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The popularity of Microsoft SharePoint in the enterprise poses a growing information governance challenge. On one side, your users adopt SharePoint for its flexible, simple-to- use functionality that supports information collaboration. On the other, those responsible for managing information governance—compliance and records—often view it as a tool that can lead to information in the wild: duplicate, outdated, and often unknown information that can’t be easily searched, classified, managed, secured, or controlled.

A KM journey is underway at North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) is a leading port authority responsible for world-class facilities at the working ports of Hay Point, Mackay, Abbot Point and Weipa. It has 180 full time employees at its Brisbane and Mackay corporate offices.

Standards Australia is holding a one-day seminar on Records and Document Management Systems to introduce standards arising from the work of the technical committee.

Solution provider Xcellerate IT has helped five Australian local government organisations migrate to an automated accounts payable platform in recent months, integrating the Kofax Capture platform with TechnologyOne Financials suite.

It’s a bit like the classic chicken or the egg question, which came first, knowledge management or the technology to enable it? Find out how three ANZ organisations are tackling the job.

Objective Corporation has been re-appointed as an accredited supplier to the NSW Government under the NSW ICT Software agreement (Contract 607).

Version 3 of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) diagram, has been released by the EDRM standards organisation for the e-discovery market. Originally published in 2006, the framework is a popular tool used by legal professionals and others involved in e-discovery to help clarify processes and expectations among project stakeholders. 

Many organisations feel that they are at risk because of a lack of information governance polices, according to new research from the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), with data lapses over the past 12 months sharpening focus on the security and privacy elements of information governance. 

IBM researchers have demonstrated a new record of 85.9 billion bits of data per square inch in areal data density on low-cost linear magnetic particulate tape — a significant update to one of the computer industry's most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage technologies for Big Data.

Records and information managers seeking to improve the security and management of their data now have access to a new blueprint for successful information governance, a framework for organisations looking to define the roles, policies, processes and metrics required to properly manage the lifecycle of information, including creation, storage, access, and disposal.