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North Plains Systems
North Plains Systems is a provider of digital and media asset management, and end-to-end publishing solutions.

History
Founded in 1994, North Plains provides digital asset management (DAM) software and services to global corporations, midsize-to-small companies, publishers, media & entertainment companies, and advertising agencies. The company’s solutions enable organizations to create, manage and deliver the rich media assets such as images, video, audio, and graphics. In 2010, KMWorld Magazine listed North Plains as one of “100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management.”

In March 2011, North Plains received a growth equity investment provided by Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity investment firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. In April 2012, North Palins acquired Xinet, a provider of work-in-progress DAM software. According to industry analyst firms, Frost & Sullivan and Forrester Research, with the Xinet acquisition, North Plains became the largest pure-play DAM provider.

TeleScope
TeleScope is North Plains’ award-winning digital asset management platform. It provides secure access, management and distribution of digital and rich media content in almost any file format and language across any organization. TeleScope was recognized by KMWorld as One of the 2009’s “Trend-Setting Products”

TeleScope has a modular, open architecture and flexible metadata structure so that it fits any-size department, organization or enterprise. It enables a broad range of workflows and ways to use the system: from a basic photo library to a global marketing asset management platform integrated with other corporate systems.

Xinet
Xinet is a server-based work-in-progress digital asset management system that streamlines the collection, access, production, distribution, security and archiving of digital media for graphics and media professionals. It encompasses the following components:

Xinet Main module - a server-based digital asset management system integrated with graphic production and networking infrastructure


 * Xinet Venture - an enterprise-strength SQL database with metadata driven capabilities
 * Xinet Portal - a secure, multiple-server asset management system

Xinet is sold worldwide through a network of resellers, including the US, Canada, France, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Australia, Japan, and Brazil.