Document & Records Management

Separately, document and records management seem straightforward enough, but what happens when you put them side-by-side? While these terms have some overlapping characteristics, there are crucial distinctions that make each practice essential for your organisation’s success.

OpenText has announced free enterprise file sharing and synchronisation for OpenText Content Suite 10.5 users, who will qualify for an unlimited number of OpenText Tempo Box licenses

Provoke Solutions NZ has announced a new partnership with Qorus Software, a global provider of document automation solutions which integrate with SharePoint and Office.

 

Most organisations understand that there is significant benefit in organising and streamlining their information. Unfortunately achieving this is fraught with many challenges, including the question of what information to keep, and for how long. Whilst it is clear hoarding information can create significant and diverse risks for organisations, retaining no information at all is also clearly not an option. Somewhere in the middle is information best practice, but how do we get there?

A job ad recently posted online calls for “an understanding of Document Control as it pertains to the Oil and Gas industry particularly in the field of Engineering and Construction.” What are the unique requirements of such a role? To find out, IDM consulted a selection of senior Document Control Professionals working across the country and internationally.

One of the bugbears of the Google Apps ecosystem is being addressed with the launch of Google Drive for Work, which promise the ability to open Microsoft Office documents natively without the need to translate into Google Docs format.

The newly launched Trimble Document Controller Standard is a virtual construction management application that automates change detection between design iterations in both 2D design drawing sets and in 3D models created using Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. 

Cognidox has announced the availability of an updated version of its Microsoft Office Add-in that adds Microsoft Outlook to the list of supported applications. The Add-in already provides support for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

A $A22 million funding boost for the NSW State Records Authority announced as part of the 2014-15 Budget means that it will soon be easier for regional areas to access and view State records and archives online.

PSIGEN Software has launched v5.1, the latest version of its flagship document capture product, PSI:Capture, with enhancements to the EasyAP offering to simplify and accelerate the processing of accounting documents.

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