Industry Insider

  • Xerox (US) announces corporate split

    Similar to the path recently taken by Hewlett-Packard (HP), Xerox (US) has announced it intends to separate into two independent publicly-traded companies.

  • Konica Minolta supports clever Australia

    Konica Minolta has invested in the med-tech start up Clevertar which creates digital agents or avatars in the healthcare industry. With applications available via iOS and Android, Clevertar's products have the potential to democratise health care and are already being used to improve patient outcomes in the diabetes and aged care spaces. 

  • National Archives releases 2020 toolkit

    The National Archives of Australia has developed two new products to help Commonwealth agencies achieve the Government’s Digital Continuity 2020 policy targets. 

  • Barwon Health announces new CIO

    Dr Sharon Hakkennes has been appointed Barwon Health’s new Chief Information Officer. Sharon has worked in the health care industry for more than 20 years, and has held several leadership roles at Barwon Health for some time, including Director of Health Informatics, and Manager of Physiotherapy.

  • Is your Taxonomy a Map or a Maze?

    As per usual inspiration struck me while biking through my neighbourhood one weekend. Before you assume incorrectly I am not an avid cyclist, nor an athlete of any note. It is a form of masochistic torture I endure to avoid feeling my actual age while making myself feel way beyond my actual age.

  • What you need to know about intranets in 2016

    Share ButtonIf your most valuable team member resigned tomorrow, would you know where to find the reports, project updates or files your colleague had been working on? If you’ve ever tried to retrieve a document that has been saved to someone else’s desktop, or buried in an electronic system only the owner understands, you’ll know how time consuming this can be. An effective intranet can save you time, money and administrative headaches by ensuring that your corporate information is easily retrievable and useful.

  • Gartner Says Cloud Email Is Gaining Traction

    The cloud email market is still in the early stages of adoption with 13 percent of identified publicly listed companies globally using one of the two main cloud email vendors, according to Gartner, Inc.

  • Records risk for NZ public sector

    New Zealand government agencies have been given a rap on the knuckles for poor record-keeping practices in the 2014-205 annual report from Archives New Zealand, which found that that important documents could be damaged, destroyed or inappropriately accessed as a result.

  • Paperless office remains a pipe dream for many

    More than 35 years have passed since British-American information scientist, Frederick Wilfrid, first envisioned a ‘paperless office’ in 1978. Today, the reality is that the physical page continues to be a central part of daily office life.