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Government record-keeping is making progress in the land of the long white cloud, but the NZ Chief Archivist is pushing for the mandatory adoption of a new information and records management standard it has developed to improve the poor record-keeping within many public offices.

Just as it’s well-nigh impossible to bake a nice cake without cracking a few eggs, introducing “meaningful change” into any large organisation will no doubt require the ruffling of a few feathers, as change of itself necessitates doing things differently. When Melbourne’s Knox City Council took a long hard look at the way it was, or in this case was not, managing retention and disposal of corporate records, the conclusion was that a complete overhaul of its information management practices was warranted.

As organisations consider migrating content to SharePoint or SharePoint online, it is important to understand that there are many technical considerations that can affect the quality and the duration of the migration. This article will identify and address a few key concepts that, if properly understood, can improve any migration to SharePoint or SharePoint Online.

ANZ and Westpac have teamed with IBM and shopping centre operator Scentre Group and have now successfully digitised the bank guarantee process used for commercial property leasing.

Swedish erp vendor IFS  has released a research study that shows a strong relationship between mobile access to industrial companies' enterprise software and their readiness for digital transformation. The study surveyed 200 industrial users of enterprise resource planning, field service management , enterprise asset management and other types of enterprise software.

Chain Business Insights, an independent research firm focused on the application of blockchain in supply chain management and trade finance, has published its latest research brief. Smart Contracts in Supply Chain: Making Sense of a Potential Game Changer explains the concept of smart contracts and their application in supply chains, as well as highlighting their pros and cons. It also lays out an initial path for gaining expertise in these tools.

Fraser Coast Regional Council in Queensland has selected Promapp cloud-based business process management software to support the organisation.  The local govrenment area  includes the coastal tourist havens of Hervey Bay, Burrum and Toogoom, coupled with the Fraser Island and the Great Sandy Strait.

Market hype and growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI) are pushing established software vendors to introduce AI into their product strategy, creating considerable confusion in the process, according to Gartner, Inc. Analysts predict that by 2020, AI technologies will be virtually pervasive in almost every new software product and service.

icare, the New South Wales’ government’s insurance and care provider, has selected and implemented OnBase by Hyland asan enterprise information platform, hosted in the Hyland Cloud. icare will use OnBase to support its enterprise vision of digital information management, initiating the project in its largest division, which delivers insurance and care services to customers of the NSW Workers Compensation scheme.

Text analytics is a rather new concept in enterprise content management (ECM) and document management. Many organisations are using automatic categorisation or classification of content, but this is only a small part of how text analytics can be used in organisations.