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Census data available to slice and dice

As governments around the world wrestle with the enormous amount of census data they gather, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is already enabling organisations to dip into the multi-billion dollar opportunity it presents.

Sharepoint is a journey not a destination

There can be no doubt that SharePoint has increased the types of solutions available to SME’s. It provides them with a playground to create a number of solutions to address business issues such as document management, collaboration, reporting and forms etc. 

Scanning the pre-Medicare era

Australia’s Department of Health and Ageing wants to bring its records from the pre Medicare era into the digital age, in a project that will scan over 40 million records for the period 1 July 1975 to 31 January 1984 presently held on microfiche.

ECM sweeps into NZ government

Four major New Zealand government bodies have announced plans to issue a simultaneous tender for Electronic Content Management (ECM) solutions.

Kodak completes $US527M patent deal

Kodak  has completed the sale and licensing of digital imaging patents for $US527 million.

Hyland Software launches Australian cloud

Hyland Software has launched a locally hosted version of its cloud ECM offering in Australia.

Pingar begins trials of automated taxonomy

Pingar, the New Zealand provider of unstructured data management solutions, has announced it has begun trials of its automated Taxonomy Generator Service with selected customers.

Developing an Information Asset Register for effective data governance

A significant aspect of effective Data Governance is about orchestrating the exchange of information between multiple parties; to facilitate (and arbitrate) a robust, repeatable approach to delivering content in context, in support of more effective and efficient business outcomes.  But how do you do this if you don’t know what data you’ve got, what state it’s in, or who is responsible for it? 

Gartner predicts businesses to “monetise” information assets by 2016

The financial demands of storing and managing big data will lead 30 percent of businesses to directly or indirectly monetise their information assets by trading, bartering or outright selling them by 2016, according to Gartner, Inc

Devil is in the detail for data retention: survey

Globally organisations are struggling with implementing their information retention plans as only a third report theirs is fully operational, according to Symantec’s 2012 Information Retention and eDiscovery Survey *.

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