We now live in what Gartner calls an ‘algorithm driven’ world. Everything from ordering a taxi to finding a date involves complex algorithms, whether you know it or not. The world is shaped by algorithms which predict and execute against defined rules in order to automatically carry out every day processes.
Anyone working in today’s business world is familiar with the Portable Document Format (PDF), and for good reason. PDFs offer a great convenience. They can be taken on the road, read on any device, emailed to other people and easily printed.
US computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first email back in 1971. The World Wide Web wasn’t invented until 18 years later, when CERN computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee came up with a solution sharing information on different computers. While email began as a simple communication tool, it’s had almost 45 years to evolve. Today it is also widely used as an information and storage platform. Instead of deleting an email after it is read, for example, most people archive or file it away for later reference.
A White Paper produced by Australia’s Department of Defence has identified a need for $A5 billion in additional funding over previous plans to meet Defence’s information and communications technology needs across the next decade.
Leading independent Australian law firm Hall & Wilcox, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Perth and Canberra, has implemented Nikec Binder and Nikec Docstore to improve the efficiency with legal document bibles and audits.
