Australian IT services company OBS  has announced it is adopting the RecordPoint  records management platform for SharePoint in place of its in-house i5 solution, which it will no longer market.  

OBS will provide RecordPoint with business consulting, implementation and support services through its national network of offices. 

While the i5 solution will no longer be marketed, OBS says  it will continue to support existing customers to remain VERS compliant, or provide the necessary consulting needed to migrate their SharePoint records management processes onto the RecordPoint platform. 

Des Russell, National IM Practice lead at OBS said: “Companies implement records management initiatives to comply with regulations or business strategy, but users don’t always embrace the new solutions. A growing number of organisations are looking at integrating existing SharePoint environments with records management solutions. 

"Because SharePoint is often already in use it is easier to engage staff and drive records management adoption when it is accessed via a familiar interface like Microsoft office and SharePoint. These interfaces provide tools that are familiar to end users whilst ensuring that records management controls are being systematically applied..

" This new approach is likely to make it easier for companies to achieve their compliance goals as staff fully embrace new records management initiatives with far less resistance than traditional records management initiatives. 

Elon Aizenstros, CEO of RecordPoint said: “It is great that OBS has come on board as a strategic partner. OBS’s impressive credentials and experience as a Microsoft partner and its specific electronic document and records management system (eDRMS) expertise adds significant value to Australian customers that are looking to implement a RecordPoint solution. The partnership enhances our collective capability to enable records compliance in Australia. It offers added value to customer investments in SharePoint as a platform.”