Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

When building an archive for digital records, there are many things that you need to consider. Everything from where will your cabling go, to what types of racks, how many servers are needed, what will the flooring be and so forth.

Is your organisation being choked with emails? Are so many emails being sent and received that the problem of managing them has become gargantuan in proportion? Does it sometimes seem easier to ignore the problem than look for those elusive solutions? The good news is you are not alone! NSW government organisations receive millions of […]

State Records is pleased to announce the release of their new guidelines – Records management and web 2.0. The guidelines These guidelines were developed to help NSW public offices understand the changing environment of the web and the emerging use of many new online tools, thus encouraging records managers to carry out their recordkeeping duties […]

Making the decision to implement an EDRMS is not a decision that should be taken lightly by any organisation. Directing a project to undertake such an implementation is a big commitment and the effort required to ensure the final product will be adopted by users should not be underestimated. EDRMS projects often fall apart due […]

There are many issues to consider when implementing a new recordkeeping / information asset management system. One decision that must be decided on early in the project is whether to go forward from day one or convert your back (old) files? For example –  employee files in a medium sized organisation are in paper form […]

The decision to select a product to manage digital records must be driven by an organisation’s needs and closely linked to business benefits. Generally an organisation will develop a specification document which identifies the functionality and requirements for the organisation. Various software products may have different strengths in various functions (such as document management and records management) and […]