INDUSTRY INSIDER

05.14.12
Elementum distributes the benefits of capture

Transportation company Allied Pickfrords is using enterprise capture in Australia as a way to deal with an ever-growing volume of business-critical information generated both internally and externally, using a Datacap solution deployed by IBM FileNet reseller Elementum

05.14.12
5 most ridiculous things IT Admins have seen business users do

If you work in an office, chances are you have seen a frantic IT guy or gal running around trying to put out virtual fires, and you’ve wondered what all the fuss was about. In addition to the numerous, legitimate, technical glitches that can come up when operating a data centre, there are also lots of mind-numbing issues that IT admins run into when it comes to supporting users. By Jarred LeFebvre.

05.14.12
Danger alert for SharePoint on iPad

Following the real life example of the New Jersey town that has introduced an $85 fine for being caught texting while walking, harmon.ie has launched a spoof Web site www.DontSharePointWhileWalking.com to promote its new iPad app.

05.14.12
Europe wastes €40 billion on paper invoicing

Ricoh UK is urging public sector bodies across Europe to adopt electronic invoicing, with new research revealing that European governments could save at least €40 billion annually, by further embracing the digital economy and moving to electronic invoicing.

05.14.12
Software speeds the job of applying metadata

Are you drowning in paper?  An Australian company, QCAT, believes the software it has developed for objective coding can help organisations that need to analyse and manage large archives of hard copy.

05.09.12
SharePoint solution connects with the Maori past

Fuji Xerox New Zealand has supplied Ngai Tahu with an End to End solution for the capture, index, processing and upload of hard copy documents into Microsoft CRM and SharePoint.

05.07.12
ANZ reseller appointed for BOXX workstations

Central Innovation’s IC3D has been appointed by BOXX Technologies to be its reseller for its high-end purpose-built workstations in the ANZ region.

05.07.12
Document management tops Australian BPO survey

Printing/Document Management is the leading driver of Australian adoption of Business Process Outsourcing, according to a new Research Report conducted for  the Australian Business Process and Outsourcing Association.

05.07.12
Jive launches next generation of enterprise social

Jive Software has launched a new release of its enterprise social software that promises to enable collaboration via any web application or web site.

05.07.12
LinkedIn acquires Slideshare for US$118m

LinkedIn has acquired SlideShare,  a site used to host presentations across the Web, for $118.75 million.

05.07.12
NSW government plots ICT reform agenda

The NSW Government has set an ambitious goal to “Establish a common approach to information management and standards” across the state public sector by Q3 2013.

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BREAKING NEWS

05.14.12
AccessData launches free mobile phone forensics

AccessData Group has announced  a free version of its Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+), dubbed MPE+ Investigator, aimed at users looking to evaluate the software as well as lawyers, case investigators and others who may not have advanced forensics expertise.

05.14.12
Documentum adds engineering facilities management

EMC has released a new application, Documentum Engineering Plant and Facilities Management (EPFM) which provides secure, efficient access to "as built" engineering drawings and related content that reduces the risk of project shutdown or downtime.

05.14.12
Free SharePoint content scanner

A free tool that scans SharePoint file repositories for sensitive and compliance-regulated information such as credit card numbers has been launched by CipherPoint.

05.14.12
INUVIO launches card scanning "revolution"

US company INUVIO claims to have developed a revolutionary new product that resolves the traditional template issue with all card scanning OCR (Optical Character Recognition) solutions on the market today.  

05.14.12
Laserfiche launches iPad app for mobile ECM

Laserfiche has announced the availability of Laserfiche Mobile for iPad, an app to allow mission-critical content to be viewed and acted on from any location while retaining content within an organisation’s IT governance structure.

05.14.12
SharePoint search platform for scientific research

Multinational medical and scientific manufacturer PerkinElmer has announced the launch of its Search Genius application, designed for the SharePoint platform. It aims to provide researchers with a single software system to search, save and share unstructured data stored throughout their organisation, thereby making enterprise-wide knowledge accessible for more productive and effective workflows.

05.14.12
SkyDrive Connector for SharePoint

A Web part release by Codeplex provides a way to manage documents stored on SkyDrive on SharePoint by adding additional metadata.

05.07.12
Faster moves for Exchange PST data

C2C has released version 2.2 of its PST Enterprise software tool to manage the elimination and migration of Microsoft Exchange PST data. It has been enhanced with additional PST file move and copy flexibility and end-user self service.

05.07.12
Mimecast extends to Windows Phone and Android

Email archiving and security company Mimecast is extending its mobile continuity services to Windows Phone and Android.

05.07.12
Nuance unveils PDF Converter for Mac V3

Nuance promises more accurate PDF-to-Word conversions with the launch of  version 3 of its PDF Converter for Mac software.

05.07.12
OpenText intros Exceed onDemand for iPad

OpenText has launched a platform to provide to provide iPad users with collaborative access to their line-of-business UNIX applications. OpenText Exceed onDemand  substitutes mouse interactions with tablet gestures

05.07.12
Security fix for government MFD faxes

An alliance between Ricoh and Australian software developer BNS Group has developed a solution that allows Government departments to send unclassified faxes from multi-function devices (MFDs).

04.30.12
A2iA launches DocumentReader 4.0

Handwriting recognition specialist A2iA has released new versions of  its software for  data extraction and document classification.

04.30.12
Customising a WorkSpace view with DocAuto

DocAuto has released a new module for its DocAuto Server platform  that aims to provide a  “pseudo-matter-centric” views of clients, matters or other iManage WorkSite WorkSpaces.

04.30.12
Making the iPad a document hub

HELIOS Software has added an iPad Document Hub that is designed to let businesses easily and securely distribute documents to iPad users for local use, online or off.

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