Microsoft has offered its Expression Media digital-asset-management application to digital-photography vendor Phase 1 for an undisclosed quantity.Starting May well 25, Phase One is managing consumer support and long term development for Expression Media. Microsoft will proceed to offer assistance for Expression Media retail customers for the following 90 days,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, officials mentioned.Expression Media is one of the handful of items within the Microsoft Expression family. Microsoft has no plans to market any with the other Expression tools,
Microsoft Office Standard, a company spokesperson stated on Could 25. The other Expression instruments — Web,
Office 2010 Home And Stude/nt Key, Blend,
Microsoft Office Pro 2007, SketchFlow, Design, Encoder and the Studio bundle — are aimed at Web designers.Today;s Expression Media deal is another of the Microsoft IP Ventures-brokered technology transfers. Via IP Ventures, Microsoft has offered a number of Microsoft-developed goods and technologies to other companies.According to Microsoft;s press release,
microsoft Office 2010 License, Phase One and Microsoft forged an alliance back in 2007 to “improve digital imaging solutions for professional photographers and enthusiast photographers.”In spite of today;s move, Microsoft is continuing to make investments in the professional photography space. Microsoft;s FUSE Labs is working on SmartFlow — a competitor to Adobe Lightroom that will include social-networking hooks.