Canto debuts CanFlow

Canto today announced CanFlow, a new product aimed at building complete workflow solutions spanning creative, production and distribution processes around digital assets. CanFlow is based on an open-source workflow technology that includes a GUI-based workflow builder and an engine that manages the instances of the workflow templates. Workflow templates are created in XML format; the workflow engine uses MySQL as its database, and Canto said that the CanFlow-based solutions will ship with pre-configured workflow templates. Designed to be tightly integrated with Cumulus, Canto's DAM solution, it will offer a web-based interface, automatic notifications, a dashboard listing, and asset access. CanFlow is expected to ship in June 2006 for $9,000 (10-user license). The company also announced that it would build vertical market solutions--based on CanFlow and Canto's Cumulus--for the corporate, government, education and medical industries.

by MacNN Staff