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IIM National Newsletter June 2006
IIM Newsletter
July 2006
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Robine Polach
National President
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Dear Member,
With the end of the financial year now behind us, I would like to thank those who have renewed their IIM membership for their continued support and, to encourage those that haven't to do so as soon as possible so that you continue to receive the benefits of your membership.
If you havenot received your membership renewal notice please contact the IIM Secretariat on 03 95363116 or email iim@iim.org.au. Remember, the early-bird discount rate finishes on the 31st August. And, did you realise that it is now easier to pay your subscription by using .
As President of IIM, I would be interested to know if you are finding the newsletters valuable. I have had some positive comments, but of course there is always one (or more?) who claim we do not give them the information they are seeking, are too long or, that they are either not sent often enough or too often. If you have any considered views on this - please let me know.
I am also keen to receive suggestions, links, reviews on other information management happenings or articles, particularly for local events, or from local authors - that anyone may feel that would be of interest to your fellow members. Any contribution can be emailed to iim@iim.org.au.
In May, "The Australian" reported in its article "Standards strained, experts say" reported on the uncertain state of members for the 290 odd technical committees involved with electrical and IT related standards. In the article, Sydney University law lecturer Luke Nottage said there was a growing risk that Standards Australia's committees would be "captured by vested interests" engaged in "rent-seeking".At this juncture, I would like to acknowledge Judith Ellis and Ling Heang, who have represented IIM on various Standards Committees including IT021 - Electronic Imaging and AS5037 - Knowledge Management - A Guide. It is important that IIM maintains its representation on committees associated with Information Management to ensure they are balanced and represents the interests of our membership.
It is also important that IIM members actively monitor the Department of Human Services - Access Card the Federal Government's planned smart card to replace 17 other cards including the Medicare card.
This is the largest and most public-facing IM/IT project this country has ever seen. It provides an enormous opportunity for the government to use and showcase Australian Information Communication Technology innovation and ingenuity. Minister Joe Hockey has stated that he wants to make sure we get the best advice and proven technology, I hope that he looks to Australian know how first (see media release http://www.acs.org.au/news/090506.htm)
I would like to know who in the IIM would like to become a part of body of experts joining with the Australian Computing Society (ACS) that will follow this project very closely: What I am envisaging with our supporting the ACS is to demonstrate that we have the skills and innovation available in Australia to support this project. The ACS has asked its member:
"I want to have a body of experts available to provide advice to the Government on all aspects of the project, ranging from technical, such as security, to social implications, such as privacy, and whether our advice is solicited or not. If you believe you have the credentials to be part of my select advisory group, please email me with your details.
Right now the Government is off to a great start in terms of its relations with the ACS by providing its most senior official on the project to meet with the whole ACS Council in Canberra.”
I would like to ensure that IIM is represented on any panels. Please email me (robinep@internode.on.net ) if you are interested.
Finally, the Australian Financial Review wrote on 18 May; Austrade - "Importing Opportunities" Initiative onAustrade will proactively search for and disseminate new business opportunities back to Australia. Importing Opportunities will enable Australian companies to register the areas in which they specialise and in which they would like to receive information on tenders and new business opportunities identified by Austrade's representatives on the ground in foreign countries. If an opportunity is spotted, an information package will be created and a link to it emailed to all who have registered a relevant interest.
Australia's innovative solutions development capability has not, to-date, had sufficient chance to thrive. keep watching Information Age and either the IIM or ACS website for more about how you could benefit from this exciting initiative.
Feedback
As always, your feedback is welcome. IIM is here to promote Information Management, we are here to help with your development and look to promoting professionalism.
Robine Polach
President
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The Board of IIM welcomes the following new members to the Institute:
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Corporate Member
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Australian Communications Media Authority
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Department of Water (WA)
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Individual Members
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Mr Nicholas Clark
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Ms Michelle Crosby
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Mr John Gottschalk
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Ms Maureen Keers
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Ms Helen McLaughlin
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Mr Stephen Smith
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ACT
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24th August
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IIM ACT Branch Annual Conference 2006
"Managing Information Today and Tomorrow"
Rydges Hotel, Canberra
PRELIMINARY NOTICE
The 2006 Annual IIM ACT Conference is to be held at Rydges on the Lake in Canberra on 24 August 2006.
This conference is the major annual professional development event for information management practitioners and professionals in the ACT. The IIM ACT Branch Annual Conference 2006 "Managing Information Today and Tomorrow" provides a wonderful opportunity for information management professionals to hear from their colleagues, expand horizons and discuss themes related to handling information today and in the future.
The Conference will address current and future issues associated with the capture, integration and dissemination of information. The 2006 Conference aims to embrace the foundations which have been laid in the past, challenge the issues currently facing information professionals whilst showcasing innovation and best practice. We have found that our annual conferences provide a valuable opportunity for the exchange of ideas, experiences and discussions about common problems, issues, approaches and solutions in the management of information.
For Registrations Follow This Link
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Vic
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25th July
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"Beyond Search"
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Heritage Room, Coopers Inn Level 2, 282 Exhibition Street, Melbourne (cnr Little Lonsdale, enter via Little Lonsdale)
Cost: No charge for members or friends as this meeting is sponsored by Autonomy
Xavier Brouwer
When a search engine crawls through numerous data repositories and captures a snapshot of an organisation's unstructured data in the form of a "search index", this index can be viewed as being more meaningful than just a basic index for searching. It can be viewed as being a structured database of unstructured data, a corpus of aggregated knowledge
This talk will explore how an organisation's aggregated corpus of knowledge can be leveraged to go beyond search, and will include real-life examples of cutting-edge applications from around the world.
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WA
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28th July
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From Theory to Practice
Applying Knowledge Management for Results
Time: 8.15 for 8.30 am to 12:00 am
Venue: WA Club, 101 St George's Terrace, Perth
Cost: IIM Members and Students* - $220.00;
Non-members** -$275.00
This half day interactive session focuses on the practice of knowledge management in support of improved organisational experience.
The workshop will guide delegates how to develop the 8 critical dimensions of KM capability to deliver your organisation's KM strategy. Completing the KM capability assessment will provide a starting point for those commencing their KM journey, and a useful checkpoint for others with initiatives under way.
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As part of IIM's affiliation with the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), IIM members were invited to participate in AIIM's annual "State of the Industry" survey. Your participation in this survey allows the benchmarking of Australian organisations relative to document and records management practices and priorities in other regions.
Key Findings of this year's survey are:
Key Finding #1: Do Documents Really Matter?Over the past five years end users have moved from a passing and largely tactical interest in the management of documents to considering this a strategic priority.
Key Finding #2: Why Are End Users Looking at ECM Technologies?In thinking about ECM technologies, improving efficiency and productivity is clearly the top business driver across geographies, roles, and organizational size. Moving beyond efficiency and productivity, what drives interest in ECM is largely dependent upon geography, job function, and how many employees are in the organization.
This is particularly true relative to risk-related reasons for considering ECM technologies (compliance, business continuity).
Key Finding #3: What Obstacles Stand in the Way of Implementing ECM Technologies?End users appear to understand "why" they should manage their documents more effectively. The missing link in greatly expanding the adoption rate of ECM technologies is assistance in understanding "how" they should do it.
Key Finding #4: What Projects and Applications Are Under Active Consideration by End Users?Across geographies, there is a great deal of consistency in the types of projects under consideration by end users, with the top three being document control, records management/archiving, and email management. There is clearly a greater interest in process automation as organizational experience with ECM increases, particularly among large organizations, reflecting a clear bridge between ECM and BPM technologies.
Key Finding #5: How Much Do End Users Really Understand Key ECM Standards?Consensus standards development processes (ANSI, ISO)) continue to be important to organizations and fairly well-understood, with a significant drop off in understanding for other organizations. XML, .NET and web service based (SOAP)) standards are best understood by end users, pointing to the emerging importance of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and interoperability (as reflected in AIIM's iECM project) as a vehicle to unify business processes.
Key Finding #6: What’s the Bottom Line in Terms of Planned Spending on These Technologies?As reflected in past studies, the market for ECM technologies has divided into two parts:
1) a set of large organization customers with a fair degree of document experience, who are focused on leveraging and integrating their existing (and often substantial) ECM investments and are driven by process improvement and/or compliance concerns; and
2) an ever-increasing number of mid-sized customers who are looking for solutions at a significantly lower price tag and have risk management and business continuity concerns that are much more pressing than those at larger organizations.
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"Australian software industry. Globally: Competitive Domestically: Undervalued."
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"The Australian software industry and vertical applications markets. Globally: Competitive Domestically: Undervalued." This report analyses the Australian software industry and opportunities for growth in eight key vertical markets. You can find the report at http://www.dcita.gov.au/ict/ict_industry_information.
It has an executive summary and three parts.
Part A provides statistics and other information on the size and structure of the software industry, its capabilities, opportunities and the relationships between firms, key customers and the innovation base in Australia.
Part B comprises a strategic assessment of the education, government, manufacturing, minerals and trade and commerce vertical applications markets for Australian software firms.
Part C provides a strategic assessment of the energy, health and ICT vertical markets.
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Some Useful Links
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Did you know that by visiting http://www.cnet.com you can keep up-to-date on new gadgets and products from the US, that is, if you are interested of course.
You could also take a look at the "Rust Report", an Australian weekly Newsletter about Australian ICT firms and local developments.
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Image and Data's website also provides a search capability. IDM's search interface can be used to provide highly targeted search results of the archives of both the Image & Data Manager magazine dating back to 1996, as well as the content produced specifically for the Web site. Follow this link to IDM's Search
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IIM is pleased to advise it has endorsed1 the following external conferences.
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Event Details
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Conference Link
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KM, Content and Collaboration Australia 06
For the last two years Ark Group, through KM Australia, has delivered the region's knowledge management community with an annual knowledge sharing and networking event. Recently, our research has indicated to us trends throughout public and private sectors and across industries that highlight a movement towards convergence within the fields of KM, CM, and IM as strategic disciplines. The vital role that collaboration will play as this trend grows has prompted us to expand the event and incorporate content and collaboration into the overall programme. KM, Content and Collaboration Australia (KCC Australia) will offer you a thorough evaluation of the latent trends, thinking and technology around knowledge and content management and collaborative working.
Date: 14 - 16 August 2006
Location: Sydney
IIM Member Discount: 10% applies
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AFR Government Technology Summit 2006
The Australian Financial Review and MIS Australia are proud to announce the AFR Government Technology Summit 2006, a two-day national forum that will bring together senior representatives from national and international government departments and agencies to discuss new strategies to promote closer collaboration between agencies in the next phase of ICT implementation and encourage a cooperative approach to decisions on shared infrastructure, security, standards, privacy and investments.
The Hon Gary Nairn MP, Special Minister of State will provide an update on the implementation of the New Service Agenda strategy. The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, Attorney-General will address the crucial issue of protecting Australia’s IT infrastructure. Federal and State CIO’s will discuss the progression towards a single sign-on for citizens, cross-agency service orientated architecture, open source and shared services. Case studies from the USA, Denmark the Netherlands and Singapore will provide a great opportunity to network and benchmark e-government strategies.
Date: 24th and 25th October 2006
Venue: Rydges Lakeside Hotel, Canberra
IIM Member Discount: 15% applies
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Project Management for eDRMS - Forum
Many organisations have implemented electronic document and records management systems, some are into second and third generation systems. The focus of this forum is on selecting, installing and bringing an eDRMS project to a successful conclusion while containing expenditure.
The presentations are from leading independent consultants who, drawing on their professional experiences within a variety of corporate and public sector settings, will communicate and illustrate the strategies and methodologies for successful on time and on budget eDRMS capabilities
Date: 21 August 2006
Venue: Quay West Melbourne
IIM Member Discount: 10% applies
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1. IIM makes every endeavour to ensure quality and relevance to our members. No warranty applies to these events
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