Focusing on Smart Cities
The Spring 2013 edition of Touch is now available, focusing on Microsoft technology in government, healthcare, education and public safety. The main subject matter focuses around governments across EMEA and beyond are putting smart city development at the top of their agendas. Some city initiatives are already being rolled out, as well as the technological [...]
In-Form Consult listed on the G-Cloud II Framework
In-Form Consult (IFC) is pleased to announce achieving supplier status on the G-Cloud II Framework for the Government Procurement Service. The G-Cloud II programme aims to make it easier for government departments, local authorities, NHS and the wider public sector organisations to procure cloud based services, through a pre-approved catalogue hosted on the government Cloudstore. [...]
SharePoint Site Lifecycle Management
One of the limitations in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 that we identify in our “Designing Information Management Solutions using SharePoint 2010” workshop is the lack of features to apply retention and disposal policies to any SharePoint elements other than documents and list items. It was therefore a pleasant surprise on reading the information that Microsoft [...]
DLM Forum Appoints John Leigh as First Managing Director
6th June 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark– As announced at the DLM Forum meeting in Copenhagen this week, John Leigh will take up the position of Managing Director of the DLM Forum Foundation effective from the 1st July 2012. John is one of Europe’s most experienced and capable executives. He was formerly Group Vice President, EMEA, for [...]
In-Form Consult (IFC) representing DLM Forum
Richard Jeffrey-Cook will be presenting at the DLM Forum Members meeting in Copenhagen on May 31 and June 2012, on the of “Implementing a MoReq 2010 compliant Electronic Document and Records Management System”. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 with Automated Intelligence Compliance Extender is one of the first systems to be tested for compliance against the [...]
Banks need to be able to respond efficiently to customers’ requests
Banks need to be able to respond efficiently to customers’ requests to see their personal data. Speaking at an event held by the British Bankers’ Association, the UK’s deputy information commissioner David Smith called on banks to take their obligation to give customers’ access to the data they hold on them seriously. “Getting it right [...]
IFC publishes a guidance for destroying paper records
On Thursday 7th April 2011, the Intellect Document and Content Group held a seminar on issues to do with document management. One of the sessions involved Malcolm Beach, one of IFC’s senior consultants, discussing a paper which provides guidance on developing a policy for destroying paper records. Despite the growth of electronic information, most organisation’s [...]
IFC Launched New Corporate Website
In-Form Consult (IFC) is proud to announce the launch of our new corporate website. We aimed to illustrate our range of services in the Corporate Information Management (CIM) field including document, records and knowledge management. The “at a glance” approach across the site is visibly more user friendly making it easier to navigate. Our core [...]
Freedom of Information Act to cover utilities
Deputy prime minister pledges to expand transparency law to include utility providers, regulators. Businesses that provide public utilities such as power and water may be subject to the Freedom of Information Act under reforms proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today. Clegg said the reforms are “part of our wider project to resettle the [...]