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IBM has announced plans to establish the first IBM Center for Blockchain Innovation in Singapore. Ina collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), IBM Researchers will work with government, industries and academia to develop applications and solutions which are based on enterprise blockchain, cyber-security, and cognitive computing technologies.

Numerous studies on data management have concluded that poor quality data has a significant impact on an organisation's bottom line (see Bad Data Is Costing the U.S. At Least 6% of Its GDP). However, this doesn't seem to resonate with many organisations and they continue to ignore this issue.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the artificial intelligence software provider, Kira Systems. Kira is software that, using artificial intelligence, searches and analyses text in contracts, delivering improved levels of speed, efficiency and quality to processes, adding value to clients.

Adobe has announced the Cloud Signature Consortium, a group comprised of leading industry and academic organisations committed to building a new open standard for cloud-based digital signatures across mobile and web – so anyone can digitally sign documents from anywhere.

The convenience of executing legal documentation with electronic signatures must be carefully weighed against issues of enforceability and security. In this update, we explain the decision Williams Group Australia Pty Ltd v Crocker [2015] NSWSC 1907, in which the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that a company director was not bound by a guarantee that (apparently) bore his electronic signature.

SharePoint, as most of us understand, is a powerful platform for being in control of content but there are still many myths that get written about and presented via various press and social sites which often hamper adoption across companies.

While most CIOs at the National Health Service (NHS) in England agree that electronic patient records are beneficial, a survey has revealed that almost half are worried about meeting a target of going paperless by 2020, Computer Weekly reports.

If Australia had electronic voting in place, we would already know the outcome of Saturday’s Federal election, says the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), the nation’s peak body for the technology industry.

The National Archives of Australia is currently seeking comments on its draft information management standard for the Australian Government.  The Standard has been developed to outline the fundamental principles for well managed information in Australian Government agencies and will assist agencies to manage information consistently across government. 

Gilbert + Tobin, a top-tier law firm with over 550 people across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, will upgrade its on-premises DMS to NetDocuments native cloud-based service to achieve greater usability, mobility, and improved security. Gilbert + Tobin services corporate and government clients across the APAC region and around the globe.