Compliance is a much-needed but often overlooked requirement in Australian businesses. Your company must adhere to laws, regulations, standards, and ethical practices to protect organisational and customer data. The necessary regulations will depend on your industry, but nonetheless, compliance is critical for maintaining your integrity, avoiding legal penalties, and upholding your reputation in the market.

If you are among the 80% of companies planning to accelerate digital transformation in the coming years, you are likely in the process of moving paper-based processes to digital documentation. While digital documents offer many more efficiencies over old-school processes, they still come with challenges.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, there have been dramatic changes in digital workplace trends. Most notably a shift toward hybrid and remote work. In fact, a recent poll by Forrester found that 50% of organisations expect most of their staff to remain hybrid workers permanently even after the pandemic is over.

With safe сollaboration being a major focus in the cloud-sharing industry today, the Microsoft SharePoint server has emerged as a top resource for businesses in all industries. Since 2001 SharePoint has been increasing its capabilities, creating a reputation as one of the most reliable, user-friendly, and secure business collaboration tools on the market.

Almost every business uses some form of cloud computing, even if it’s only web-based email or online storage. But one thing that a lot of businesses still aren’t taking advantage of is cloud-based document management. Documents must be stored securely yet easily accessible.

While every business recognizes the value of the internet, relatively few have thought about having their own private intranet network that’s only accessible to the organization’s employees. Similar to the internet, intranets feature things like search engines, social networks, blogs, and other resources.

Flowcharts — visualizations of business processes — can range from the deceptively simple to the truly complex. As can be seen in many such charts, going through a process manually involves a lot of tedious tasks such as send-offs, tracking, and sending reminders.

Don’t let any website tell you what intranet features you need. There is really no one-size-fits-all solution. The bottom line is, your company and its requirements are unique and you need a conversation with a potential intranet provider to discuss which features are best for you.

Intranets are used by many companies to convey information and share data with other members of their network. While there are dozens of intranet software options available, choosing the right one can be a challenge, especially for those who are launching one for the first time.

In the old days, managing documents revolved around archaic filing cabinets and folders full of paper documents. When organisations began adopting more technology-driven systems, documents would typically be arranged in folders stored on a local server or network storage.