Document Management is the key to Information Lifecycle Management (ILM). Any organisation operating in the current climate, which demands compliance across a range of areas from corporate governance via ICT to tax legislation, must have some form of organised document management in place if it is going to survive.

Understanding the systems that will make your life (and that of your documents) easier and more efficient to manage means selecting the most appropriate third-party to partner with. Using the expertise that exists in our region will make the best use of your resources and provide the kind of timely deliverables that you need.

So, whether you are starting your journey and looking for a partner to get the process on track; or you're looking to change or complement your current document management supplier, IDM's 2008 Document Management Guide is here to help.

DataBasics focuses on the creative media - advertising, design and print - with government & education as key sectors. DataBasics distributes two products for the management and streamlining of digital assets: Canto Cumulus and the Microsoft-certified MediaRich for SharePoint from Equilibrium.

The Cumulus digital asset management solution scales from small workgroup to enterprise environments. There are specialised filters for over 190 file formats with conformance with IPTC, XMP, EXIF standard metadata specifications. It features automatic extraction of embedded metadata and mapping to record fields, and export/import capabilities using XML schema for the exchange of records metadata and promote interoperability. Cumulus is integrated with applications like MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite to maximise workflow productivity. It provides full system security via single portal access with extensive user permissions for tracking file access and version control across all platforms.

In order to modify and distribute digital assets, enterprises need a sophisticated collaboration infrastructure that fosters creativity while protecting the integrity of image and video assets. MediaRich for Sharepoint leverages the usefulness of Microsoft Sharepoint in small to large environments by providing a single single IT platform to easily visualise all corporate media assets directly in SharePoint. Large image and video files as well as Microsoft Office documents of any size and type can be previewed with high-speed zoom & pan.

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EMC can help organisations like yours discover, create, share, and manage any kind of document within a single repository. You'll utilise secure, web-based workspaces to collaborate with other team members on executing dynamic projects and processes across geographic, departmental, and organisational boundaries.

For more information on EMC’s Document Management solutions please visit our website or call Australia on 1800 653 565 or New Zealand on 0800 999 362.

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Outback Imaging is an Australian owned company that specialises in document capture software. The EzeScan software suite enables clients to substantially slash the cost of deploying document scanning solutions. It works with most TWAIN compliant scanners and Digital photocopiers and there are no per page click charges. EzeScan includes off the shelf connectivity to most popular DM/RM/KM systems sold here in Australia (including Interwoven Worksite, Meridio EDRM, Microsoft Sharepoint, OpenText EDocs, Tower TRIM Context, Objective ECM, Xerox DocuShare). Our new Discovery module is an ideal scanning front end for your Accounts Payable workflows.

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Interwoven is a global leader in content management solutions. Interwoven’s software and services enable organisations to effectively leverage content to drive business growth by improving the customer experience, increasing collaboration, and streamlining business processes in dynamic environments.

Interwoven WorkSite is a collaborative document management platform that was built from the ground up using Microsoft technologies COM, ASP, .NET enabling you to fully leverage existing investments in Microsoft-based applications and technologies. WorkSite enables professionals and organisations to manage the complete lifecycle of their work product. Acting as the central hub of information collaboration, WorkSite, increases productivity and customer response while providing to the organisation the ability to mitigate potential risk. This then:

• Increases efficiency by managing all content within an easy to peruse context;
• Provides a solution for capturing the greatest amount of organisational information including e-mails in a single shareable repository;
• Delivers a way to streamline work practices by delivering an end-to-end way to manage the complete content lifecycle.

Interwoven’s unique approach combines user-friendly simplicity with robust IT performance and scalability to unlock the value of content. Today, nearly 3,800 enterprise and professional services organisations worldwide have chosen Interwoven. To learn more about Interwoven, please visit www.interwoven.com

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With more than 50 years of experience, Iron Mountain continues to be the leading provider of records management and data protection services for companies around the world. Use our global network to archive, back up, and access your hard copy and electronic records in a secure, cost-effective environment.

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OPEX Corporation is a recognised global technology leader in high-speed mailroom automation and document imaging. Since 1973, OPEX systems have provided performance enhancing workflow solutions and cost-effective results to thousands of organizations around the world. www.opex.com.

The OPEX AS3690i is a high-speed color scanner integrated with an OPEX mail extraction desk. The AS3690i operator can open, extract, scan, identify, capture data, and output mail contents. It is simply the fastest way to go from sealed envelope to usable data.

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Getting the best out of your document management solution demands more that the best DM system – it demands the best web content management so your users can work seamlessly. Web content authors do not think like records managers, but demand purpose built, feature rich and intuitive enterprise-scale publishing solutions. Basic CMS add-ons to DM products simply won’t cut it. Netcat specialises in web content management and is user, rather than document-centric. Our philosophy is to be the best WCM and integrate with the best DM companies. No DM system’s WCM solution matches Netcat’s usability, scalability or breadth of functionality at an affordable price. We recommend you purchase the DM system that best suits your needs together with Netcat WCM.

Netcat Bridge fully integrates your DM system with Netcat WCM. With Netcat integration means:

• Information created in Netcat WCM can be placed in the DM system
• An intuitive interface where an easy to use explorer-style view of info in the DM, WCM and file systems is available to non-technical users
• Security is managed by the DM system and adopted by the WCM
• A single log-on across network, DM and WCM systems
• A single taxonomy with the DM metadata set extended for the web
• Delivery of a federated search across the DM, WCM & File systems

Netcat is the easy-to-use front-end into your Document Management System.

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Through unrivalled features, accuracy and performance, ScanSoft Imaging Solutions from Nuance eliminate barriers to productivity by enabling people and organisations to automate a range of document processes - increasing productivity, saving time and reducing costs. With products for enterprises, small-to-medium-sized businesses and home offices, Nuance’s range of ScanSoft Imaging Solutions includes OmniPage, PaperPort and PDF Converter Professional.

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Objective delivers Enterprise Content Management solutions for large, information intensive organisations, enabling them to leverage the value of their unstructured content.

Our business solutions underpin knowledge management practices and processes throughout an enterprise while effectively managing an entire range of information assets – electronic documents, physical documents, business processes, email, web content, and more.

Trusted by Government and Top 1000 corporations globally, Objective solutions meet international standards, provide regulatory or industrial compliance and deliver security and accountability of information.

We’ve spent years working closely with customers delivering ECM solutions to underpin Knowledge Management initiatives.

At Objective, we not only develop open, world class technology, we work with you to begin, implement and evolve your knowledge management capabilities.

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TechnologyOne (ASX: TNE) is a leading enterprise software solutions provider. For more than 20 years we have been providing comprehensive and deeply integrated enterprise software solutions for business, government, financial services, health and community, education and the utilities sectors.

Thousands of people each day use our world class solutions which we develop, implement and support. When you invest in a TechnologyOne solution you benefit from a direct relationship with us every step of the way and we call this The Power of One. One committed partnership. One point of contact for all your questions. One consistent interface for all your business tools and one supplier of consistently excellent software and service.

We have grown to become one of Australia’s largest enterprise software providers and our customers rely on us to deliver a suite of best in class solutions which include:
• Financials
• Human Resource & Payroll
• Supply Chain
• Business Intelligence
• Budgeting
• Property & Rating
• Performance Planning
• Student Management
• Works & Assets
• Enterprise Content Management

The TechnologyOne Adapt group develops software that enables our solution suite to integrate with other systems, while the TechnologyOne Plus group produces custom designed software solutions and provides managed application services such as support of custom built or legacy solutions and consulting.

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Email is a vital business communication tool. Increasingly in today's connected world email is used to confirm contracts, give legal advice, and communicate other vital organisational information. Email has to be managed with the same rigorous attention as any business critical document. TRIM Context 6 makes managing the organization's email straight-forward and easy. Our integration with major email systems used by organizations today means your staff can easily save, retrieve and work with the vital information in email in exactly the same way they work with their Office suite documents. Email stored in TRIM Context 6 maintains its evidential integrity, a vital requirement for organizations. TOWER Software is a global leader in the successful delivery and implementation of industrial strength Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, delivering proven productivity enhancements and compliance policy management to our customers while helping them be prepared for e-discovery.

TOWER Software's TRIM Context 6 is a single, unified solution that manages business information throughout its complete lifecycle.

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The WilComm electronic forms solution automatically converts raw output from ERP, financial and business applications into professional-looking electronic forms; intelligently distributes these forms by print, fax and email; and then files or archives them for quick and easy retrieval. WilComm supports most common operating environments, printers and ERP software.

WilComm Archive automatically indexes vital information from your electronic and paper-based documents permitting swift archiving, comprehensive searching functionality and easy retrieval. Along with its browser based design, extended searching capabilities, and document “quick-look” facility, WilComm Archive is a user-focused solution to most common archiving problems.