drop in at stand A39 and find out more about our product, and how we can help with your Digital Asset Management project.

MediaCore is a secure, flexible platform for Digital Asset Management. We create tailored solutions for our customers in the Newspaper, Photo Agency and Archiving sectors.

About Publishing & Media Expo

Established in 2005, Publishing & Media Expo is the UK’s leading event dedicated to defining the future of Publishing. It offers a forum for the entire publishing industry to connect and keep up with the latest trends, to ensure you can build a strategy fit for the evolving journey the publishing sector is embarking on.

Aetopia present at #responsiveDEN

Aidan and Mark attended #responsiveDEN  and talked about managing and monetising so-called "digital assets" (images, video, and pdf's etc.) including:  geotagging assets at point of capture to enable the aggregation and delivery of hyper-local content; "project-based" content acquisition, curation and workflow; and monetising assets through B2B and B2C channels.

About DEN

Since 2007, the Digital Editors Network has worked to link media innovators, whether they work inside, outside or alongside mainstream media organisations.

Ulster Tatler chooses Aetopia's picture desk & photo sales software

The Ulster Tatler, Northern Ireland's leading society magazine, has selected specialist software supplier Aetopia to provide its Picture Desk and Photo Sales software applications. 

The MediaCore Digital Asset Management (DAM) system will be used by Ulster Tatler as their internal Picture Desk allowing the picture editor to schedule events, assign photographers and capture the photos from those events. The central image repository will be used to store and retrieve images for both internal and external users. Ulster Tatler photographs will then be made available for online purchase.

According to Chris Sherry, Ulster Tatler MD:

"The Ulster Tatler has always had a reputation for quality photography. With this new system from Aetopia, we will be able to photograph even more events and make those pictures instantly available to our readers."

Ulster Tatler is a lifestyle and society magazine based in Northern Ireland. Established in 1966, the Ulster Tatler is Northern Ireland's longest established and most widely read monthly. It covers events in the Northern Ireland social calendar as well as local fashions. The magazine's ethos is to focus on all that's good about life in Northern Ireland.

Aetopia ranked in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for second year running

On 21st November 2011, Aetopia was ranked by Deloitte as number 30 in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. Aetopia Limited grew 277% during this period.

Aetopia’s CEO, Aidan McGrath attributes its growth to being able to deliver solutions to its customers that generate revenue and save costs, both critical factors in the current economic climate.

The Deloitte Fast 50 programme, now in its twelfth year in Ireland, ranks the fastest-growing technology companies in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This year, there are 14 companies from Northern Ireland in the ranking. The average growth rate of the Fast 50 companies named in this year’s ranking is 674%.

Publish and be DAMed

Belfast based software company Aetopia has just been selected by a major British newspaper group to provide their Digital Asset Management (DAM) software, proving that local home-grown technology can compete with the best in the world.

The innovative company, founded by Aidan McGrath and Mark Gowdy in 2005, was chosen for the six-figure contract in a tight competition against a large venture-capital backed US company. The success is the latest of many in the company’s short history.

PressEye choose Aetopia

PressEye photography, one of Northern Ireland’s largest professional photographic agencies has selected MediaCore as its internal image workflow, archiving and image distribution engine.

Racing Post backs Aetopia's DAM system

The Racing Post, the UK’s preeminent daily horse racing and sports betting newspaper has selected MediaCore, to power its online Photo sales site.

Aetopia wins Belfast City Council contract

Belfast City Council has selected MediaCore from Aetopia as its central picture library system.

Belfast Telegraph launch 'In Pictures" site with MediaCore from Aetopia.

The Belfast Telegraph have selected MediaCore to underpin their new 'Pictures' website which publishes their extensive picture library. The system includes unique photos from the Newspaper's archives as well as daily feeds from some of Northern Irelands top photographers. The "In Pictures" site contributed to it's success in winning the coveted Chartered Institute of Marketing Award for marketing excellence in the services sector.

Connacht Tribune launch image archive

The Connacht Tribune launches its photo archive website using MediaCore with over 165,000 images available. David Hickey, CEO, stated that as part of the centenary celebrations they plan on building a comprehensive photographic record of Galway since their records began 45 years ago.

Incisive Media roll out MediaCore

After a successful trial, Incisive Media have decided to deploy the MediaCore system throughout all its divisions. Incisive Media are one of the largest publishing companies in the UK. Pictured is David Worsfold Group Editorial Services Director, Incisive Media with Mark Gowdy, and Aidan McGrath of Aetopia.

Aetopia moves to new offices

Aetopia has moved to new offices in ECIT (the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology). It is a new €60 million world-class centre specialising in key areas of advanced digital technology. ECIT facilities the collaboration of research specialists from Queen's University with industrial partners and innovative start-ups like Aetopia.