Organisations on average manage two or more Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Document Management (DM) or Records Management (RM) systems according to a new survey conducted by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM). Even with multiple systems in place, approximately half of content is held in non-ECM/DM systems, and a stunning 82 percent of firms lack an enterprise-wide ECM solution.
Mitre 10, New Zealand’s largest home improvement and garden retailer with more than 150 stores nationwide, has embraced Secured Signing's trusted digital signature SaaS solution to streamline the signing of suppliers’ contracts, Company policies, Human Resources documents, and senior management’s requests for approval.
It is important to note that some forms pose greater challenges over others, particularly those that are unstructured in nature. Not all forms are good candidates for OCR and ICR, but often these forms can be changed or redesigned slightly so that information from them can be more easily recognized.
Even with iPhones, iPads, and other digital devices, forms, applications, cheques and documents are still widely used to collect data. While obtaining and leveraging this information from forms is a critical business differentiator, getting the data from documents continues to be a challenge, for many organisations, even in our digital age.
Australian information systems and management consultancy Velrada has secured a number of major state government contracts in Western Australia and South Australia; including a multi-million dollar project with SA Water for the implementation of an organisation wide workflow, search, records and document management solution in partnership with RecordPoint.
An information management policy clearly lays out what kind of data should be kept, what kind should be deleted and establishes a sound, objective method to apply to company-wide data. So, how do you get started? The following steps can provide a basic guide for setting up your information management policy.
Enterprise search has a new contender with a group of ex-Google employees promising "a new playbook for the C-suite and IT managers focused on data as an asset critical to their corporate success."
Companies in most Western countries must take extreme care to protect any sensitive information they store relating to employees or customers. In Australia and New Zealand, we may soon be held to even higher standards.
Good Technology has announced the appointment of Ross Ford as Government Account Director. Based in Canberra, Ford will focus on servicing the needs of Good’s Federal Government customers.
Digital records management is changing faster than alphabetized boxes or metal filing cabinets can keep up with. The definition of a “record” will continue expanding in direct proportion to the technologies we adapt. This is a good thing, as business relationships today require a certain amount of agility, but it’s also a cause of anxiety.
