<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
is	O
a	O
digital	O
asset	O
management	O
software	O
designed	O
for	O
client/server	B-Operating_System
system	O
which	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Canto	B-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
metadata	O
for	O
indexing	B-Application
,	O
organizing	O
,	O
and	O
searching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
servers	O
run	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
application	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
named	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Product	O
of	O
1992	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
introduced	O
search	O
capabilities	O
beyond	O
those	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
particularly	O
relating	O
to	O
thumbnails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
1.0	O
was	O
a	O
single-user	O
product	O
with	O
no	O
network	B-Architecture
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
2.5	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
five	O
different	O
languages	O
and	O
received	O
the	O
1993	O
MacUser	O
magazine	O
Eddy	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Publishing	O
&	O
Graphics	O
Utility	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Canto	O
introduced	O
the	O
scanner	O
software	O
"	O
Cirrus	O
"	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Cumulus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
3	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
introduced	O
a	O
server	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
and	O
contained	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
spread	O
files	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
via	O
the	O
"	O
Web	O
Publisher	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Apple	O
offered	O
Cumulus	B-Application
3	O
with	O
its	O
"	O
Workgroup	O
Server	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
bundle	O
,	O
Cumulus	B-Application
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
digital	O
asset	O
management	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
4	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
that	O
was	O
network-ready	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
UNIX	O
operating	O
systems	O
allowing	O
for	O
cross-platform	O
file	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
5	O
modified	O
the	O
software	O
core	O
to	O
use	O
an	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
providing	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
external	O
systems	O
and	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
of	O
Cumulus	B-Application
5	O
also	O
enabled	O
a	O
more	O
functional	O
bridge	O
between	O
Cumulus	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
6	O
introduced	O
Embedded	O
Java	B-Language
Plugin	B-Application
(	O
EJP	O
)	O
which	O
allowed	O
system	O
integrators	O
to	O
build	O
custom	O
Java	B-Language
plug-ins	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
6.5	O
marked	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
Single	O
User	O
Edition	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
licensed	O
to	O
MediaDex	O
for	O
further	O
development	O
and	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
7	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
Summer	O
of	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
8	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
with	O
new	O
indexing	B-Application
capabilities	O
taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
multicore/multiprocessor	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
manage	O
a	O
wider	O
variety	O
of	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
8.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
Sites	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
support	O
metadata	O
editing	O
and	O
file	B-Application
uploads	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
8.6	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
contains	O
an	O
updated	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
the	O
administration	O
of	O
Cumulus	B-Application
Sites	O
and	O
additional	O
features	O
for	O
web-based	O
administration	O
of	O
Cumulus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
additions	O
include	O
features	O
for	O
collaboration	O
links	O
,	O
multi-language	O
support	O
and	O
automated	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
9	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
and	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
Web	B-Application
Client	I-Application
User	O
Interface	O
and	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
Video	O
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cumulus	B-Application
Web	B-Application
Client	I-Application
UI	O
was	O
redesigned	O
to	O
provide	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
modern	O
,	O
easy-to-use	O
interface	O
to	O
support	O
and	O
guide	O
the	O
user	O
while	O
addressing	O
modern	O
business	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cumulus	B-Application
Video	O
Cloud	O
extends	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
video	O
handling	O
capabilities	O
to	O
add	O
conversion	O
and	O
global	O
streaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
9	O
also	O
saw	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
upload	B-Application
collection	O
links	O
which	O
allow	O
external	O
collaborators	O
to	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
files	O
directly	O
into	O
Cumulus	B-Application
without	O
needing	O
a	O
Cumulus	B-Application
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
9.1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2014	O
and	O
introduced	O
the	O
Adobe	O
Drive	O
Adapter	O
for	O
Cumulus	B-Application
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
browse	O
and	O
search	O
digital	O
assets	O
in	O
Cumulus	B-Application
directly	O
from	O
Adobe	O
work	O
environments	O
such	O
as	O
Photoshop	O
,	O
InDesign	O
,	O
Illustrator	O
,	O
Premier	O
and	O
other	O
Adobe	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
10	O
(	O
Cumulus	B-Application
X	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
July	O
2015	O
and	O
introduced	O
two	O
mobile-friendly	O
products	O
:	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
app	O
and	O
Portals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cumulus	B-Application
app	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
collaborate	O
either	O
on	O
an	O
iPhone	O
or	O
iPad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portals	O
is	O
the	O
read-only	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
Web	B-Application
Client	I-Application
where	O
users	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
assets	O
that	O
admins	O
allow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
10.1	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
and	O
included	O
the	O
InDesign	O
Client	O
integration	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
Adobe	O
InDesign	O
while	O
accessing	O
their	O
assets	O
from	O
Cumulus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
10.2	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
and	O
brought	O
the	O
Media	O
Delivery	O
Cloud	O
using	O
Amazon	O
Web	O
Services	O
(	O
AWS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
10.2.3	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
,	O
2017	O
and	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
crop	O
and	O
customize	O
photos	O
"	O
feature	O
for	O
Portals	O
and	O
the	O
Web	B-Application
Client	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
digital	O
asset	O
management	O
software	O
,	O
Cumulus	B-Application
aims	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
complete	O
usage	O
cycle	O
of	O
a	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
starts	O
with	O
the	O
cataloging	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
via	O
upload	B-Application
into	O
the	O
archive	O
,	O
where	O
Cumulus	B-Application
transfers	O
maximum	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
file	O
from	O
the	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cumulus	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
ways	O
to	O
import	O
information	O
from	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PDF	B-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
formats	O
and	O
export	O
the	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
QuickTime	B-Application
,	O
QuarkXPress	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
RedDot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
indexing	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
predefined	O
taxonomy	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
governed	O
by	O
the	O
internal	O
rules	O
of	O
the	O
organization	O
or	O
by	O
industry	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
production	O
management	O
system	O
includes	O
version	B-Architecture
management	I-Architecture
for	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
access	O
from	O
the	O
outside	O
via	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
Portals	O
web	O
interface	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
read	O
access	O
to	O
released	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
catalog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
servers	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
Fat	O
Binaries	O
)	O
and	O
Solaris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
clients	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
server	O
and	O
client	O
are	O
extensible	O
through	O
a	O
Java-based	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Cumulus	B-Application
catalog	O
on	O
mobile	O
,	O
there	O
has	O
been	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
Apple	O
devices	O
based	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
since	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Cumulus	B-Application
developer	O
,	O
Canto	O
,	O
established	O
the	O
first	O
Canto	O
digital	O
asset	O
management	O
(	O
DAM	O
)	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
