Document & Records Management
The joint Australian and New Zealand IT-021 mirror committee on Records and Document Management Systems recommendation to both Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, the national standards bodies of the respective countries, to adopt PDF/A-4 was recently completed on 23 December 2022.
2022 has been a wake-up call for Australian organisations and the government alike when it comes to data protection. From Optus to Medibank and now Telstra, we’ve seen the frightening impact the leaking of personal data can have on individuals and organisations, and the very real implications to the economy and our safety more broadly.
Right now, for technological, ethical and political reasons, the world’s archivists are suddenly very busy. Advances in digital imaging and communications are feeding an already intense interest in provenance, authorship and material culture. Two recent discoveries – a woman’s name scratched in the margins of an 8th-century manuscript, and John Milton’s annotations in a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio held in the Free Library of Philadelphia – are examples of how new tools are revealing new evidence, and how distant scholars are making fascinating connections.
OpenText has closed the previously announced acquisition of Micro Focus International. The total purchase was approximately $US5.8 billion, and OpenText states it expects Micro Focus will be on the “OpenText operating model” within 6 full quarters or sooner.
Soutron Global has announced the availability of the Soutron End User Submission tool, simplifying content submission from end users while streamlining the categorization of organizational knowledge assets.
Imaging bureau and solution provider DatacomIT has announce a new partnership with Preservica, to deliver the company’s digital preservation solution to Australia.
The Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) is strengthening My Health Record protections through a new mandatory conformance profile for clinical information systems (including those used in GP clinics, pharmacies and allied health services) connected to the My Health Record system.
Dropbox has acquired FormSwift, a cloud-based service that gives individuals and businesses a template library and a simple solution to create, complete, edit, and save critical business forms and agreements.
Airservices Australia has issued a Request for Information (RFI) from potential suppliers for the transformation of records management practice. The agency says it is “on a transformation journey to modernise our enterprise technology and uplift existing process, which include the modernisation of its enterprise record keeping capability.”
Australian technology integrator RBC Group is boosting its automation capabilities via a strategic partnership with Swiss-based global company TCG Process. The new alliance will extend the functionality and scalability of RBC Group’s flagship automation platform Docs2me.
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