InContext April 2006

The e-newsletter for information, records and content management professionals

Northern Ireland Civil Service uses TOWER Software to revitalise its document handling
18,000 civil servants working across the Northern Ireland Civil Service will be helping to ensure the optimum delivery of vital public services by managing key information through a new comprehensive Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM) system, based on proven technology from TOWER Software.
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TOWER Software Attains Gold Certified Partner Status In Microsoft Partner Program
In a move that will further distinguish TOWER Software as a leading ECM vendor, the company has attained Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions. This status recognises TOWER Software’s expertise and total impact in the technology marketplace.
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The National Archives distributes £200,000 to tackle cataloguing backlogs
In a new scheme, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The National Archives distributed £200,000 worth of grants last month to tackle cataloguing backlogs. The scheme was piloted in Scotland, London and the North West.
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Sedgemoor District Council advances its information availability with TOWER Software
Sedgemoor District Council has installed EDRM software from TOWER Software to dramatically improve the availability of information to citizens as well as across the authority. The TRIM Context solution is currently in use by 50 users at the authority, but will eventually be rolled out to all 800 and encompass an estimated 7.5 million documents in line with the LA’s Transformation Programme. The project will be worth £400,000 over the next five years.
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Socitm Insight report shows the usage of local council websites is rising
According to Socitm Insight, the research arm of the society for ICT professionals in local public services, visits to local authority websites across the UK rose by 40 per cent in 2005 compared with the same period the previous year.
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