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Many companies are questioning whether to host SharePoint on premise or in the cloud.  There are many factors in determining an answer to this, and indeed hosting in the cloud isn’t even a straightforward decision. You have to decide whose cloud you move to for starters. 

Although electronic record-keeping has become a must, many organisations are still taking a haphazard approach, according to a global survey on information governance conducted by AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management). Senior management seems to be ignoring the risks; in fact, 31 percent of responding organisations report that poor electronic recordkeeping is causing problems with regulators, auditors and courts.

Lawyers may be enthusiastic about the prospect of comprehensive information governance as a means to reduce litigation e-discovery risks, but a survey of small and medium business by US analyst firm 451 Research indicates that non-lawyers, senior executives, and IT staff may not be placing a high priority on these legal and regulatory needs. 

What’s a Records Manager to do when users across the organisation are uploading non-compliant scanned images to the corporate EDRMS?  In many cases this is occurring because the organisation has deployed multifunction devices (MFDs) and staff are making use of the inbuilt scan functionality.

Australian solutions provider Efficiency Leaders has picked up a trio of awards at the annual Kofax user conference held in San Diego in 2013.

Enterprise applications and enterprise content were always two different sides of the coin, however OpenText believes it has bridged the divide with its launch of a new set of Process Applications.

UK-based, Cloud Trade is bringing its paperless document exchange solution to the Asia-Pacific region via an alliance with business process outsourcer (BPO) - Converga.

Jive Software, a leading social business platform, has announced the opening of new offices in Sydney, Melbourne; Hong Kong; and Singapore.

Hyland Software, the US maker of enterprise content management software, has enhanced its data capture capabilities with the purchase of AnyDoc Software.

Managing information in the form of corporate data, documents and records is arguably one of the most crucial activities for any organization and its employees. Organisations depend on information to make critical strategic decisions, serve customers, protect legal rights and process transactions. Most large companies even create entire departments to maximize the value of that information and help employees quickly and easily access it to make better decisions.

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