Document & Records Management
PDF is one of the most widely used formats worldwide. Numerous companies use it to exchange information between business partners or in-house. PDF offers various possibilities – which is why the format is complex. Sometimes it is necessary to define stringent quality standards in order to guarantee interoperability.
PDF was originally developed as a printer-like file format. When you review a PDF file, you typically look at the document from inside a PDF viewer like Adobe Reader, and the PDF file ordinarily appears just as that file would print. PDF viewers such as Adobe Reader also give you the option to search for a word or phrase.
NSW Health is considering options to develop a Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR),
ACA Pacific, the specialist distributor of Document and Information Management solutions, has announced its investment in the New Zealand market, with the opening of a new office and demonstration facility in Rosedale, Auckland.
In 2001 Jakob Nielsen warned about using pdf on the web in his famous article “PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption”. He said: “Forcing users to browse PDF files makes usability approximately 300% worse compared to HTML pages. Only use PDF for documents that users are likely to print.”
Lucidea has announced that archives expert Margot Note’s new book, Demystifying Archival Projects: Five Essentials for Success, is now available. The latest publication from Lucidea Press offers pragmatic advice from Ms. Note, a seasoned archives expert and consultant specializing in project management, with significant experience as both a practitioner and advisor.
A major privacy fault line has just been revealed as “anonymized data” is now exposed to be not so anonymous after all. An article published by the New York Times reports that new technology can frustrate present efforts to keep data private in a July 23, 2019 article, Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You.
Kurz, the company behind Kinegram security technology used on Australian banknotes, will be showcasing technology for the protection of government documents at the Tech in Gov Expo (stand #88), on 6-7 August at the National Convention Centre in Canberra.
Information Governance ANZ has announced results of its second survey on trends in Australia and New Zealand, which found that implementing an IG framework is the most important priority for organisations, with the three main drivers of IG projects identified as good business management practices (up 16% on the 2017 survey), external regulatory, compliance or legal obligations and internal technology restructuring or transition.
NetDocuments, the cloud-based content services platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and compliance departments, has announced NetDocuments OCR, its exclusive integration with DocsCorp, is available to Australian and Asia Pacific clients for the first time.
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