Convert PDF documents into editable files, saved as secure PDFs, PDFs optimised for the Internet and tagged PDFs. [...]
If one wants to eliminate mountains of paper records and the associated retention costs, then the implementation of a legally binding digital archiving system cannot be avoided. But are corporations and their project leaders sufficiently prepared for this? A large part of a company’s “value” lies in documents. They also form the basis for demonstrating proof during legal disputes. The increasing digitization of paper documents and the flood of documents created by digital sources (fax, emails, e-invoicing, MS-Office, web, etc.) are requiring archivists to deal with the special demands of retaining documents in digital format. [...]
If one wants to eliminate mountains of paper records and the associated retention costs, then the implementation of a legally binding digital archiving system cannot be avoided. But are corporations and their project leaders sufficiently prepared for this? [...]
Team Digital Preservation saves the world from nuclear disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos. Funny 3 min. video about a serious topic. [...]
An article by Marcus Schneider, SNIA Europe Board member, and Director of Product Marketing at Fujitsu for Storage Solutions, on the The Register website discusses role of PDF in “Retaining 100 years of information”. Schneider clearly concludes that it is essential to “Use widely-understood (and used) standards”. [...]
In the area of group insurance, a wide variety of Microsoft Office documents from daily business transactions for creating proposals and managing portfolios of collective contracts are administered in Microsoft SharePoint. These documents were previously archived in TIFF format. By changing to a PDF/A conforming archive directly out of Microsoft SharePoint, Swiss Life intention is to make the documents text-searchable and, by means of a digital signature and time stamp, fulfill compliance requirements. [...]
How the PDF/VT standard can best be used, its benefits and its current limitations. PDF/VT is a work in progress and is not yet ready to replace existing infrastructure, but will eventually offer quite a boon to designers and print service providers who face numerous challenges every day in trying to find new ways to promote their customers. [...]
The Utah Division of Administrative Rules has approved its amendment requiring that all electronically filed documents uploaded into CM/ECF be in the PDF/A format to enhance security and improve the archiving and preservation of case-related documents. No deadline has been set as yet; users may submit documents in both PDF and PDF/A until then. [...]
How to create and validate PDF/A using Acrobat 9 (in Spanish) [...]
This 30 minute video in Dutch gives a comprehensive overview about PDF/A in archiving and records management. [...]
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