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brix Terrific Tuesday on September 12, 2023 at Zurich Zoo.

Exciting talks about best practices and real life solutions.
Everything about automated processes and publications, powerful personalization in marketing, future-oriented media management and especially the people who work with it.
Plus great talks and a super location with delicious food and good animal entertainment.

The PKPass module from brix:papilio in action at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG

Protect image and video assets: Media content tips

Your creative works are invaluable, but how can you ensure that your images and videos aren't used illegally or distributed without your permission? In our post, we'll show you how to effectively protect your digital content – in the form of images or videos – while increasing the effectiveness of your content.

Choosing the right modeling standard for process documentation

Decisive for the success of process documentation is the choice of the appropriate modeling standard. In our latest article, you will learn how to select the optimal standard to efficiently document your processes.

The strengths of software implementation partners

Learn how a software implementation partner not only helps you select the right solution, but also optimizes costs and ensures quality at the same time – even during the operational phase. Your successful projects start here.

The different players in business process management

Find out who is involved in efficient business processes besides process managers and IT professionals, and how they work together to ensure flawless processes.

Effective recommendations for action to increase privacy compliance

The protection of personal data is becoming increasingly important in the digital world. With the new Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP) coming into force on September 1, companies are faced with the task of adapting to the new regulations to avoid fines. In this article, we present practical recommendations for action to improve your privacy compliance.

Improving privacy compliance through optimized process flows

Today, with data privacy and security playing an increasingly important role, it is crucial for companies to ensure privacy compliance. Here you can learn how processes can help to improve this sustainably.

Boost your content efficiency with a clever keyword concept

Discover the importance of a well-thought-out keyword concept and how it optimizes your digital content management.

Save costs and increase efficiency through process orchestration

How can companies increase efficiency and cut costs in an uncertain economic environment?

Get better privacy compliance in a few steps

Improve data protection compliance - Learn how to protect your data and comply with policies in just a few steps.

Sharedien Release 3.17

The cloud-native DAM solution Sharedien has made another significant advance with Release 3.17. Here are the most important facts in a nutshell.

Dynamic Asset Transformation (DAT) by Bynder

Use Dynamic Asset Transformation (DAT) to automatically create the image variants you need for different channels and application purposes in real time – just by passing additional parameters to the URL.

Live recordings at EULAR congress 2023

Successful live upload and delivery of congress videos at the EULAR 2023 congress in Milan.

A small plus with a big impact

Why we are excited about the non-profit organization PluSport and how a small plus can have a big impact.

7 steps to successful process automation

Process automation aims to execute business processes automatically in order to achieve an increase in efficiency, productivity and quality. We've put together a guide for you that includes seven essential steps for successful process automation.

New customer: Welcome FIXIT

We are pleased to welcome the FIXIT GROUP as another Sharedien customer in the brix family. Searching for a new digital asset management solution that can optimally handle a variety of products, the cloud-native approach of Sharedien convinced them at the right time. We are excited to implement the project as DAM implementation partner together with FIXIT GROUP.

Template generator for Camunda Connectors

Our template generator for Camunda Connectors is now available as an open source solution. It makes it easier for Java programmers to develop and maintain connectors with Camunda 8.

Camunda Community Summit 2023 Recap

Our BPM team once again took part in the Camunda Community Summit in Berlin. We have summarized the most exciting highlights for you.

Web-to-Print vs. Web-to-Publish

In this W2P blog, we look at the differences between Web-to-Print and Web-to-Publish.

6 reasons in favor of a process automation strategy

A process automation strategy helps to effectively realize benefits and goals related to automating your business processes. Learn why a process automation strategy can be critical to your business in our blog post.

Marketing Day 23 Recap

The Marketing Day is the most renowned event for marketing professionals in Switzerland. We visited the event together with our partner Sharedien and summarized the highlights for you.

How process automation can make a difference in your business

There are numerous benefits that process automation can bring to your business. It simplifies the work process, optimizes costs, and makes results more reliable and satisfying. This article will show you the positive effects of process automation on your company.

ETH decides to implement Sharedien with brix

ETH Zurich relies on a strong power duo from Switzerland – Sharedien and brix – to create a unique digital experience for visitors to the ETH Library E-Pics.

What steps should you take to comply with the new privacy regulations?

What steps should your organization take to comply with the new data protection requirements?

CELUM Release 23.1

The new CELUM Release 23.1 is here! Convince yourself of the new features and improvements.

RECAP – E-Commerce Berlin Expo 2023

A brief review of this year's E-Commerce Berlin Expo.

CI HUB Connector for SharePoint.

CI HUB Connector for SharePoint is a useful plugin that will help you save time and effort when using your digital content. In this article you will learn more about the SharePoint Connector features and benefits.

How far along are you in terms of your product management?

Akeneo's PXM Maturity Assessment helps you to identify your strengths and possible optimization potential for your product information management fast and easy.

brix:anura API – flexible use, for all scenarios

brix:anura is the ideal API for anyone who wants to extend or revise their web applications quickly and easily. Learn how the brix:anura API is used by our customers.

Why business process management is becoming increasingly important

Are you looking for a way to effectively manage business processes? Then business process management (BPM) is just the thing for you! In this article, you will learn more about the importance of business process management and its benefits. We will also introduce you to two helpful BPM tools.

Different sub-areas of Business Process Management (BPM)

Business Process Management (BPM) is an important tool for making the entire process lifecycle of a company effective, productive and transparent. But what exactly is BPM and which sub-areas exist?

Why the investment in a brand portal is worthwhile

Brand portals are an effective way to improve customer experiences and strengthen customer loyalty. Learn what brand portals are and what benefits they offer in this article.

novoinsight 2022 Recap – TIME TO RE:CONNECT

On November 17, 2022, the time had come: After an interruption of two years, the novoinsight customer and partner event took place LIVE again. We were there when the novomind community met in Hamburg to pick up the latest insights from novomind. Find out what impressions and insights we gained from the event in our review.

Sharedien impresses with a brand new user interface and many useful features

Sharedien impresses with a brand new user interface and more useful features for a successful content orchestration. Learn more about the new feature updates of the latest Sharedien release.

Consistent brand presence with Smint.io portals

Create trust with a consistent brand presence, change the perception of your brand sustainably for the better and ensure that your core messages are received and anchored by your customers.

Press release: DAM partnership with Bynder

The Digital Asset Management specialists from Basel/Switzerland are very pleased to announce their DAM partnership with Bynder

CamundaCon 2022 Recap

We look back on exciting days at CamundaCon 2022 in Berlin

Transgourmet chooses DAMlivery – product images in various sizes for any channel at any time

With DAMlivery, Transgourmet Switzerland provides up-to-date product images in various sizes for the web shop and the app at any time.

How a PIM helps you to unlock sales potential

Article based search for brix:anura

Find product assets faster using the article-based search in brix:anura.

SCOTTs Athletes App

At the SCOTT Global Ambassador Summit, held in beautiful Aosta, Italy, Scott introduced the new «SCOTTs Athletes App» to legends from five top disciplines. Find out the intention behind the app and how brix contributes significantly to the brand experience with the «Upload Request» and brix:anura.

People, processes and data in beautiful Vienna

September 8 and 9, 2022, the BOC's big strategic partner meeting took place in the beautiful city of Vienna. The meeting has become a hotspot for Business Process Management and has brought together BPM stakeholders from all over the world.

DAM United and brix combine long-standing expertise for DAM and PIM in D + CH

Press release 15.09.2022: DAM United and brix bring together long-standing expertise for DAM and PIM in D + CH

Tailored Imports for Akeneo PIM

With the new «Tailored Imports» feature, you effortlessly import the data into Akeneo PIM as it comes.

DAM vs. DMS – two solutions for more consistency and productivity

What are the key differences between a Document Management System (DMS) and a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system?

New structures at brix

With new structures, we stay ahead of the curve and continue to meet the challenges of our customers.

What are digital assets, anyway?

What are digital assets, what are they used for, and why do they play a key role in marketing?

Are you thinking about introducing a PIM system?

We explain which points you should consider during the implementation so that the project does not fail and why a preliminary project makes sense.

7 steps to a successful process documentation

We have compiled the most important tips for describing your process here.

More transparency with a proper process documentation

Why is process documentation essential in a company?

CMA Auto-Configuration for brix Extensions

Configure our CELUM Extensions and Connectors in the Configuration Management Application (CMA) GUI.

New comment function for brix:corvus

Collaborate more productively and get a better overview – with the new comment function in the brix:corvus editorial system.

Top ratings for Akeneo

In SoftwareReviews' PIM Data Quadrant Report, Akeneo PIM was awarded top ratings.

Prepare and manage a DAM migration

Are you about to embark on a DAM migration or are you planning one? We have best practices for you on how best to proceed.

No more outdated and bloated processes!

The phrase «We've always done it this way» often stonewalls processes that have long been outdated.
Through targeted process optimization with a suitable BPM tool, you reduce processing time and improve the quality of results. This will give you a big head start!

Press release: Swiss DAM expertise strengthened with Sharedien as partner

brix IT Solutions expands its Digital Asset Management portfolio with a partner in Switzerland. Welcome Sharedien to the brix Partner Community.

Review Xactuell Webinar 12.05.2022

On 12.05.2022, the Codeware webinar on «New features in Xactuell» took place. We have summarized the highlights for you in a short and crisp way.

Differences Camunda CE and EE

What are actually the differences between Camunda in Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) regarding features and services?

New release: CELUM Content 22.4

In the latest CELUM Content Version 22.4, you can expect many great innovations.

New features with Akeneo 6

What improvements and new features does Akeneo bring? And how can you benefit? We will keep you up to date.

Review: CI HUB & CELUM Webinar 26.04.2022

On 26.04.2022, there was an exciting webinar from our partners CI HUB and CELUM. You missed it?

No problem! We have a few appetizers and the link to the recording for you.

Camunda 8 comes

Camunda releases version 8, completely revised, redesigned and equipped with many new BPM features.

Which innovations and advantages does Camunda 8 bring? What do you have to consider when switching?

We have the answers for you.

Fresh hosting offer

We have made our hosting offer even more attractive for you.

The best reasons and tips for ADONIS BPMS

How does ADONIS BPMS help me for my business processes? And how do I get the most out of the tool?

CELUM DAM at Switzerland Tourism

Increased efficiency and quality assurance through a dedicated DAM system as a central data hub and source at Switzerland Tourism.

The 5 biggest advantages of Akeneo PIM

brix brings transparency and overview to the large selection of PIM systems. What can Akeneo PIM do and why do we trust in the agile open source PIM from France? Here are the five biggest advantages of Akeneo PIM.

CELUM FlowBoard Workflows for ContentHub

With CELUM FlowBoards you improve the collaboration of your teams, accelerate approval processes and thus increase your productivity.

Unbeatable arguments for novomind iPIM

It's not always easy to find the right PIM system among the many that are available. In this article, we have highlighted the advantages of novomind iPIM for you and explained them in more detail.

CELUM ContentHub 22.1

We have compiled the highlights of the new CELUM ContentHub release 22.1 (version 6.12) – in terms of CELUM Nova UI, WorkRooms and technical enhancements – for you. This is a so-called ESR (Extended Support Release).

Automated publishing with CI HUB and InDesign

Need to create brochures, advertisements and flyers with the same basic layout but different content in Adobe InDesign in no time? Take a look at CI HUB, for easy and fast database publishing – it's worth it.

New Anura feature: Related Assets

Display your asset relations in brix:anura, e.g. in the detail view.

CI HUB Figma & Sketch Connectors

Impressive new connectors for Figma and Sketch from CI HUB

Top 5 reasons for using Camunda

Why does my company need the Camunda platform? Here you can find the top 5 reasons.

Why do companies need a PIM system?

What is the «raison d'être» of a PIM system in a company, and what added value does it bring?

Merry briXmas 2021

Haecky catalogs – simply up-to-date

With this article, we would like to introduce you to our customer Haecky Fine Food and its use case «catalog production».

Reduce process costs with BPM

How can a reduction in process costs – as an elementary issue in business relationships – be achieved by optimizing processes?

Future Day 2021

Cost-effective individual publishing

Publish standardized communication materials such as factsheets, ads or business cards with the web-to-publish solution brix:papilio.

Passion that inspires

The passion, the team spirit and the great commitment of the athletes and the entire team of Special Olympics Switzerland impress and inspire us. We are very happy to support Special Olympics Switzerland in 2021 again with full conviction.

Update: Camunda Platform 7.16

Find out here which innovations and improvements the Camunda Platform Update to version 7.16 brings to the BPM world.

novomind Connect: CELUM ContentHub and novomind iPIM in sync

Maintain, synchronize and use valuable product content with the help of CELUM ContentHub, novomind iPIM and novomind Connect.

Practical advantages of a PIM-DAM combination

How Transa Backpacking is using a strong combination of PIM and DAM, improving product experience and data quality, and what experience they are getting from the PIM project.

CELUMIUM 2021 – Summer Edition

Review of the CELUMIUM Summer Edition from 1st to 3rd September 2021 in Linz.

BOC SWISS Impact Day 2021

Review of the event SWISS Impact Day 2021 of our partner BOC.

A PIM system for process optimization

Why a PIM system should be part of the process optimization in your own company. And how you can also benefit from it.

Press release: Lots of hidden potential for product information in companies

A lot of dormant potential for product information in companies.

PIM Study 2021 – Request results

Request results of the PIM Study 2021 of the ZHAW.

PIM Study 2021 – First Insights

First insights from the ZHAW PIM Study 2021.

brix News July 2021

We used the wet and cold weeks to make the first extensions as well as our CELUM trainings NOVA-ready. Also learn more about the use of brix:anura as an asset picker and about the AI-based extensions available in our portfolio.

brix News June 2021

Whether manufacturer and customer, theory and practice, or DAM and PIM - a solid connection is always needed for harmonious interaction.

novomind IPIM

Improve the product and customer experience (PX/CX) of your customers with novomind iPIM and boost conversion rates and sales volumes as a result.

Migration project Transgourmet Prodega

From CELUM 4 without detours to CELUM 6 despite complex system landscape

CELUMIUM 2021 – Spring Edition

Under the slogan «Make. Content. Work.», the CELUMIUM Spring Edition took place on May 12, 2021. Particularly exciting was the announcement of a new partnership.

PIM-Study 2021

What is the benefit and use of PIM systems in Switzerland?

The current PIM Study 2021, which was launched together with our partner novomind and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), deals with such questions.

brix News April 2021

The April newsletter is all about the successfully completed Clariant Brand Portal project. In addition, we cover the most important Akeneo updates, which were revealed at the virtual Akeneo event «Unlock 2021».

And last but not least we are happy to announce Philipp Böhner as our new Sales Manager.

The new Akeneo PIM Growth Edition

Start your PXM journey as a mid-sized company with the Akeneo PIM Growth Edition in the SaaS model and benefit from the core functionalities of the Enterprise Edition including hosting and support.

brix News March 2021

Ready for spring! With another partnership announcement, we have summarized the most important facts about Akeneo PIM, brix:papilio and the CELUM Connectors and Extensions for you.

brix News Februar 2021

More individuality and topicality in publishing projects doesn't have to be expensive! With Xactuell from our partner Codeware and our own development brix:papilio, we ensure a fast ROI in your dynamic database publishing and web-to-print projects.

Press release: New strategic partnership with novomind for integral PIM solutions

brix IT Solutions and novomind from Germany enter a strategic partnership

brix News Januar 2021

In the first brix News issue of 2021 we will inform you about our new PIM partner novomind, introduce you to our CEO and provide you with some news regarding various CELUM extensions.

brix News December 2020

With the title "2020 - more than Lockdown" we say goodbye to the year 2020 and would like to thank our customers for their trust, our partners for their loyalty and our employees for their flexibility.

brix News November 2020

Would you like to know what our CEO has to say about Best of Breed, which new software developments are available for you and which projects we have worked on? In the November issue of our newsletter you will find a summary of the most important information.

open Think Tank – Digital Emerging Market Switzerland

On November 04, 2020, we were invited to hold an «open Think Tank» webinar together with abc Campus and the IBAW (Institute for Professional Education and Training) on the topic «Switzerland as a digital emerging market». Learn more about it in our news article.

7. CELUM Usergroup Meeting

On 13 November 2020, the CELUM Usergroup Meeting was held for the seventh time in the form of a web conference. This platform promotes open exchange between CELUM, its customers and partners regarding the entire product range.

brix News October 2020

In this newsletter you can read about the MS Azure extension AI, who the voice behind the support hotline is and what we have developed to make your work more efficient. Don't miss the opportunity to register for the next open think tank, the CELUM Usergroup Meeting or one of our online training courses.

open Think Tank

As a guest at the IBAW (Institute for Professional Training and Further Education) we held an «open Think Tank» webinar together with abc Campus on the 24th of September 2020, focusing on corporate resilience.

Business News September 2020

In this issue of our brix newsletter we introduce our newest employee and report on news from our CELUM Extension Store. Take a few minutes to get to know the innovations. We are sure you will find something interesting among them.

brix:anura impresses with the new Lightbox

brix:anura impresses with the new Lightbox

Technical News August 2020

brix cross media service GmbH becomes brix IT Solutions GmbH!

Our 20-year company anniversary has caused us to question whether the name "brix cross media service GmbH" still represents the company in a contemporary way. More about the name change and product updates can be found in our newsletter.

Business Newsletter July 2020

In our latest brix Business News edition, we cover the new CELUM Connectors for Adobe CC and Microsoft Office from CI HUB, as well as Akeneo's informative global B2B Survey 2020 about Product Experience. We also have new CELUM Connectors and cool new features for brix:anura / CELUM ContentLand.

Clariant chooses CELUM ContentHub with brix as their implementation partner

We are pleased to welcome Clariant as a new customer after an intensive evaluation phase.

Webinar Recap – Digitization before, during and after the lockdown

We wanted to know what challenges our customers had to face before, during and after the lockdown and what key learnings for the future resulted out of it.

Business Process Management with Camunda

Ever heard of BPM and Camunda? Let us briefly explain what it is all about.

Technical News June 2020

We are pleased to announce our newest business area Business Process Management (BPM). In addition, our developers have been working diligently on new extensions and interfaces that might be of interest to you.

Business Process Management – the path to the digital future

Gain a competitive advantage in the digital era with Business Process Management.

Business Newsletter May 2020

We are pleased to announce our newest area of expertise - Business Process Management (BPM). Learn more about the new version of Akeneo's Product Experience Management Platform and how Ricola provides all brand and communication content worldwide with the CELUM ContentHub.

Akeneo 4 Update

The Product Experience Management platform convinces with new functionalities

Simple tools for agile collaboration in your teams

Increase productivity in your teams - CELUM Workroom® and FlowBoard® for better collaboration

Technical News April 2020

We would like to share with you the latest technical developments that we worked on, even in times of Corona. Perhaps the one or another information about our products might prove to be helpful to you, especially during this time.

brix extends its DAM offering and chooses Smint.io as partner for Enterprise Content Buying

Customer Experience 2030

Together with SAS, the world's leading analytics provider, we had the pleasure of holding our webinar on April 8, 2020 on the topic of «Customer Experience 2030 - Bring Empathy to Your Customer Relationships».

What's new in CELUM 6.4

The new CELUM version 6.4 – For the simple and straightforward management of your assets

Webinars instead of Meetups in April 2020

We invite you to participate in our free webinars in April 2020. Gain new insights and use new options.

We remain at your service!

Our team will do everything in its power to continue to assist you at full brix power. For our part, we have moved our entire operation to the home office in order to protect ourselves and others.

Technical News February 2020

The brix «Technical News» provides a compact overview of all relevant developments around the products CELUM DAM, CELUM Extensions and Connectors, Akeneo PIM, brix:papilio and others.

brix Breakfast Meetup February 2020 – Dynamic Database Publishing

On February 12^th, 2020, we had the opportunity to open the doors for a fourth time for our brix Breakfast Meetup at the brix Academy. The topic Dynamic Database Publishing was the focus of the event.

Akeneo PIM Summit 2020 (APS)

Let us present you the highlights of this year's Akeneo PIM Summit.

With drive into the brix anniversary year 2020

What was best in 2019?

Our customers! We would like to thank everybody for the very interesting and challenging projects and for the very pleasant collaboration. The year 2019 was a successful year for us in every aspect.

brix continues to contribute to the development of disabled sports in Switzerland in 2020

With a donation for the benefit of PluSport we would like to make a small contribution to the support of physically impaired athletes.

brix Breakfast Meetup December 2019 — Manage your Workflow

Thanks to our guests, customers and speakers for the great brix Breakfast Meetup on December 10, 2019 regarding the topic «Manage your Workflow». Not only did we learn a lot about agile project management and had interesting discussions, Michael Sahlender from CELUM was also able to introduce us to the brand-new CELUM FlowBoard Workflows in his presentation as a guest speaker — pertinent to the topic.

Akeneo PIM Summit (APS) 2020

As Akeneo Bronze Partner we will be at the APS 2020 from 5 to 6 February.

Register today. We are looking forward to presenting CELUM DAM and the new version of celum-akeneo:connect at the CELUM booth.

Ho Ho Ho...

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your appreciation and cooperation as the year draws to a close.

Web-to-print – even more functional and user-friendly

brix:corvus – the smart editorial system

The smart editorial system – create editorial content online in an uncomplicated way and publish it online

We love Software Engineering

Developing software that perfectly meets your needs and integrating it seamlessly into your system environment has been one of our main focuses for many years. Now you can find all of our software engineering services on our website.

The new intuitive CELUM User Interface

The new NOVA UI is perfectly adapted to your needs.

Technical News October 2019

Find out more about the latest brix development "Smart Collection" in our "Technical News" issue of October 2019 and get a sneak preview of the new CELUM NOVA UI. On top of that, we will keep you informed about the latest updates to our CELUM Extensions and Connectors.

brix Breakfast Meetup October 2019 – PXM

The second Breakfast Meetup on October 17th 2019, together with our guests and our guest speaker Maël Roth, Marketing Manager Central & Eastern Europe at Akeneo, gave us the opportunity to highlight the most important aspects for the use of a PIM (Product Information Management System).

CELUM Partner Day 2019

We will be presenting translation management with Microsoft Azure on the CELUM Partner Day 2019 and, together with Akeneo, the CELUM Akeneo Connector, which combines the two innovative solutions. In addition, brix is a sponsor of the CELUM Partner Day 2019.

New Video: Power your Product Experience with Akeneo

CELUM Workrooms® – Agile Teamwork Management

A powerful tool for teamwork!

Exciting topics and events in the fall

After our first brix Breakfast Meetup in August, more interesting brix events will follow in autumn. We want to discuss why a great customer experience - in a rapidly developing retail world - has become an essential need and how a PIM system can help you create it. In the Digital Asset Management section you can find out more about Agile Teamwork Management with CELUM Workrooms®. You will also receive an update on our own solutions such as brix:anura.

4th CELUM Usergroup Meeting

brix:anura Update

New feature for brix:anura

Technical News August 2019

With our "Technical Information", you as a customer or partner will receive information about relevant developments around the products CELUM DAM, CELUM Extensions and Connectors, Akeneo PIM, brix:papilio and others in a compact format.

New and improved CELUM Extensions & Connectors

A lot has happened since our news from March 2019. Several new and improved Extensions & Connectors, developed by our brix Software Engineering Team, are available to all customers and partners on our brix CELUM Extensions Store.

New features of brix:anura / CELUM ContentLand

The CELUM portal integration brix:anura offers new user-friendly features.

CELUM Toolbox

With the CELUM Toolbox, you can easily import and export any assets for your CELUM installation, including metadata and more

No summer low at brix cross media

Summer break — Nevertheless, we don't want to miss the chance to present our latest news in a summer newsletter — for all those who have stayed at home and for all those who are back from their vacation and are back in business again.

The smart Swiss W2P solution – brix:papilio

Flexible design for print templates with brix:papilio.

Why use PIM and why Akeneo PIM?

We explain how and where a PIM system like Akeneo can be optimally used.

Simple catalogue production for Paul Ullrich AG

We are happy to announce Paul Ullrich AG as our latest customer in the area of Dynamic Database Publishing (DDP). The spirits and wine retailer Paul Ullrich AG owns six stores located in Basel, Bern and Zurich and is aiming to become the «Liquid Leader» of Switzerland.

Central Media Hub connects the New Apostolic Church across Europe

We celebrate – 10 years of partnership with CELUM!

The partnership with CELUM is a success story. 

brix:papilio 7.0 – New Release

We are pleased that with brix:papilio 7.0 we were again able to produce numerous customer requests and optimizations of our W2P application.

At this point we present only an excerpt. All new functions and optimizations can be found in our brix:papilio 7.0 Release Notes.

With brix cross media into the summer

With our new newsletter format, we would like to inform you about our company, our solutions and our services. We hope you enjoy reading it and are looking forward to your feedback at any time.

New and improved Plugins on our CELUM Extension Store Mar 2019

There are new and improved extensions available on our CELUM Extension Store due to our customer needs.

New Extension «Focal Point Setter»

Set the focal point on images and save image details for further use.

Special Olympics Donator

We are socially engaged

Special Olympics is the world's largest sports movement for people with mental disabilities, with 4.7 million athletes in 169 countries.

Product Information Management (PIM) with Akeneo

Following the best of breed approach, we offer an excellent Product Information Management (PIM) system including the matching connector. Akeneo PIM acts as the perfect complement to CELUM DAM.

Manage high-quality assets as well as the excellent product data centrally and create the perfect product experience for all channels.

New CELUM Extension «Auto Translate»

More efficiency in setting metadata thanks to automatic translations.

Coming soon: New PIM connector akeneo:connect

Just in time for the DMEXCO we present the pre-release of our newest connector. With akeneo:connect you synchronize product information from akeneo PIM and product assets (images, videos, documents) from CELUM DAM in order to provide third-party systems (e.g. e-commerce or publishing systems) a unified view on your products.

Terrific Tuesday at Victorinox – MediaHub meets Swiss Army Knife

For the sixth time after SBB, Lindt & Sprüngli, Transa, AlpTransit and Ricola, we were able to hold our popular Terrific Tuesday on 4 September 2018 at Victorinox, our customer of many years and world-famous pocket, household and professional knife manufacturer. 28 participants followed the call, which meant that this years event was practically fully booked.

New and improved Plugins on our CELUM Extension Store Aug 2018

Once again, there are four new extensions available on our CELUM Extension Store, as well as many improved extensions based on the needs of our customers.

Exciting autumn for CELUM customers, partners and interested parties

In autumn 2018, exciting events for exchanging experiences and networking will take place.

New CELUM Extension «Asset Validation»

Validate assets according to specific criteria and mark them with bullets and tooltips.

New CELUM Extension «Share Listing»

Keep track of all PIN codes, Smart Views and Upload Requests!

New CELUM Extension «Asset Order»

For users that don't have permissions to download assets from CELUM DAM, we introduce our new extension «Asset Order» for ordering assets.

New CELUM Extension OneDrive Connect

If you need mobile access to optimized files from CELUM, we recommend our new backstage module OneDrive Connect.

brix cross media & CELUM at the Strategy Days Sales & Marketing in Zurich

The StrategyDays Sales & Marketing take place on June 5th and 6th in Zurich at Dolder Grand again.
Use this opportunity for a lounge-talk/discussion with brix cross media and CELUM and visit our «Best Practices for Efficiency in Marketing & Distribution» workshop.

brix:anura – now with faceted search

Our CELUM portal integration brix:anura now also offers faceted search. The extended anura search component provides a user-friendly way to refine your selection criteria step-by-step and reset them with a single click.

Dynamic Database Publishing (DDP) with dox42 for MS Office

In addition to Xactuell for the automation of the DTP publishing processes with Adobe InDesign and QuarkXpress, we now offer dox42 for the flexible, powerful and intuitive data integration and document automation for Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

brix cross media at the CELUMIUM 2017 in Frankfurt

The annual CELUM customer and partner event CELUMIUM took place this year in London on November 2nd and in Frankfurt on November 9th 2017. As one of the longest existing partners and sponsors, brix cross media attended the CELUMIUM in Frankfurt.

Duplicate cleansing made easy

Do you want to efficiently clean up the duplicates in your DAM system without losing metadata?

CELUM TYPO3 Connect now also available for TYPO3 CMS 8

Our standard plugin TYPO3 Connect is now also available for TYPO3 CMS 8.

CELUM Magnolia Connect available as standard connector

Magnolia Connect is another standard plug-in developed by brix cross media for seamless CMS integration. This allows CELUM assets to be placed directly in Magnolia CMS components so that they are linked there and thus always up-to-date.

Terrific Tuesday at Ricola – exclusive guided tour of the Herbal Centre

After SBB, Lindt & Sprüngli, Transa and AlpTransit, we were able to continue our well-known and much appreciated Terrific Tuesday series this year with another well-known customer. The worldwide well-known candy manufacturer Ricola allowed us an exclusive visit of the Herbal Centre.

Successful projects with CELUM DAM and brix:anura

What do the Canton of Basel-Stadt and Zurich Tourism have in common?

CELUM Toolbox – Powerful Features for CELUM 5 as Cloud Services

Create, view and export listings of metadata, nodes, user information, permissions and much more.

View information at a glance and export with a single click.

Revolutionary ways to upload assets

Users without a CELUM login can now also fill their DAM system using a definable upload request.