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The Perth Magistrates Court is set to become Australia’s first criminal court to operate entirely from electronic records as part of a new plan to make Western Australia’s justice system paper-free.

Extracting value from (Big) Data requires the right tools for extraction. In the pursuit of this value, large enterprises and administrations have spent very large sums of money on tools for data analysis and business intelligence. But these tools, mature as they are, can only tackle about 10% to 20% of the data most companies deal with today: structured data. They only address the structured data from enterprise applications pulled together in data warehouses and online analytical tools, including ERP, CRM, SCM, etc.

A number of security hacks using USB devices have been demonstrated recently at various security conferences, highlighting the dangers that these portable devices pose to any user or organisation.

The adoption of predictive coding, the continued proliferation of data on personal devices and cybersecurity concerns were among the biggest trends impacting the ediscovery industry in 2014, according to a year-end survey from ediscovery products and services provider Kroll Ontrack. The trends underscore how Big Data is driving the evolution of the practice of law.

Visa has deployed enhanced data and invoice management capabilities in the Asia Pacific region utilizing Kofax TotalAgility to help businesses better overcome the challenges that they face today in accounts payable and receivables management processes that typically stem from a lack of process automation.

TheFormsAgency has announced the successful implementation of DocPath document software solutions at Thorn Group Limited. Thorn is one of Australia’s leading providers of retail and financial services to niche consumer and commercial markets.

Emerging from the wreck of the once mighty Eastman Kodak, Kodak Alaris has taken a Microsoft-centric approach to relaunching as a $US1.2 billon startup. The organisation with over 4700 staff in 30 countries is faced with a 2 ½ year task to move to an entirely new ERP system and replace business processes based on the previous environment comprising SAP and Lotus Notes Groupware.

In a world where the growing use of connected devices, such as smart watches and connected cars, is occurring at the same time that massive data breaches are making headlines around the world, a new global study by ISACA shows that consumers have conflicted attitudes about the benefits of connected devices.

A research paper analysing the differing experiences of the UK and Australian governments in attempting digital transformation finds there is an urgent need for a change of vision and strategy, with Australian agencies bogged down in the past and burdened by thousands of PDF forms.

We recently analysed the execution of paperless strategies for a company that was struggling to increase paperless adoption among its clients. They had actioned all the advice provided, so what was the issue? After conducting an analysis we found that there were gaps in the implementation, which led to a below average customer take up of the paperless service.