Document & Records Management
Nikec Docstore now offers audit trail capabilities, improved activity reporting on users and/or files and integration with Document Management Systems (DMS), Active Directory and Outlook. It also offers users superior control when sharing files and folders internally or with external parties.
GFI Software has updated GFI MailArchiver 2014, its mail archiving solution, with new features that eliminate the need for employees to use public cloud-based services for document storage, along with increased functionality and control through Outlook.
The engine room of Australia’s Democracy is being overhauled with the rollout of a new Web-based Parliamentary Workflow System (PWS) for 40 Australian federal government agencies. The new system promising greater transparency, cost efficiencies and and improved record record-keeping among other benefits, is now six months ahead of schedule, with the completed rollout expected by July 2016.
In the pharmaceutical industry, the drug development clock is ticking at the rate of warp-speed. As a result, companies are constantly looking for solutions to help them accelerate time to market - and many are realizing that implementing a cloud-based information management system can bring much needed clarity, organization and efficiency to the complex documentation processes and protocols required to bring a drug to market.
Approximately one month per employee is wasted every year, at a cost of $2 million per annum, as employees struggle to find the right documents in sprawling document libraries. A new software called docScout from Australian developer Holocentric, promises to help organisations using Microsoft SharePoint reclaim this lost time by enabling them to find the right document every time.
Separately, document and records management seem straightforward enough, but what happens when you put them side-by-side? While these terms have some overlapping characteristics, there are crucial distinctions that make each practice essential for your organisation’s success.
OpenText has announced free enterprise file sharing and synchronisation for OpenText Content Suite 10.5 users, who will qualify for an unlimited number of OpenText Tempo Box licenses
Provoke Solutions NZ has announced a new partnership with Qorus Software, a global provider of document automation solutions which integrate with SharePoint and Office.
Most organisations understand that there is significant benefit in organising and streamlining their information. Unfortunately achieving this is fraught with many challenges, including the question of what information to keep, and for how long. Whilst it is clear hoarding information can create significant and diverse risks for organisations, retaining no information at all is also clearly not an option. Somewhere in the middle is information best practice, but how do we get there?
A job ad recently posted online calls for “an understanding of Document Control as it pertains to the Oil and Gas industry particularly in the field of Engineering and Construction.” What are the unique requirements of such a role? To find out, IDM consulted a selection of senior Document Control Professionals working across the country and internationally.
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