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Information volumes continue to grow at an unprecedented rate, particularly in the area of randomly generated unstructured user data, says Chris Hathaway, director at Soarsoft International. This is a result of the way the modern "information worker" interacts and transacts with electronic platforms on a daily basis.

Nuix, a technology company that enables people to make fact-based decisions from unstructured data, has published a survey of corporate information security practitioners, conducted by Ari Kaplan Advisors, which shows fundamental changes occurring in the way enterprises protect their data.

Kodak Info Insight Platform is a new solution platform from Kodak Alaris that employs Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help organisations deal with the challenge of managing a multitude of inputs from different communication types, such as email, traditional mail, social media, text and online forms. Kodak Alaris' Roderick Hughes recently travelled to Australia to outline the capabilities of Info Insight to major enterprise, government and BPO customers in the region. IDM editor Bill Dawes asked Rod to explain the business proposition.

Search is at an interesting crossroads. As the keystone of the information age, this truly transformative technology now blends into almost every digital nook and cranny without fanfare. It goes without saying that smartphone apps, web pages, social networking tools, productivity software and operating systems have started off with simply having a search box embedded somewhere.

What are the requirements for government organisations to include social media posts as part of Reedom of Information (FOI) requests?

The Office of the Information Commissioner found two breaches of Australia’s Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in the past 12 months.

A US judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that State agencies that permanently delete emails after five days are not violating the State’s Right to Know Law, denying an injunction sought by newspapers.

A new recordkeeping policy for the use of mobile devices has been published by the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV). It recommends adoption by Victorian government agencies “to support best practice recordkeeping regarding creating and keeping full and accurate records.”

Australian local government organisations can benefit from integrated IT solutions which “plug the holes” that exist in meeting their compliance requirements, according to GFI Software, Gold Sponsor of the IT2014 Local Government Information Technology Conference in Coffs Harbour, NSW from 11-14 November.

As the Australian Federal Government poises to toughen laws to crack down on terrorist threats on home soil, a new survey has found that Australian corporates generally support the data retention proposals, but insist on strict safeguards to protect against the heightened privacy and cyber-crime risks, while harbouring deep concerns about the measure’s ‘knock- on’ costs.