Objective Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Atlanta-based Simflofy, a developer of technology designed to tame the data sprawl prevalent in today’s organisations, by connecting myriad business systems, content management repositories and file stores so that users can find information wherever it is held. Simflofy offers management of records-in-place, federated search, or e-discovery, across its connected systems.

CompTIA, the provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications and education for technology workers, has expanded its credentialing program into the data skills arena with the introduction of CompTIA Data+.

Kodak Alaris and Ephesoft have formed a strategic alliance to deliver intelligent document processing solutions to the APAC region. Building on a successful relationship serving customers in Europe, Kodak Alaris staff in Australia and New Zealand recently completed training with Ephesoft Transact to bring the joint solution to the APAC market.

Alteryx, Inc. has issued findings from a commissioned IDC Infobrief, which reveals that approximately 62.4 billion data and analytic work hours are lost annually worldwide - the equivalent to almost 100,000 human lifetimes. While data and analytics power the digital-first enterprise, this study reports 95 percent of organizations are still being challenged by creating analytic outcomes from the terabytes of complex raw data piling up across the business.