TORONTO, Canada, Feb. 20 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- North Plains Systems, Inc., the world's leading provider of digital asset management (DAM) and rich media asset management (MAM) software solutions, today announced that KMWorld has named North Plains Systems among the 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management for 2009. Joining an impressive list of companies, including Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft, North Plains was recognized by KMWorld for its unique ability to help its customers create, manage, distribute and monetize their digital assets.