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  • Are you leaving document archiving to chance?

    Companies and public institutions benefit from PDF/A because documents can be archived permanently with this standard. While the format was originally used as a replacement for scanned paper or TIFFs in archives, it is now used primarily for digitally created documents.

  • ​Remote Work and Its Lasting Impact on Record-Keeping

    The COVID crisis appears to be turning the corner, but many will remain working from home for the foreseeable future. Getting users to be records-compliant is difficult enough at the best of times, but working remotely adds even more challenges with maintaining daily records of transactions including new documents, file notes, record of phone conversation and phone meetings.

  • How to choose the right strategy for a data migration

    Anyone who has moved a household knows that without preparation and planning, it can be a chaotic experience. There are different considerations when moving regarding what to keep, how to pack your various possessions, how to prioritise what to move, and how to protect your valuables.

  • Microsoft Teams governance best practices

    Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork within Microsoft 365. From Meetings, calling, and chat, to content collaboration, apps, and workflows, users are fast becoming accustomed to the productivity Teams provides. Rapid adoption means many are needing to address Microsoft Teams governance retrospectively.

  • Most Believe AI Skills Will Make Their Job Easier: Survey

    According to new global research from Digital Intelligence company ABBYY, 6-in-10 (61%) employees say their job is made more difficult through trouble accessing data in documents and nearly a quarter (24%) lose a full day of productivity per week searching documents for information they need to serve customers.

  • You know how to identify phishing emails – a cybersecurity researcher explains how to trust your instincts to foil the attacks

    An employee at MacEwan University got an email in 2017 from someone claiming to be a construction contractor asking to change the account number where almost $12 million in payments were sent. A week later the actual contractor called asking when the payment would arrive. The email about the account number change was fake. Instead of going to the contractor, the payments were sent to accounts controlled by criminals.

  • Microsoft Office 365: limitations for compliant records management

    Office 365 is a ubiquitous and incredibly useful information collaboration platform, and Microsoft continues to evolve the service to meet governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements across the globe. However, there are some key shortcomings in the Office 365 functionality for continuum records management, which is the model required by the International Standards 15489 and 16175, and by governments in the Commonwealth and beyond.