Industry Insider

  • Data theft is de rigeur says SailPoint

    For companies concerned about protecting sensitive electronic data, SailPoint's 2010 Market Pulse Survey reveals an alarming set of worker attitudes: employees openly admit they would take company data, including customer data and product plans, when leaving a job. Conducted by Harris Interactive, the online survey probed 1,594 full- and part-time employees and contractors in the United States and Great Britain about their attitudes toward accessing and viewing of company-owned data.

  • VicRoads drives ahead with eDocs

    VicRoads is in the driver’s seat with a major rollout of the eDocs EDRMS platform to more than 2500 employees across the state.

     

  • Super review puts bite into backoffice

    A major report into Australia’s superannuation industry claims annual savings of over $A1 billion can be achieved through major changes to back office processing to reduce costly manual processing of funds.

  • ABS gets social with Lotus

    The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is adopting IBM Lotus Connections to provide wikis, collaboration and instant messaging for its 3200 staff.

  • US grant for Sydney quantum computing research

    The US National Security Agency and Army Research Office have awarded a $1.78 million research grant to Dr Michael J Biercuk, a University of Sydney physicist researching next generation quantum computing.

     

  • Kofax snares major Australian BPO

    Kofax has announced a significant contract extension with a leading business process outsource (BPO) company in Australia, in a contract worth around $US240,000.

  • Freehills deploys Recommind search

    Freehills has selected Recommind's MindServer Search to deliver next-generation information access across the firm. Based on Recommind's CORE (Context Optimised Relevancy Engine) platform, the MindServer Search deployment will form the backbone of the Australian law firm’s knowledge infrastructure.

  • Alfresco names Barry Costin as Territory Manager for A/NZ

    Alfresco Software today has announced Barry Costin’s appointment as territory manager for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). With over 20 years in the IT industry Barry will be responsible for managing Alfresco’s sales growth in ANZ.

  • Discovery duo tackle Australian market

    Anna Fry and Mark de Bruyn are the newest faces on the ediscovery scene in Australia with their new venture, NuLegal, taking on established players in the litigation support market.

  • SharePoint drives EFIC’s Web 2.0 makeover

    SharePoint is often assumed to be strictly a collaboration platform, and not suitable for sophisticated public-facing web sites. This is a wrong assumption according to Australia’s Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), which is using SharePoint to completely rebrand its Internet presence.