Enterprise Content Management

Deltek has launched new enterprise information management solution – Deltek Project Information Management (PIM), for project-based businesses to manage projects through the entire project lifecycle. This new solution builds on Deltek's July 2016 acquisition of Union Square, a provider of project information and collaboration software for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry.

Employees at every level and across every industry are reminded regularly that information is vital to their business. In order to make the most of business information, easy access is critical. Whether it’s an email with the latest financial figures, a marketing strategy PDF, a print out of a CV including hand-written notes or a customer contact list, having the information readily to hand enables businesses to serve their customers and employees.

An industry survey conducted in July 2016 to gain insight into SharePoint and Office 365 usage and deployment worldwide, found momentum building for cloud deployments.

Employees who mindlessly scan to email may put organisations’ security at risk and fail to comply with privacy requirements according to Y Soft.

Heureka Software, a US developer that specialises in unstructured data collection, has successfully raised $US1.1 million in seed funding and expects to raise that figure to $US1.8 million in angel funding by year's end.

Commonwealth agencies with innovative digital projects are invited to nominate them for the National Archives of Australia 2017 Awards for Digital Excellence.

In a perfect enterprise, all data and content would be entirely integrated throughout all business apps, with workflow and business process management (BPM) systems driving most tasks. However, many of today's organisations are only beginning to make this transition. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is one Australian federal government agency that has taken firm strides in its quest to achieve this ideal.

Iron Mountain’s legacy business in Australia will operate as ZircoDATA Pty Ltd following approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for the purchase of the domestic records and information management business by a consortium of experienced industry investors – Housatonic Partners and Dennis E. Barnedt.

I am an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) bigot. I admit it without shame. If ECM had a colour, I would bleed it. If ECM had a flag, I would salute it. I was there when the term “ECM” was invented  and remember how we struggled with the term because we knew it wasn’t about the technology it was always about the solutions.

The Institute for Information Management (IIM) National Conference 2016 held in Canberra in September provided a practical platform for the fusion of information management and information science domains. A range of thought-provoking keynotes, presentations, case studies and workshops examined different aspects of the information management discipline.

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