Enterprise Content Management

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Australia has  been named Platinum Partner, the highest level of OpenText partnership.

Commvault Systems and Laitek, a US provider of rapid data migration and storage services for picture archiving and communication system (PACS) replacements, announced a multi-faceted, strategic partnership to jointly develop and market clinical data management solutions.

A three year, $A5.4M program to implement electronic record-keeping at the Department of Health has failed to provide “an effective and efficient records management system which delivered identified business needs,” according to a report by the Australian National Audit Office.

This scathing ANAO Audit of Australia’s Health Department highlights many issues of concern, however it does seem to embody a fundamentally old school interpretation of record-keeping which places documents at its foundation.

Akumina is a US developer whose InterChange software platform aims to make it easier for businesses to build adoptable digital experiences on SharePoint. Version 2.5 of InterChange, unveiled at the SharePoint Fest Show in Chicago, includes significant enhancements to InterChange's content authoring, site management and workflow capabilities.

I read an article recently about how the paperless push in the Victorian Government was apparently failing. My immediate thought was “not surprised” given the way most organisations (including government agencies) approach the transition to a paperless office.

Australia’s Federal Government has released a Discussion Paper as well as its Exposure Draft of Legislation to make it mandatory for certain organizations to report data breaches. If passed, the bill would require large private sector organisations and Federal government agencies to notify the Federal Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of serious data breaches.

More than half of organisations surveyed by AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) for a recent report on data governance have had data-related incidents in the past 12 months, including 16% suffering a data breach.

In their efforts to identify and protect information assets, companies are not identifying many information "content" risks that fall between gaps of data stewardship and regulatory compliance.

New Zealand information and knowledge management solution provider Information Leadership was awarded ICT Vendor of the Year at the recent Annual Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM) Awards. The company was nominated by the Upper Hutt City Council which has recently implemented an electronic document and records management system and intranet SharePoint solution.

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