Document & Records Management

Fujitsu Australia has announced the ScanSnap iX500 which features built-in Wi-Fi connectivity to give the ability to scan directly to Android and iOS compatible devices. 

Managing information in the form of corporate data, documents and records is arguably one of the most crucial activities for any organization and its employees. Organisations depend on information to make critical strategic decisions, serve customers, protect legal rights and process transactions. Most large companies even create entire departments to maximize the value of that information and help employees quickly and easily access it to make better decisions.

If you're like thousands of businesses across the globe, you are evaluating the opportunities to "go paperless." Recent mid-market surveys indicate that document management is ranked in the top five IT initiatives being undertaken.

A major government record-keeping "stuff-up" has resulted in sensitive documents from the 1980s Fitzgerald Inquiry into Queensland Police corruption being mistakenly made available to the public. These records potentially identify secret witnesses, anonymous testimony and criminal allegations.

Eric Bussy is VP Product Management & Marketing at Esker, one of the world's leading providers of document automation solutions for inbound and outbound processes ranging from customer and supplier invoices, dispatch notes, sales orders and purchase orders to remittance advices. As the man responsible for the development of products, services and solutions at the multinational, IDM asked him what it’s like to steer a course through such a diverse landscape today where companies need everything from  cloud based data exchange to physical delivery by post and fax, via both on-premise and cloud platforms.

Kofax  has launched a new Mobile Capture application aimed specifically at motor vehicle accident claims.It enables policyholders to use cameras in mobile devices to capture documents and images at the scene of an accident, and instantly initiate a claim with their insurer.

Qantas Superannuation has adopted IQ Group’s iqBoard platform to generate and distribute board and committee documents. 

SAP has unveiled an in-house developed content management platform, SAP Mobile Documents, designed to provide Dropbox-style features for sharing with any mobile device.

OpenText is promoting stronger integration with Microsoft Word and HTML with the latest version 5.6 release of StreamServe, its solution for creating personalised documents through rules-based dynamic assembly.

Parascript has announced an agreement to integrate its FormXtra software with Laserfiche ECM technology to enable recognition of cursive, as well as hand-printed, information from paper forms.

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