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Nicholas Skytland, program manager for NASA's Open Innovation Program, has trained astronauts for space walks in a pool the size of a football field on mock space stations, helped plot moon missions and works on open government and big data use. He is heading to Sydney on 16 & 17 November 2016 for The Data Forum, where he will be joined by global experts in data and analytics to discuss the leading issues in the industry.

ABBYY, a leading provider of technologies and solutions to action information, has launched its Receipt Capture SDK that enables software developers to integrate automatic receipt capture and extract data from receipts to support a variety of customer loyalty and incentive programs.

Information Management and Governance specialist iCognition has teamed up with government cloud specialist Vault Systems to launch the iCognition HPE Records Manager EDRMS Enterprise Government Cloud service in Canberra.

K2 Software has announced new capabilities to its cloud service, Appit, and outlined plans for future cloud-first offerings. It includes enhancements to K2 Mobile, introduction of SmartStarters, deeper DocuSign integration and a new REST broker with Swagger compatibility. These updates will become available for on-premises customers this summer. 

AccessData Group the provider of integrated digital forensics and e-Discovery software, has published a free guide to help corporate information technology executives with strategic technology planning that addresses the needs of legal, compliance, human resources and investigative teams across the organisation.

SAP has announced updates to its enterprise information management (EIM) portfolio to offer improved support for cloud and Big Data environments, enhancements for more self-service capabilities, and support for governing enterprise information.

Belkasoft has announced a major update to Evidence Center, the company’s flagship digital forensic solution. The new release brings a revamped user interface, improved search and enhanced analytics.

Ground Labs, a global security software company, has released Enterprise Recon 2.0, an upgrade that improves security methods for organisations.

HP is selling a range of its enterprise software platforms to Open Text for $US315 million, including the Teleform forms processing application and HP Exstream, HP Output Management, and HP LiquidOffice for customer communications management, process automation and document delivery solutions.

US company Digital Reasoning has launched Synthesys 4, the latest version of its cognitive computing platform which leverages an ensemble of technologies including machine learning, NLP, computer vision, pattern recognition and knowledge representation.