Question 1

How do we organize years of files scattered across drives, servers and cloud storage?

Accepted Answer

You don't have to move them first. Asset Foundry by Fortify Media reads storage where it lives: cloud buckets, office servers, NAS, external drives, even LTO tape, and builds one searchable index with a preview for ~140 file formats. AI suggests tags and your team approves them, so the archive organizes itself as you review it, instead of waiting on a cleanup project.

Question 2

We bought a DAM and it became another silo. How is this different?

Accepted Answer

A DAM only knows what people upload and tag, which is why most of them go quiet after launch. Asset Foundry works the other way around: it indexes everything you already have, in place, and then feeds clean, tagged assets into your DAM if you keep one. Your library fills itself instead of waiting on uploads.

Question 3

Can AI really tag a media archive automatically?

Accepted Answer

Yes, with a human in the loop. Asset Foundry previews and analyzes each file, suggests tags and matches from the context around it, then routes suggestions to your team for approval. Nothing is published without a person saying yes, and every decision is logged.

Question 4

How do we find duplicate files across all our storage?

Accepted Answer

Asset Foundry checksums every file it indexes and reports byte-identical duplicates across all your storage locations, grouped and priced on your own storage rates, so you can see exactly what reclaiming them saves before you delete anything.

Question 5

What does it cost to try?

Accepted Answer

The standard way in is a four-week pilot on one slice of your archive. The fastest path runs from Fortify's cloud, pointed read-only at data you choose, so there is nothing to install. You keep the searchable index, the duplicate report and the findings, in your numbers.

Question 6

Do we need to replace our current tools?

Accepted Answer

No. Asset Foundry is the layer between your storage and your tools. Keep your DAM, your project tracker and your shared drives; the Foundry makes them searchable and connected. If you outgrow a tool later, the index comes with you, in an open format.

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