Cortical.io has announced a new release of its Contract Intelligence software. Utilising a patented natural language understanding (NLU) approach based on semantic folding theory, the software analyses the content of large quantities of documents with a degree of accuracy that is difficult to achieve with manual labour or other automation tools.

Lighthouse, a US developer of technology-enabled legal services, has announced the launch of Lighthouse Prism, a new in-house technology that uses AI and machine learning to radically improve document review legal processes.

ZircoDATA has confirmed its seventh acquisition to date. In a deal finalised January 13, ZircoDATA acquired Ultimo Document Storage Centre located in Alexandria, NSW. 

UpSol NZ has announced announce a new strategic partnership with leading print distributor, Brother International (NZ).

Palantir Technologies has signed a multi-year enterprise agreement for its Foundry Platform with Rio Tinto, one of the world’s leading mining and metals corporations.

Managed technology service provider, EFEX, has announced the acquisition of The BMS Group (BMS) in the lllawarra region of New South Wales.

Box, Inc.  has entered into a an agreement to acquire SignRequest, a cloud-based electronic signature company. Box also previewed Box Sign, an e-signature capability that will be developed on SignRequest’s technology and natively integrated into Box.

ABBYY promises the AI smarts in the new release of FineScanner 8 will enable the app to become your personal smartphone archivist. FineScanner will not only scan and store your documents but now can now automatically sort all of your photos into seven different document types, help you find specific photos using the search feature, and precisely measure your documents’ size using augmented reality.

Plustek Technology has announced the availability of the SmartOffice PS3180U document scanner. This 80 page per minute scanner features a duty cycle of 8,000 pages per day, 100 sheet automatic feeder and can scan both sides of business documents in less than one second.

Quadient has announced the general availability of Quadient Impress version 1.2, an upgrade of the multichannel outbound document management platform that automates the customer communication workflow for small and medium businesses (SMBs).