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​Nominations are now open for the 2022 Bernadette Bean South Australian (SA) Records Management Service Excellence Award

With data growing at an unprecedented rate, comprising 30% or more of the overall IT budget on its storage, now is the time to hunker down on the idea of unstructured data management policy automation.

Cloud EDRMS vendors in Australia have been rushing to obtain IRAP assessments to enhance their attractiveness to the Government Market. Although government agencies must still do their own self-certification, as an IRAP report from a vendor provides just one piece of evidence for that evaluation.

Barbeques Galore has signed Annature to deliver the eSigning requirements for its headquarters staff administration requirements for internal documentation and select communication with 90 stores. For Barbeques Galore, the agreement helps reduce the admin burden for franchisees and removes the need for signing paper. For Annature, the Australian-owned electronic signature innovator, this latest deal further extends the company's footprint into retail.

In the last couple of years, I have seen a move away from companies implementing data governance because they are in an industry where their regulator requires it, to organizations starting data governance purely because of the benefits they can achieve. That also includes companies looking to extend what they had put in place to meet regulatory requirements across more of their organization.

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