Document & Records Management

Let me start by saying that I'm not in the business of knocking solutions from any vendor within the Enterprise Information Management space. All commercial, off-the-shelf solutions have a place within the global market and all suit particular requirements and purposes. Within the EIM industry, we are experience quite a lot of change in the way that we are required to store and manage records effectively, how we respond to discovery requests and how we meet regulatory requirements placed on us by government, industry or other authorities.

DocsCorp has announced plans to deliver a new, cloud-based capability that will be called DocsCorp Cloud. In addition, DocsCorp will publish new Add-Ins that will extend the functionality of cleanDocs and compareDocs within Office 365.

The Western Australian Department of Commerce (D0C) has selected ELO Digital Office to streamline the Department’s corporate records management cycle (Capture, Storage & Retrieval) and integration capabilities.

Some danger areas in Government information-handling in the transition to a digital records management system have emerged.

News Corp is rolling out Dropbox across the organization to provide its 25,000-plus employees globally the tools to better work together.

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has launched a Research Data Archive to provide an institution-wide long-term storage platform. It has been designed specifically for researchers to securely search and share data with colleagues and comply with research data policies and codes of practice.

Dicker Data is to distribute Nuance’s license software solutions including Power PDF, OmniPage, PaperPort and Dragon to channel partners and software resellers in Australia.

A three year, $A5.4M program to implement electronic record-keeping at the Department of Health has failed to provide “an effective and efficient records management system which delivered identified business needs,” according to a report by the Australian National Audit Office.

This scathing ANAO Audit of Australia’s Health Department highlights many issues of concern, however it does seem to embody a fundamentally old school interpretation of record-keeping which places documents at its foundation.

Akumina is a US developer whose InterChange software platform aims to make it easier for businesses to build adoptable digital experiences on SharePoint. Version 2.5 of InterChange, unveiled at the SharePoint Fest Show in Chicago, includes significant enhancements to InterChange's content authoring, site management and workflow capabilities.

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