Document & Records Management

I recently read an article describing the phenomenon of “Digital Fatigue” that is plaguing organisations. Much of this seems to be concentrated in the concept that organisations in order to be successful must have established ‘Digital Transformation’ strategies. Only when these strategies are implemented, companies can stay competitive and effective in an increasingly dynamic and demanding business environment. This has been especially true within the Digital Records Management space.

Any modern day Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep in 2015 and woke to the headline “Slack Intends to Adopt Watson Conversation for Slackbot” may be forgiven a feeling of bewilderment as they adjust to the enterprise messaging landscape of 2016. Remember when they nodded off it was all about Yammer and Jive.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a notice seeking to clarify financial advisers' record keeping obligations by amending Class Order 14/923 ‘Record-keeping obligations for Australian financial services licensees [AFSLs] when giving personal advice'.

Commonwealth agencies with innovative digital projects are invited to nominate them for the National Archives of Australia 2017 Awards for Digital Excellence.

In a perfect enterprise, all data and content would be entirely integrated throughout all business apps, with workflow and business process management (BPM) systems driving most tasks. However, many of today's organisations are only beginning to make this transition. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is one Australian federal government agency that has taken firm strides in its quest to achieve this ideal.

One of the most onerous parts of litigation for a party is undertaking discovery or disclosure of documents relevant to the dispute. This involves collating, reviewing and determining the relevance of those documents and is a time- and resource-consuming process; one that becomes that much harder when dealing with documents that may have been archived, deleted or destroyed.

Iron Mountain’s legacy business in Australia will operate as ZircoDATA Pty Ltd following approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for the purchase of the domestic records and information management business by a consortium of experienced industry investors – Housatonic Partners and Dennis E. Barnedt.

Over 100 million electronic signature transactions are projected to be made annually in Australia by 2020, but less than 20% of Australian businesses are currently prepared for this outcome, according to a recent survey undertaken by Forrester Consulting.

Technology alone will never be enough to manage the vast volume and variety of information created in today’s world, according to the National Archives of Australia.

Australia's leading and longest running residential smoke alarm specialist, Smoke Alarms Australia, has undertaken a major project to implement automated data capture and workflow.

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