widen 2014 year in review

Widen 2014the year in review

Let’s celebrate!It was a DAM good year at Widen and we’re happy to share it with you.Here’s an overview of the great thingswe’ve been doing in 2014.

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Our CultureWe’ve built a culture for sharing to help our customers do what they do best.

We redefined our mission to help you DO MORE,so you can BE MORE.

Widen’s solutions go beyond DAM. We’re committed to connecting your marketing content by innovating, operating, and servicing software technologies that help you:

MORE PRODUCTIVE, EFFICIENT, CONSISTENT, AND DIFFERENTIATED.

Our Mission

● Create and capture new content● Manage and organize existing content● Share and distribute relevant content● Analyze and track successful content

We power the contentWiden is a marketing technology company.

that builds your brand

Our stance

According to Widen customer 5.11 Tactical, “At the end of the day we make pants. They’re not fashion, they’re part of your gear, your equipment, and what you do for your job. We provide really awesome gear to people who need to be really awesome.”

And Widen’s DAM solution, The Media Collective, helps 5.11 Tactical’s retailers get these people what they need to be awesome.

Our marketing solutions power your content and help you connect with everyone who needs it.

NOW THAT’S POWERFUL.

Our Position

With DAM at the heart of the marketing technology ecosystem, you get MORE from your content across ALL customer touchpoints.

DAM

Our ProductWe keep advancing in ways that help you do MORE.

Additional upload options

Faster downloads

Improved collaboration

Archived asset storage

Major video advancements

Detailed asset analytics

More sharing and distribution

Amazon Web Services expansions

Improved API capabilities

Best-in-class partner integrations

Enhanced search performance

Modern, clean, fresh user experience

What’s NEW

NEW Dashboard page offering HTML welcome messages,spotlight searches, upload drop zones and activity feed.

A totally fresh user experience brings your brand into focus, with more options for content discovery and analytics.

The WidenCommunity

Over 350 happy customers. And we can prove it.This year, we’ve welcomed 80 new Media Collective customers – just like you – to Widen. And we’re not done yet! With our commitment to great customer service, we continue to be a leader in customer satisfaction, as our 2014 survey results show.

Our Customers

4.33 4.11 4.18 4.20 4.20 4.26

(5-point likert scale, 329 responses)

Pleased with overall service

Pleased with overall product advancements

Pleased with overall product

performance

Widen is important to performing daily tasks

Widen is an important

strategic partner

Enjoy workingwith Widen

Our EmployeesHappy people deliver a happy customer experience.

Widen employees are an amazing team of experts who know how to have fun. We think creatively, share knowledge, follow our passions, and do what we say. Our 2014 survey results show that we have happy employees. And if we’re happy, you’re going to be happy.

100% 100% 96%

Proud to work at Widen Recommend Widen as a place to work

Very satisfied or satisfied as a place to work

Very satisfied or satisfied with work-life balance

100%

Our PartnershipsWe have a great network of partners and integrations.

We want you to extend the power of DAM across your marketing technologies and customer experiences, so we’ve aligned with the best.

● AtTask for enterpise work management● ProofHQ for online proofing, review and approval● Silicon Publishing for Adobe InDesign plugin● Suttle-Straus for print-on-demand using CHILI Publish for web-to-print● Wordpress and Drupal for web content management● Digimarc for digital watermarking and tracking● Dropbox, Box and Drive for file sharing and device syncing

We’ve grown our offering to help marketing and creative teams of all sizes connect marketing content.

Create > Capture > Organize > Manage > Distribute > Share > Track > Analyze

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Our UsersWe serve a global community of customers who all turn to Widen for their marketing content needs.

We have more than 350 customers and hundreds of thousands of users (nearly 2500 admins) in 179 countries. It’s an incredible community of knowledgeable DAMsters.

User Summit 2014Over 140 customers joined us for our third annual User Summit for learning, networking and fun.

EducationLearning is a priority at Widen. We provide education at all stages of the customer lifecycle, so you can be the best DAM champion possible.

● Monthly best practices webinars and white papers● Monthly thought leadership webinars and white papers● Knowledge sharing across all customers in multiple forms● Training advancements for all customers, and as individual organizations

In the newsThere’s buzz about Widen with analysts and the media.

We’ve been recognized for our leadership by the industry’s top analysts and influencers, so you know you’re working with the best.

● Named a SaaS DAM leader by Real Story Group, the authoritative source for DAM vendor evaluations

● A proven leader according to Gleanster Research● An enterprise contender according to Forrester● Our core product deliverables align with the characteristics of DAM, as defined

by the DAM Foundation

The Media Collectiveis your content command center, and the ultimate hub for capturing, organizing, sharing and analyzing your digital assets.

Let’s chatIt’s going to be a great 2015, so get in touch to talk about how we can help you DO MORE.

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