Document & Records Management
It's 2014 and our information stockpiles are growing fast. Where is the silver bullet that will magically fix our records management problems? Where is the quick fix that will classify, appraise, protect, and dispose of our records?
The U.K. government has adopted the Open Document Format (ODF) for sharing or collaborating on government documents.
I have written previously about ways to solve the shared drives problem (click here) and I have written numerous articles (and a book) about ways to manage emails and electronic/digital records. However, we still receive multiple requests from customers and prospective customers about the best, and simplest, way to effectively manage these problems.
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
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