Naresh Sarwan at Digital Asset Management News – S3 Now Supports CORS – Does The Separation Of DAM Client And Server Applications Start Here?:

“What it means is that multiple hosted front-ends can now work on the same asset file. Therefore, it is feasible for a separate class of ‘client side application’ to be mixed and matched with other products. In short, given a few years, it might be possible to stitch together your own custom DAM system from a patchwork of various client-side applications that can all interact with a central asset file stored with one or more Cloud storage providers.”