Document & Records Management
Steps taken by the Australian Government to reinstate temporary measures that will allow companies to use technology to meet regulatory requirements to hold general meetings, distribute meeting related materials and validly execute documents are positive moves for business and the investing public, says the Law Council of Australia.
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has signed a landmark three-year, $A1.4 million deal with the Citadel Group to deploy records management in the cloud using its Software as a Service (Saas) platform Citadel IX.
Over the past 18 months, the business world has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Enterprises have shifted from bustling offices to bustling Teams channels. Employees are working from home and new hires have yet to set foot in the office. Businesses are using the cloud more than ever. Selling and consolidating offices also means shutting down private data centers and pushing more enterprises to migrate to the cloud.
Despite more than 10 years of concerted effort to encourage a digital transformation of Australia’s federal government agencies, only two thirds “always or almost always” work digitally by default i.e. create, store and manage information digitally. This is one of a number of issues of concern contained in the latest Checkup Plus survey by the National Archives of Australia, which shows government paper archives continue to grow.
Findings from the global State of Cybersecurity 2021, Part 2 survey report from ISACA in partnership with HCL Technologies, not only shows 41% of Australian and New Zealand respondents report an increase in cyberattacks on their organisation during the last year, but 62% expect that their organisation will experience a cyber-attack in the twelve months ahead.
With the pandemic pushing life further online and remote work becoming the norm, companies face growing risks and challenges with “dark data” – data collected and stored but never used. Much of this “dark data” hides in documents, spreadsheets and content scattered across the enterprise on shared drives, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint.
Chief Techology Officer (CTO) Raf Hens is one of the longest-tenured members of the iText team. Responsible setting the strategy and direction for the organization, here he lays out his vision for IDM.
As Australians prepare for Census night on August 10, experts have warned that Cyberattackers around the world are preparing to cause a repeat of the 2016 debacle.
In 2014, the City of Nedlands introduced SharePoint to replace its TRIM records management system. In 2016, the WA Local Government Authority’s IT manager recommended to the Chief Executive Officer that the Records Management unit be abolished. Shortly thereafter all 5 positions within the Records Management Section were made redundant.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation like never before and in particular the need for a digital mailroom.
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