ECM Software Solutions (enterprise content management)





picturemaxx provides entry to the world’s largest network of professional content portals and empowers users to access, organize and distribute content more efficiently.
picturemaxx solutions help companies manage images, videos and other media. Our media search engine and its unique network of content providers are state-of-the-art.
picturemaxx provides high-availability software solutions, infrastructure and security via the German-based high-security data center with private business cloud and international partners.
More than 1,000 German and international customers rely on picturemaxx solutions to acquire and manage media.
Websites, digital newsletters, blogs, brochures, apps and social media – communication is core for every company. At the same time, brand building, marketing communication and the quality of experience within the target group are becoming more and more important. As a consequence, photos, graphics, videos, audios, texts and other content are being produced, searched, acquired and distributed on a global basis. This is why enterprises of all sizes in all sectors need intelligent media management solutions.
Only relevant content will effectively reach its target group. To know what’s relevant, to leverage relevant information or media and to be responsive in communication are additional success factors.
picturemaxx’s innovative and most productive Media Asset Management solutions are the heart and soul of marketing and communication. It is here where all relevant information comes together to be distributed in various ways.
We are pioneers and innovators constantly looking for progress by developing, optimising and updating to the benefit of our customers. picturemaxx’s core competences are the development and the operation of platforms for the professional Media acquisition, distribution and presentation, as well as the management of contributing content providers and buyers. Our goal is to be a quality leader in this sector. At the same time, competence, flexibility and responsiveness towards our customers’ requirements are very important to us.
A sustainable and profitable international growth is also main part of our strategy.
picturemaxx strives for long-term customer relationships. We are therefore focusing on customer benefit and satisfaction as cornerstones of success. Thus, every picturemaxx employee is committed to perfect the quality of service, software solutions and our data center.
All services are consequently geared to the market requirements which are constantly monitored. All relevant processes are constantly customer-orientated, steered and monitored in order to meet the customer’s needs. picturemaxx’s Quality Management System is dedicated to continuous improvement.
We take our responsibility towards society very seriously. This means a constant commitment towards our employees, partners, customers, suppliers, shareholders and to the people and institutions in our environment. It is our aim to provide outstanding innovations always in accordance with our high ethical, ecological, economic and social values.
Gerhard
Feigl
Board Member
CEO
at picturemaxx since 2019
"Digital images are more than just a combination of zeros and ones. They make everyday things visible and show very special moments. A good picture conveys pure emotion. With our media network and our services, we help ensure that storytellers from editorial, advertising and social media fields can bring radiance to their stories. As a proven expert in the field of stock images, we are a fantastic partner to those who are looking for images or selling them."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
Marcin
Czyzewski
Management Board
CTO
at picturemaxx since 2016
"The picturemaxx Media Network is a model of success; it’s a great value to customers and improves their daily work. Because of our technology, infrastructure and innovation, using the network is both powerful and efficient. Our job is to reinvent our solutions constantly, always building new features and optimizing existing ones. As part of this process we’re always evaluating and acting on customer feedback, as well as changes within the industry."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
Simone
Kolb
Head of Sales
at picturemaxx since 2002
“As a pure technology company, we have to constantly be aware that the success of our customers is paramount and therefore defines the true success of our own products. That is why my definition of sales is quite simple: We are the permanent representation of the interests of the market inside of our own company.”
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
Britta
Milde
Head of Marketing
at picturemaxx since 2003
"Over the past decades, several new movements in our culture have been coined, such as “The Experience,” “The Risk,” or “The Multi-Option Society.” Perhaps the most relevant is “The Information Society.” Whether you believe this to be a myth or a temporary phenomenon, what is clear is that we live in an age of communication with unprecedented access."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
Marcus
Zelend
Team Lead R&D
MAM/DAM
at picturemaxx since 2009
"As specialists in Framework and Core Development, we are architects, rather than developers, because we provide strong foundations for our products. Our goal is to achieve multi-level structures for high flexibility and scalability at an early stage to eliminate interference effects, as they inevitably arise in dynamic technology environments."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
Christian
Kerbetz
Head of
Infrastructure
at picturemaxx since 2018
"Our goal is to stay at the forefront of technology and client services. Fast-evolving and ever-increasing demands on bandwidth and systems availability mean we must constantly reassert our expertise and state-of-the-industry leadership. We succeed by combining the latest technologies with tried and tested customer service and craftsmanship, and by focusing on next-level cyber security. But the most crucial element of our approach is a skilled, motivated, cooperative team devoted to the success of your business."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
at picturemaxx since 2018
"Our goal is to stay at the forefront of technology and client services. Fast-evolving and ever-increasing demands on bandwidth and systems availability mean we must constantly reassert our expertise and state-of-the-industry leadership. We succeed by combining the latest technologies with tried and tested customer service and craftsmanship, and by focusing on next-level cyber security. But the most crucial element of our approach is a skilled, motivated, cooperative team devoted to the success of your business."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
at picturemaxx since 2009
"As specialists in Framework and Core Development, we are architects, rather than developers, because we provide strong foundations for our products. Our goal is to achieve multi-level structures for high flexibility and scalability at an early stage to eliminate interference effects, as they inevitably arise in dynamic technology environments."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
at picturemaxx since 2003
"Over the past decades, several new movements in our culture have been coined, such as “The Experience,” “The Risk,” or “The Multi-Option Society.” Perhaps the most relevant is “The Information Society.” Whether you believe this to be a myth or a temporary phenomenon, what is clear is that we live in an age of communication with unprecedented access."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
at picturemaxx since 2002
“As a pure technology company, we have to constantly be aware that the success of our customers is paramount and therefore defines the true success of our own products. That is why my definition of sales is quite simple: We are the permanent representation of the interests of the market inside of our own company.”
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
at picturemaxx since 2016
"The picturemaxx Media Network is a model of success; it’s a great value to customers and improves their daily work. Because of our technology, infrastructure and innovation, using the network is both powerful and efficient. Our job is to reinvent our solutions constantly, always building new features and optimizing existing ones. As part of this process we’re always evaluating and acting on customer feedback, as well as changes within the industry."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
at picturemaxx since 2019
"Digital images are more than just a combination of zeros and ones. They make everyday things visible and show very special moments. A good picture conveys pure emotion. With our media network and our services, we help ensure that storytellers from editorial, advertising and social media fields can bring radiance to their stories. As a proven expert in the field of stock images, we are a fantastic partner to those who are looking for images or selling them."
Photos: © Lisa Hantke
picturemaxx has established its own high business standards and principles. We know that certain behavior may have a negative impact in every sector if it does not consider the needs of the society in general as well as each of its individual members. We also know that showing integrity and consideration towards others will make our business much more productive and effective in the long term. Therefore, we commit ourselves to act according to the following four principles:
1983 Launch in the German media market under the APIS brand German physicist Ulf Merbold goes to space in the Columbia shuttle Photo: ddp images
1993 Launch of the world's first online picture-research tool Birthing of the European Union Photo: Corbis / Matton Images
2001 Founding of picturemaxx AG with the merging of Cydelion and APIS Apple‘s first iPod comes to market Photo: Shutterstock
2003 Launch of the picturemaxx data center and ASP solutions Finding Nemo is in movie theaters Photo: Walt Disney Co; EVERETT COLLECTION / action press
2007 Launch of the my-picturemaxx media search engine Sebastian Vettel makes his Formula 1 debut Photo: Vetta / Getty Images
2010 Launch of picturemaxx BACKSTAGE and forming of picturemaxx international The Munich Oktoberfest is 200 years old Photo: Shutterstock
Guess what? This animated boxes took seconds to make in BACKSTAGE.
IT-Bestenliste in der Kategorie E-Commerce
my-picturemaxx is one of the leading products in this area.
Certificate of Reliability „CrefoZert“ by Creditreform
Just 1.7% of all German companies currently achieve this rating.
„TOP 100“ im Innovationswettbewerb
picturemaxx belongs to the 100 most innovative companies in Germany.
Best Employer ITK 2016
picturemaxx belongs to the best employers in ITK in Germany.
"Best Solvency" credit seal from Euler Hermes
Proves outstanding creditworthiness and a high transparency level.
National Champion of the European Business Award
With this title, BACKSTAGE ranks among the most innovative software solutions in Germany.