There are many businesses and governments around the world that are embracing data as an asset. But what does this mean? Data is integral to understanding business operations and to support business planning. It is important that data is accessible, discoverable and managed by responsible and accountable members within an organisation.
Myths are paradoxical. They often start with a kernel of truth, and the most fertile ground in which a kernel sprouts and grows, is a field of confusion. The more complex a topic, the more likely it is that myths will spread vigorously like weeds. Case in point? Information governance.
May is Information Awareness Month, with the aim to increase awareness of the importance of information and how managing information assets across an entire organisation can better support your business outcomes. This year’s theme: Investing in Information Governance. Which leads us to the question: why should we invest in information governance?
The goal of many businesses for the past three decades has been to go paperless. While this is a worthy and environmentally-sound objective, it is not one that has been successfully met by most businesses. In fact, according to Coopers and Lybrand there are over four trillion paper documents in the U.S. alone and that number is growing at a rate of 22 percent, or about 880 billion paper documents a year.
The Australian government has assigned responsibility for a planned study into the costs and benefits of adopting electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) to the Australian Taxation Office. The move was welcomed by the Digital Business Council (Council) which is working to publish an e-invoicing Interoperability Framework on July 1, 2016.
Office Delve is an Office 365 service that suggests relevant information from across Office 365 to a specific user. It runs on top of Office Graph, a database that captures relationships between objects and people. A report from analyst firm Gartner warns that Delve's recommendations can turn into unwanted disclosure.
For businesses already using SharePoint for document management, turning to it for records management seems like a natural next step. Using the same system for records and document management — instead of bringing in an additional system — can lead to cost reduction, better business alignment and better usability.
CSIRO’s Data61 will undertake a review to fully examine the far-reaching potential and implications for both government and industry of the adoption of ‘blockchain’ technology.
BreastScreen Victoria has developed an automated data capture solution to improve its interactions with women seeking to obtain early detection of breast cancer, resulting in a major improvement to workflow.
