


Network drive cleanup with a.k.a.®
When a new energy corporation was formed through the merger of nine smaller utilities, electronic documents were found scattered across 20 servers, and countless personal computers. Managers complained that they could not go on leave without getting desperate calls regarding the location of key documents. Something had to be done.

a.k.a. ® supports SEQWater organizational restructure
Using a.k.a.® Information Governance Software, commonly known as a.k.a.® 3 to bring together and rationalise the taxonomies and metadata of merging organisations is an enormous time-saver and the most efficient way to achieve quality outcomes for both management and users.

NSW Industry & Investment merges taxonomies with a.k.a.®
The NSW Department of Industry and Investment evolved from the merger of multiple government agencies, including Agriculture, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Mining, and State Development. Each agency brought it’s own classification scheme and retention schedule. These had to be merged into a single harmonised whole and uploaded into the department’s HP TRIM recordkeeping system. A new disposal authority (retention schedule) was also required to cover the new entity.

Leicester City cleans up network drives with a.k.a.®
Without a corporate classification scheme, Leicester City Council staff had created a plethora of folders for storing their electronic documents and records. After choosing a.k.a.® software to build the corporate classification scheme and retention schedule, Leicester then embarked on a multistage project to take back control of their network drives, and transition to an eCM system.

Monash University Thesaurus built and published using a.k.a.®
The Australian Governments’ Interactive Functions Thesaurus (AGIFT) is a three-level hierarchical thesaurus that describes the business functions carried out across Commonwealth, state and local governments in Australia. Built using aka software, its main purpose is to describe web-based resources to aid online discovery of government information and services.

Territory Records Office builds whole of government tools
When the ACT Territory Records Office (TRO) was tasked with developing a whole-of-government classification scheme and retention schedule, they realized that, without suitable tools, the process was going to take several years. However with a.k.a.® as their primary development tool, the TRO team managed to complete most of this task in less than 2 years.
University of Melbourne publishes their information governance tools online using a.k.a.®
The University of Melbourne uses a.k.a.® software to develop, maintain their Enterprise Classification Scheme and Records Retention and Disposal Schedule, then publish online, and upload into HP TRIM.

a.k.a.® supports QLD whole of government
In 2005 a.k.a.® was selected by the State of Queensland as the tool of choice to build taxonomies and retention schedules. This contract is still in place today.