Industry Insider

  • Whole of Government record-keeping program nears “alpha” phase

    The Department of Finance has issued a two year, $1 million contract with the Australian National University (ANU) to refine and test a fundamental element of its Digital Records Transformation Initiative, the Australian Government Records Interoperability Framework (AGRIF).

  • Thinking of Attaching Documents to your Line of Business Application? Think Again!

    Document management doesn’t have to feel like a slapdash, haphazard process. But often due to the sheer volume of work the average employee is tasked with, it’s easier to find a rhythm in the chaos vs. taking the time to step back and implement a better system. And that can certainly include the impulse to slap a pdf alongside every line item as a way to feel like you’re in control, covering all the bases in case of an internal audit or compliance check.

  • Smarter Digital Workers to Handle Unstructured Content

    In today’s world, enterprise organisations increasingly rely on digital automation to deliver the greatest level of efficiency and customer experience. A catalyst to an organisations digital transformation journey has been robotic process automation (RPA), creating a new class of digital workers that replace or augmented many office employee jobs increasing efficiency, scale, and speed at which work can be done.

  • When redaction goes wrong

    Information accidentally revealed by lawyers working for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is said to be "the clearest public evidence of coordination between the campaign and Russians." The error revealed prosecutors "apparently believe that Manafort shared internal Trump polling data with the suspected spy Konstantin Kilimnik during the campaign."

  • Mixing AI and Machine Learning Into Business Processes

    Artificial intelligence has been the domain of science fiction for decades — think HAL, the computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey” — but as many people know, it’s actually established well-developed and growing roots in modern-day life. Amazon’s Echo, Netflix’s recommendation engines, Facebook’s facial recognition technology, auto-braking on cars, it’s all based on the ability to analyze massive amounts of data in near real-time and being able to mimic human behavior based on the results.

  • Australia needs more Compliance experts, says new industry report

    Demand for Risk and Compliance experts in Australia has risen sharply over the last twelve months, and will continue to increase in the year ahead, according to an industry study conducted by TAS, a solution provider for Australia’s financial services sector.