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The Australian government's approach to information management has previously often been "grandiose" and overly simplistic, according to Oracle's Australian division, which today mainly backed comments by finance minister Lindsay Tanner that the government needed to adopt Web 2.0-style tools.
ASX-listed software company Objective has won a new electronic document and records management (EDRMS) contract with SA Health, leaving rival firm, Hewlett-Packard-owned Tower Software, eating its dust.
Government departments are speedily adopting electronic content and document management systems in Australia, with the latest two to follow the trend being the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Future Fund Management Agency.
If all goes to plan, Australia's fourth-largest local council will kick the paper habit once and for all. Getting to that point, however, has been less about cold turkey than about gentle weaning, says Sutherland Shire Council's Chris Fripp.
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Companies not forward-thinking enough with data archiving strategies could find themselves in deep trouble, Gartner has warned.
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PaperPort Pro 9.0 Office could prove invaluable to businesses, but average consumers might be better off with the consumer-oriented PaperPort Deluxe 9.0.
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