Enterprise Applications

ABBYY has announced the release of the new version of the ABBYY Real-Time Recognition Software Development Kit (RTR SDK) with added data capture functionality on iOS and Android mobile platforms. The Real-Time Recognition technology is capable of pulling text information from on-screen objects and automatically converting it into digital data on the mobile device.

You can’t move in the outsourcing industry without hearing about Robotic Process Automation (RPA). And while it might sound like terminology cribbed from a sci-fi novel, the truth is that RPA is already here, and it is transforming the way modern businesses operate.

Limited working budgets and organisational culture are the biggest barriers to achieving digital transformation within the public sector particularly focused on Local Government in ANZ, according to ‘The Changing Landscape for the Public Sector: The Challenges of Building Digital Bridges’, a study of local government leaders in Australia and New Zealand.

British American Tobacco (BAT) has deployed OpenText Extended ECM for SAP SuccessFactors as part of overhauling its HR processes and records management.

Yass Valley Council located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales has chosen to implement the MAGIQ Enterprise council management system.

Christchurch City Council has deployed MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform to build a series of system integrations and open data APIs that will enable government agencies and third parties access to provide richer experiences to citizens. By securely exposing historical city data to approved third parties and agencies citizens will benefit from the release of innovative new products and services.

Whitsunday Regional Councll in Queensland has announced that it will implement cloud-based business process management software from Promapp to support the organisation’s day-to-day operational processes. The decision, which was part of the council’s strategic plan prior to Tropical Cyclone Debbie, was expedited by the havoc caused by the storm earlier in the year.  Promapp will underpin process support for a major new council IT system which is slated to go live within the next 12 months.

Skilful voice impersonators are able to fool state-of-the-art speaker recognition systems, as these systems generally aren’t efficient yet in recognising voice modifications, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland. The vulnerability of speaker recognition systems poses significant security concerns.

Is your organisation keen to avoid being listed as one of the Top 10 Worst Social Media Fails of  2017? Celebrities and politicians are not the only entities on social media to conduct monstrous fails. Corporations and government agencies aren’t far behind.

TechnologyOne has won another federal government contract for its enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, securing a second shared service hub with the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS).

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