Document & Records Management

A fiery disaster at Liverpool City Council has put the Australian local government sector on notice about the importance of business continuity and getting disaster recovery strategies right. 

UK research has discovered that half of doctors expect Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) to improve patient care by providing verifiable, consistent and complete data to support verbal handovers between medical staff.

The Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA) has decided to retain the long-standing reference to “records” in its new title, after negative reaction to its announced decision to change its name to the Informational Management Professionals Australia.

Archive Systems, a US provider of document management services, has announced the results of a recent poll uncovering the key obstacle managers face when trying to implement paperless initiatives. Fear of changing to a paperless solution within the company was selected by 56% of respondents. 32% of respondents ran into the roadblock of gaining the necessary funding for the project.

Australian record-keeping expert Barbara Reed sorts through the standards that apply and explains why they matter.

FileBound Australia has announced the release of a direct integration with the Sharp’s OSA technology, a development platform that allows third party software developers to customise Sharp Multifunction Copiers/Printers.

Open Text has announced the availability of Web Site Management 10.1, featuring usability enhancements to accelerate common tasks and make it easier for website managers to integrate with corporate information and resources along with a sample project that speeds up delivery of new websites.

 Nuance Communications has announced a new release of its desktop PDF software, Nuance PDF Converter Enterprise 7, adding include visual document assembly of PDF and Microsoft Office documents into a single PDF, and a Web PDF toolbar that delivers the full capability of the product via Web browsers.

Symantec has released the findings of its 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey, which highlight a majority of enterprises are not following their own advice when it comes to information management.

OBS' SharePoint-based records management product, i5, has been awarded VERS 1-5 compliance certification for electronic records management.

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