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How Affinity Education hit COVID-19 vaccination compliance targets

Early education provider Affinity Education has implemented SAP SuccessFactors’ Employee Central vaccination portlet to achieve compliance with mandatory state-based COVID-19 vaccination requirements and to offer reassurance and support to its network of childcare workers, parents and families.

Kofax 2022 Intelligent Automation Benchmark Study

When virtually any business workflow can be automated, which do enterprise executives say are the most important and deliver the greatest value? That’s the focus of an Intelligent Automation Benchmark Study just published by Kofax.

Microsoft Office 365: limitations for compliant records management

Office 365 is a ubiquitous and incredibly useful information collaboration platform, and Microsoft continues to evolve the service to meet governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements across the globe. However, there are some key shortcomings in the Office 365 functionality for continuum records management, which is the model required by the International Standards 15489 and 16175, and by governments in the Commonwealth and beyond.

More Than Half of Digital Government Programs Are Failing to Scale: Gartner

Despite increased focus and investment, 55% of digital government programs are failing to scale, according to a survey from Gartner, Inc. Government CIOs can adopt practices from digitally advanced governments to successfully scale their own programs.

Survey Reveals Emerging Challenges Amid Shift to the Cloud

Immuta has announced the findings from its 2022 State of Data Engineering Survey, which examined the changing landscape of data engineering and emerging challenges as companies shift data management workloads to the cloud. 

White paper exposes pitfalls, shares solutions for safe data sharing

Data sharing can boost economic growth and propel innovation, but there are privacy and other ethical implications to consider before sharing can be done safely. Frazer Walker partner Ian Chisholm has written a white paper that outlines the rapidly evolving field of data sharing and offers guidance on data-sharing methodologies.

Cenitex Victoria adds EncompaaS to enhance Microsoft 365 compliance

Victorian government shared services provider Cenitex will offer the EncompaaS cloud platform to help unlock the value of the State’s government Microsoft 365 investments. This will be achieved through records management automation and other initiatives, while complying with Public Records Office Victoria (PROV) record-keeping requirements.

Call on Australian Lawmakers to Revise Critical Infrastructure Bill  

Organisations from across the globe representing a cross-section of the technology industry urged the Australian Government not to fast-track concerning provisions of the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 that would allow the government to take control of critical infrastructure assets and require security incidents to be notified within a 12-hour period.

Harvard Researchers Use Dyes to Store Data - holds promise for long-term storage

In the digital age, every byte of data needs to go somewhere — and preferably stay there a long time. That last part is a major problem when it comes to data-storage systems, which typically last less than 20 years. A group of Harvard chemists is trying to solve the issue with an innovation that resembles tiny drops of ink.

PDF/A  - the ISO standard for archiving and long-term preservation of electronic documents

Not so long ago, the only options for businesses and public authorities to store documents for the long term in a reproducible format were physical media such as paper, microfilms, and microfiches. In today's digital world, the widespread PDF/A format is the go-to solution for digital archiving of documents. In this article we'll explain why, talk about how you can create PDF/A and give some archiving tips.

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