Business Process & Workflow

A SAP e-Invoicing solution has been launched using Germany’s ZUGFeRD standard. ZUGFeRD compatible invoices are PDF/A-3 files that include the PDF file for visual control and archiving as well as the invoice in XML format for machine processing.

Foxit Software has announced ConnectedPDF, technology developed to bring new levels of accountability, collaboration, and productivity to the creation, sharing, and tracking of PDF documents worldwide.

Adobe has announced the Cloud Signature Consortium, a group comprised of leading industry and academic organisations committed to building a new open standard for cloud-based digital signatures across mobile and web – so anyone can digitally sign documents from anywhere.

The convenience of executing legal documentation with electronic signatures must be carefully weighed against issues of enforceability and security. In this update, we explain the decision Williams Group Australia Pty Ltd v Crocker [2015] NSWSC 1907, in which the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that a company director was not bound by a guarantee that (apparently) bore his electronic signature.

While most CIOs at the National Health Service (NHS) in England agree that electronic patient records are beneficial, a survey has revealed that almost half are worried about meeting a target of going paperless by 2020, Computer Weekly reports.

Spending by Australian organisations on business process management (BPM) software is forecast to reach A$82.9 million in 2016, an increase of 2.5 percent over last year. In New Zealand, organisations are expected to spend NZ$6.9 million on BPM software in 2016, up 5.5 percent over last year.

HP is selling a range of its enterprise software platforms to Open Text for $US315 million, including the Teleform forms processing application and HP Exstream, HP Output Management, and HP LiquidOffice for customer communications management, process automation and document delivery solutions.

Nuance has released Power PDF 2, an update to its PDF software suite that includes improved document security, enhanced tag editing capabilities, integration of a new “PDF Create” button in Chrome and Firefox, and a new OCR proofreader.

Today’s technologically hungry society is known to adopt new tech more quickly than ever before. Despite this, many large organisations have been relatively reluctant to adopt policies allowing for contracts to be signed electronically.

According to a new market research report, the global text analytics market has a potential to reach $US6.5 billion by 2020, with predictive analytics providing insights on unstructured text as the major driver.

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