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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of Indigenous Australians and photographs of English seaside life spanning three decades are just some of the historical documents recorded on acetate film that are suffering irreversible damage due to what’s known as vinegar syndrome.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

SA Health delivers quick Teams prescription

South Australia Health has deployed Microsoft Teams to over 40,000 personnel in one week to provide a collaboration capability as it responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

Australia’s first electronic prescription successfully dispensed in primary care

Australia’s first paperless electronic prescription in primary care was successfully prescribed and dispensed in Victoria this week, marking a significant first step in the national delivery of electronic prescriptions.

iCognition wins $A2.3M DFAT Deal

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has awarded Canberra-based Information Management and Governance specialist iCognition  a new multi-million dollar contract. The win adds to iCognition’s success in the Federal government market with contracts including National Archives of Australia, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, Department of the Treasury, Department of Education, Skills and Employment.

Metadata for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online

I still meet now and then IT managers that don't get the value of using metadata to manage unstructured content such as text documents, images, and video. They claim metadata is the old approach, and the new approach is using search with machine learning and artificial intelligence to manage unstructured content.

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