Sharp Corporation of Australia has announced the introduction of two enhanced models in its colour document systems Pro Series. The enhanced series boasts copy and print speeds of up to 80 ppm; complemented by a 150 sheet dual head scanner which scans up to 200ipm (2X improvement in scan speeds).

Micro Focus has announced the general availability of Micro Focus File Governance Suite , designed to help users archive and recover high-value targets faster than traditional backup systems, and assist with government and privacy mandates, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Microsoft has unveiled a new “immutable storage” feature available for Azure Blobs, its object storage platform for unstructured data, is now available for public preview. The offering is designed for regulated industries that are required to retain business-related communication in a Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) or immutable state that makes it non-erasable and non-modifiable for a certain retention interval.

Kofax has announced the addition of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and other capabilities in its Kapow 10.3 Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software.

Oxygen Forensics has released an update to its mobile forensic software allowing investigators exclusive access to mobile devices, applications, and cloud data not previously accessible through software solutions.

Concept Searching, the developer of semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management software, has launched Release 5.4.6 of its flagship conceptClassifier platform.

ActivePDF has announced the release of Redactor 3.1.0. which provides users the ability to search and redact specific words, text, images, or entire pages when creating PDF files so viewers cannot see or search for sensitive information.

Nine Network, Australia’s largest commercial free-to-air television network, has selected Techtel as the systems integrator of choice to develop a seamless interface between their Media Asset Management (MAM) platforms and deep storage across their news and production studios and playout centre at two different locations.

2018 marks the Institute of Information Management (IIM) 20^th anniversary. Formed in 1998 IIM is the premier Australasian body for the information management industry. 

Adobe is embedding PDF functionality deep within Office365 with editing and conversion functions now available directly from the ribbon in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint online.