How do you manage your data?
February 1st, 2012 by ProcessFlows
With loss of data by organisations featuring in the news more and more frequently, it begs the question … how do you manage your data?
It was recently announced that 132 local authorities have admitted to losing sensitive data in the past three years.
Buckinghamshire County Council and Kent County Council were the worst offenders, each acknowledging that 72 data loss incidents took place between August 2008 and August 2011.
Some incidents were more serious than others and at least 35 councils lost information about children in their care. (http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2127193/loss-epidemic-uk-local-authorities)
Using ProcessFlows’ document management solutions, you could help to make sure that your data is much more secure. Our OpenText Alchemy and OnBase solutions have secure document repositories and information stores with Credential Management Systems, meaning that staff are only given access to what they’re allowed to see.
Please click here to see how Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council used our document management solutions to not only improve the security of their documents but also;
- Import approximately 500,000 planning & building control files containing letters, maps and photographs into the system – meaning they were safe from damage or loss
- Reclaim prime office space previously used for more than 30 cabinets of planning files, taking up two entire rooms
- Gained a Return on Investment within the first 12 months
- Achieved Government ‘best value service targets’, aided by access times to documents being reduced from 30 minutes to less than five seconds per document
If you would like any more information on how ProcessFlows could help your organisation become more efficient at managing your data, please contact us on 01962 835053 or email enquiries@processflows.co.uk.




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Keir Starmer QC has said that the criminal justice system needs to move away from paper-based systems and transform the way criminal cases are handled. By April 2012, information will be passed digitally from the police to the CPS and sent over secure email to the defence.
Last year over 57,000 people participated in AIIM’s Paper Free Day – Are you taking part today?
When information from the document was needed, it was retrieved from storage – copied if necessary – interacted with, then returned to storage when completed. This was a repeatable, known process and worked fine, although using paper as the permanent record often led to very slow, inefficient processing of information and is prone to errors and loss.
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