Enterprise Applications

Objective to acquire Onstream Systems

Objective Corporation is acquiring specialised technology for in the capture, collaboration and manipulation of large documents, complex drawings, maps and plans with the purchase of New Zealand’s Onstream Systems.

Foxit acquires PDF software tools developer

Foxit Software has announced the acquisition of Debenu, a provider of software developer and end-user solutions for the global PDF market. Debenu’s CEO, Karl De Abrew, a long-time entrepreneur and visionary in PDF technology, was also a Founder of Nitro.

Cognitive Systems market to reach $US31B says IDC

Industry analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts global spending on cognitive systems will reach nearly $US31.3 billion in 2019 and change the way work is performed.

When the PDF will be a thing of the past

Anyone working in today’s business world is familiar with the Portable Document Format (PDF), and for good reason. PDFs offer a great convenience. They can be taken on the road, read on any device, emailed to other people and easily printed.

Defence needs $A5B IT fix

A White Paper produced by Australia’s Department of Defence has identified a need for $A5 billion in additional funding over previous plans to meet Defence’s information and communications technology needs across the next decade.

Road data harmonisation project

Austroads is undertaking an ambitious project to establish a harmonised road asset data standard for use in Australia and New Zealand.

Healthcare solution promises 360 degree view

Information Builders has updated its Omni-Patient offering, an information management solution that integrates and cleanses disparate sets of healthcare data, including multiple electronic medical records (EMRs) as well as financial and HR systems.

Civica launches SharePoint for councils

Local Government software developer Civica has launched a new SharePoint platform to provide online portals, enterprise workflow, and integration and CRM capabilities. Contact360 is decribed as a customer contact and transactional platform for councils in Australia and New Zealand.

ABBYY linguistics tools for next generation apps

ABBYY has announced two new language-based products enabling businesses to understand and act on complex, unstructured information. Based on the company’s Compreno natural-language processing (NLP) technology, ABBYY InfoExtractor SDK and ABBYY Smart Classifier enable development of next generation smart business process applications, accelerating business decisions and insights for industries, including oil and gas, insurance, healthcare, financial services and government, among others.

Records Management & Big Data

Working across a number of industries over the last few years it always surprised me that Big Data projects either struggle with meeting records management requirements or ignore them altogether.  My surprise comes from the fact that not only is Records Management a compliance practice, but it is one that can literally pay for itself.

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