A major program is underway to digitise more than three million pages of paper records recording the history of more than 20 cemeteries dispersed across Melbourne stretching from Lilydale to Werribee. Created in March 2010 by amalgamating eight former cemetery trusts, the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) has begun the vast undertaking in tandem with a move to adopt the ELO electronic document and records management system.
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of interviewing Ram Kumar from IAG (Director of Enterprise Information Management) regarding Data Governance and its impact. As an Analytics and BI recruitment consultant I have noticed an increase in organisations who are realising the impact of data governance. However, there is also a lot of confusion as to what data governance actually entails from both organisations and specialists. With this in mind I thought I would find out from someone with far more experience than me.
The is no better measure of the growing prominence of the Chief Data Officer role than the emergence of business conferences dedicated to discussing its impact. At the 2015 CDO Forum in Melbourne, Katrina Read, Analytics Client Architect Leader for IBM Asia Pacific presented a session entitled: Chief Data Officer - The Next Corporate Rock Star. Intrigued by the possible conjunction of spandex, extended guitar solos and data analytics, IDM asked Katrina to expand on her thesis.
A new set of objectives for information management at Australian government agencies proposes that paper will be completely removed from business workflows by the year 2020.
The office sweep gets a modern makeover with a free app available to install from the Microsoft SharePoint Store and contributed by Sydney solutions’ provider SharePoint Gurus.
Do you know where your backups are? If not you have company. A global survey of 720 IT administrators by data recovery expert Kroll Ontrack found 30 percent of respondents do not have clear insight into what specific information is stored within their tape archives.
A move to the Concur cloud-based accounts payable (AP) automation system is paying dividends for Smartgroup Corporation, an ASX top 300-listed company with over 350 staff throughout Australia, saving time and money by eliminating manual processes using Concur’s automation technology.
The new year is fast approaching and it seems timely to remind you of legislation that goes along with a ‘cleaning out’ of the archives. Before you press delete or shred that document, be sure to exercise diligence in complying with document and record retention requirements. Non-compliance can result in economic loss or even strict criminal liability for individuals and organisations.
Software startup Enlitic says a new alliance with Australian radiology provider Capitol Health will allow its machine learning technology to transform medical diagnostics.
RPA is the next big thing, but it is more than hiring robots to automate tasks. It can transform how business services are managed. As robots move from the shop floor to the back office, robotics process automation (RPA) is creating a paradigm shift in shared services.
