Document & Records Management
Australia is lagging the US in its approach to information governance, placing enterprises and individuals at risk according to Susan Bennett, co-founder of Information Governance ANZ, a new think tank that aims to lift the profile of information governance and spur enterprises into action.
We have moved from an era in IT where the relational database management system was the one-size-fits-all technology, where data being used for informational purposes was solely sourced from in-house corporate databases that were rigorously defined, structured and well within the span of control of IT.
Organsations habitually over-retain information, especially unstructured electronic information, for many reasons. However, many organisations simply have not addressed what to do with this data so fall back on relying on individual employees to decide what should be kept and for how long and what should be disposed of.
iManage has announced the release of iManage Work 9.4, an update to its core document and email management solution which spans document and email management, secure file collaboration, knowledge management, information governance, and process automation. iManage Work Product Management is available as a cloud service in the iManage Cloud and as an on-premises installed product.
Australia and Singapore Data Centres for iManage Cloud, the company's cloud service for Work Product Management, are due to come online this month as part of the company's cloud strategy. iManage currently has iManage Cloud data centres in the US and UK.
Toshiba (Australia) has launched six new high end multifunction systems. The range consists of three A3 colour models (e-STUDIO7506AC series) and three A3 monochrome models (e-STUDIO7506AC).
The concept of a fully enabled digital work environment, or digital workplace, has been a hot topic over the last few years. This concept of individuals moving around their offices unencumbered and working externally without barriers is becoming more and more a reality.
Historically organisations implemented Enterprise Content Management solutions out of the necessity to adhere with compliance policies, but in our modern digital era the question is; has this now become a barrier to innovation and is ECM actually inhibiting opportunities to extract the tangible value from information assets.
The current Government models for electronic service delivery are typically Government centric, eg ‘One Stop Shop’. This represents Government trying to provide a single electronic entry point for Government services aggregating the multiplicity of Government agencies, brands and products. This is a step on the pathway towards reducing the cost to Government and providing a single entry point for consumers.
Nuance Communications has added new dictation, transcription and customisation capabilities to its new suite of Dragon professional productivity solutions, Dragon Professional Individual, version 15 and Dragon Professional Individual for Mac, version 6.
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