Industry Insider

  • Leading the charge to Digital 2020

    A series of deadlines is looming for Australian government agencies under the Government’s Digital Continuity 2020 policy which aims to have all transition to entirely digital work processes by December 31 of that year.

  • Commvault leaps the data divide

    Crossing the gulf from managing data to fine-grained information management is not just a challenge being faced by large organisations, the same journey is underway at many vendors of traditional backup and recovery solutions. Commvault has been undertaking the leap via its flagship Commvault Data Platform.

  • Objective to acquire Onstream Systems

    Objective Corporation is acquiring specialised technology for in the capture, collaboration and manipulation of large documents, complex drawings, maps and plans with the purchase of New Zealand’s Onstream Systems.

  • Thousands of law firms join paperless push

    More than $A11 billion in Australian property transactions have been taken online, with the country’s online property exchange platform reaching another milestone this week.

  • Simple ways to achieve better SharePoint workflows

    As Manager of SharePoint Consultants at Rackspace Hosting, Laura Rogers works extensively with SharePoint Designer workflows, and building no-code business solutions. IDM asked Laura, who is presenting at the upcoming Digital Workplace Conference in Melbourne on “Seven Pro Tips to Become a Workflow Rock Star” How did you get started in SharePoint workflows?

     

  • Report shines a light on dark data

    A global study of information management conducted for Veritas Technologies has found that that 52% of all information currently stored and processed by organisations around the world is considered ‘dark’ data, whose value is unknown.

  • Iron Mountain ACCC deadline approaches

    Monday March 21 looms as the closing date for submissions to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Iron Mountain’s planned divestment of its existing Australian business, designed to overcome the regulator’s concerns over its A$2.7 billion buyout of Recall Holdings.

  • KPMG turns to IBM Watson

    Consulting firm KPMG has announced plans to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing technology to its professional services offerings. The agreement, including a focus on auditing services, builds on several recent KPMG initiatives demonstrating the promise of cognitive technologies.