Document & Records Management

Epicor Software Corporation, the global provider of industry-specific enterprise software, has acquired privately-held docSTAR, a developer of document management software based in Schenectady, New York. Financial terms were not disclosed.

DocsCorp has announced the release of pdfDocs 4.4 , a major update to its PDF management software which is relied upon by hundreds of thousands of users in legal, accounting and government organizations across the globe.

ABBYY has announced the availability of FineReader 14, the next version of its flagship desktop software that combines optical character recognition (OCR) with advanced capabilities for working with PDFs and document comparison.

A document management systems (DMS) is often regarded as a cure-all for every problem that an organisation has with information retrieval and records management.  While a multitude of DMS systems are available for this purpose, with the proven capability to provide such a solution, they all require system users to use the supplied software in a way that delivers the expected outcomes.

Centrify Senior Director Products and Marketing Corey Williams has warned Yahoo! users to “buckle up” after news that details from more than one billion Yahoo! accounts were hacked in 2013 - reportedly the largest data breach in history!

Lexmark International has announced the successful completion of the acquisition by a consortium of investors (Consortium) led by China’s Apex Technology and PAG Asia Capital (PAG). Under the terms of the merger agreement, which was announced on April 19, 2016, Lexmark shareholders will receive $HS40.50 per share in cash

John Martin’s Guide to Managing Unstructured Content, Practical Advice on Gaining Control of Unstructured Content, provides a four-step model to gaining control of unstructured content. The book is based on John’s many years of migrating content, developing e-discovery and information management tools, and serving as a testifying and consulting expert on e-discovery. In this first part of the book John gives advice and pointers for each of the four steps. 

Dennis Barnedt, a major figure in the global records and information management industry, has founded, acquired, managed and developed leading companies in the sector across the United States and Europe. Now he is turning his attention to Australia and the APAC region as Executive Chairman of the ZircoDATA Group, a totally new entity created from the acquisition of the Australian operations of Iron Mountain. Ahead of his planned relocation to Melbourne, Barnedt sat down with IDM to discuss his present and future plans.

The Remington Group is PNG’s best known technology and service led organisation. Servicing PNG since 1948, it provides PNG businesses, governments and AID organisations with business services, document solutions, printing, business equipment and after-sales support.

Cloud providers have recently introduced some new and powerful Cloud Services for Big Data and Artificial Intelligence(AI). These Cloud services have the promise to finally reap the power of AI for
automating electronic records management(ERM). But is the market finally ready? And will these new services finally convince the skeptics that AI can be used to effectively automate ERM?

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