Document & Records Management
There is a widespread and growing need to improve security practices surrounding confidential documents in most organizations today, according to a new study by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network. In a global survey of managers and information workers, 6 out of every 10 respondents said they or someone they know have accidently sent out a document they shouldn't have.
Information Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has ruled that poor record-keeping practices are no reason for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to charge exorbitant fees for a journalist’s FOI request.
Enterprise content management (ECM) implementations experienced rapid growth and significant client investments from the late 90s through the financial downturn of 2008. With the reduction in storage costs as well as innovation brought about by robust networks, computers, and Internet browsers, organizations were finally free to truly capture the promise of ECM. Whether leveraging internal resources or working with outside consultants, ECM customers were able to build out purpose-driven solutions on Documentum, OpenText, FileNet/IBM, or other ECM platforms.
Australian technology solution provider Citadel Group has launched its first Enterprise Content Management as a Service offering, Citadel Information Exchange (CiX). CiX is a true cloud based solution offering Enterprise Content Management as a fully managed, hosted service. CiX is powered by HPE Content Manager.
Pacesetter Services has partnered with solution provider Information Proficiency to offer a range of services and solutions for Local Government. Pacesetter Services are experts in the Authority Enterprise Suite and Information Proficiency are specialists in Information Management and EDRMS.
Smart Capture software developer Ephesoft Inc. has established a regional office in Sydney Australia to address the company’s growing business in the Australasia region.
The veraPDF consortium has announced the release of veraPDF 1.0, an open-source industry-supported PDF/A validator.
In the year Victoria’s Public Records Act 1973 was enacted, flared pants, flower-power shirts with massive wing collars and monster sideburns were the order of the day. However the average public sector worker’s desktop would have housed only a few unsexy peripherals perhaps not much more than an in-tray, a pen and notepad and an ashtray. A major review of the Management of Public Sector Records in the state completed by the Victorian Auditor-General has found that record-keeping practice has not kept pace with the vast change in the information management landscape since those times.
Lift the lid on the world of standards in relation to electronic signatures and you will find is there is no shortage of contenders, each with a dazzling acronym referring to entities such as X.509 PKI, PAdES, ETSI and ISO 14533.
Microsoft has come a long way on its mission to enable working from anywhere on a range of devices. For instance, this morning I’m on the train on my way to the office. Later today have a meeting with a customer to go through a proposal for a potential project.
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