Industry Insider

  • 11 Key Steps to a Successful Digital Transformation

    The time to embrace Digital Transformation is now. But for those who are still in planning stages, you may be feeling a little behind the curve, which can be a daunting place to start. It doesn’t have to be. 65% of companies are positive about their ability to adapt to technological disruption over the next three years. So why not start now?

  • What is Structured Data, and why do I want it?

    Data and information is the lifeblood of any business.  Emails.  Paper archives.  ERP transaction data.  Board papers.  Financial reports.  Presentations.  Analysis.  Invoices.  Quality records.  Internal audits.  HR records.  Customer files.  Purchase orders. CRM notes.  Intellectual property.

  • Doubling Down in a crisis – a unique opportunity for some.

    As Australia and New Zealand take the first steps toward the relaxation of the restrictions that were necessary to combat the COVID19 threat, it is possible that there may be an unprecedented opportunity for some ANZ businesses to get a head start on the rest of the world.

  • How to inject Intelligent Document Processing into SAP RPA

    Enterprises today are moving fast in their digital transformation journey, but all have the significant challenge of unlocking key information inside their business documents such as invoices, orders, and other unstructured content.  Much of the content from these varied business documents end up in systems like SAP and countless other enterprise systems.

  • The coronavirus pandemic moved life online – a surge in website defacing followed

    One consequence of the public’s compliance with social distancing and quarantines during the COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp decline in most types of crime. It looks like people staying home made communities less conducive to crime. Unfortunately, the news isn’t as good as those numbers alone suggest. Other settings are seeing an increase in crime following the stay-at-home orders. One is the household, where domestic violence is likely to have increased in the past two months.

  • Historical films may be decaying much faster than we thought thanks to 'vinegar syndrome'

    A significant chunk of the world’s history is facing an existential threat. US government deeds, recordings of Indigenous Australians and photographs of English seaside life spanning three decades are just some of the historical documents recorded on acetate film that are suffering irreversible damage due to what’s known as vinegar syndrome. (Pictured: Cellulose triacetate 16 mm film with severe vinegar syndrome, dated 1968. Ida Ahmad, Author provided

  • Finance calls time on the “traditional” EDRMS

    A three-year campaign by the Department of Finance to revolutionise Commonwealth government record-keeping has evolved into a new tendering process that will require shortlisted vendors to spend up to 4 days each delivering online Proof of Concept (POC) workshops.

  • Continued Growth for Digital Transformation in 2020, Despite COVID-19

    An update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide shows that spending on the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations will continue at a solid pace despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Enterprise software investment will continue, despite the COVID-19 crisis

    New research from DocsCorp finds that updating underperforming or outdated legacy software will be a priority for businesses in 2020 – despite the impact of the global pandemic COVID-19. More than 60% of people surveyed said the main objective of buying new enterprise software would be to improve productivity, as opposed to reducing costs or increasing reporting capabilities.