A new independent data governance industry association, Data Governance Australia (DGA), aims to establish best practice industry standards and benchmarks around the collection, use and management of data in Australia.

ECM vendor M-Files Corporation has announced the results from a survey of working professionals pointing to the scope and degree to which companies are still reliant on paper and paper-based processes, and the risks to which this exposes them.

Commvault has introduced the eleventh version of its solutions portfolio (v11) – Commvault Software and the Commvault Data Platform, including expanded capabilities for Amazon Web Services (AWS) beyond virtual machines to include protection of databases, further enabling enterprises to implement holistic data management strategies on premise or in the cloud.

AvePoint has announced the latest version of DocAve High Speed Migration for Office 365, promising a comprehensive solution from migration preparation to deployment and a simplified user experience.

Listed Australian developer Mach7 Technologies has announced a partnership with Microsoft to utilise Azure to bring its full suite of enterprise medical imaging solutions to the cloud.

HP Inc. has launched four next generation business scanners that meet a wide range of scanning needs from general office to complex workflows. Significantly faster and more robust than previous models – with optional mobile capability – the new HP ScanJets fit in the modern office to enhance productivity with fast duplex scanning, high-capacity automatic document feeder (ADF), and superior paper handling.

Microsoft has announced a new technology to synchronise documents within OneDrive for Business, replacing the “legacy” Groove platform it acquired in 2005.

harmon.ie has announced that its Outlook add-on, Collage, is now available for free on the Microsoft Office Store. Collage is described as topic-driven interface to help users focus on what matters most, by leveraging the environment where they are most comfortable: email.

Boldon James, a specialist provider of data classification and secure messaging solutions, has announced the launch of Classifier 3.9. This latest release provides a blend of user-driven and automated classification techniques. Compliance with the forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is also a key focus for the new Classifier release, through simplified and persistent classification tracking which is now available downstream once data leaves the organisation's boundaries.

Building on its portfolio in document and content management, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. has acquired two US providers of SharePoint and Kofax and BPO scanning services, QAI and DocPoint Solutions.