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Big Information for Better Information Governance: IIM National Conference 2016 review

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.

Governing Office365 as an objective

Can information and process governance be improved without the traditional pain and angst of implementing or replacing an EDRMS? Objective Corporation believes it can, with a new set of offerings for users of Office 365, known as INFORM and PERFORM.

Data analytics startup gets $1.25M boost

Hyper Anna has secured an $A1.25 million investment from Westpac’s venture capital arm, Reinventure and AirTree Ventures, to support further development of its natural language driven data analytics solution. The funds will be used to grow the business and help launch in the US in 2017.

Ransomware is coming soon to a screen near you

Ransomware is sinking its teeth into business data everywhere, with the threat continuing to evolve in new more sophisticated variants that encrypt individual files or even entire disks. To learn more about the challenge of defending against one of the fastest growing threats online, both for businesses and consumers, IDM spoke with Dr John Selby, a member of Macquarie University’s Cyber Security Hub established this year in Sydney in a $10 million joint investment with Optus Business.

Another 13 police forces join global fight against Ransomware

Just three months after the launch of the No More Ransom project, law enforcement agencies from a further 13 countries have signed up to fight ransomware together with the private sector.

New Mamba virus encrypts hard drives

A new strain of ransomware, called Mamba, is circulating through multiple industries and crippling computers by encrypting entire hard drives.

InfoArchive launches as a service

Dell EMC Enterprise Content Division (ECD) has announced the introduction of InfoArchive as a Service (IAaaS), the newest addition to ECD's roster of managed service solutions, as well as the general availability of InfoArchive 4.1.

Data Governance Industry Association launches in Australia

A new independent data governance industry association, Data Governance Australia (DGA), aims to establish best practice industry standards and benchmarks around the collection, use and management of data in Australia.

Data science tackles a billion dollar healthcare problem

A leading provider of healthcare analytics and technology-enabled services, Intermedix, has developed a solution to address no-show patients using Dataiku Data Science Studio (DSS), its predictive analytics and data science platform.  The problem of patients missing scheduled appointments costs the healthcare industry billions of dollars of lost revenue each year. 

Alcidion secure $525K contract with NT Health Department

The Northern Territory Department of Health has signed a $525k contract with Alcidion Group to utilise the company’s technology across the Royal Darwin and Alice Springs Hospitals. The Department employs 6,323 staff and manages five public hospitals, and is presently constructing the new Palmerston Regional Hospital, the Northern Territory’s most technologically advanced facility.

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