The latest from the blog

The US state of North Carolina has taken the unprecedented step of providing complete public access to 100,000 archived social media posts. The North Carolina Social Media Archive is currently in a beta version and being piloted to a handful of government agencies, however, plans are underway to expand the technology to all 130 agencies. … Continued

Google Maps and GPS may have revolutionised the way we travel, but it seems paper maps have not lost their appeal. In fact, Melbourne newspaper, The Age, recently reported that the significance of antique maps appears to be increasing and the maps with the greatest value to collectors are those charting the development of the … Continued

International delegates were given a three-hour tour of the Grace Records and Information Management facility in Brisbane this morning as part of the PRISM International Asia Pacific Region Conference. PRISM International (Professional Records and Information Services Management), whose headquarters are in the United States, is the peak body for information management companies around the world. … Continued

The Grace Removals branches of Adelaide, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne and Perth received recognition as leaders in international removals this month when they became FIDI Affiliates. FIDI, the Federation of Internationale Demenageurs Internationaux, is the premier international removals industry association. To qualify for as a FIDI Accredited International Mover, better known as FAIM, companies must … Continued

With more and more businesses realising the benefits of information management and archiving, Grace Records Management has been forced to expand to cater for an influx in new business. In July 2012, GRM Perth opened a new warehouse after its existing premises were bursting at the seams. The state-of-the art warehouse has taken GRM Perth’s … Continued

With MasterChef: The Professionals and My Kitchen Rules now in full swing you can expect your kitchen to have a major impact when selling your house. Once just serving as a functional room, the kitchen is now becoming the home’s piece de resistance. Anna Anderson, editor of Domain says the old, white upright four-burner is … Continued

So you’ve got the plasma television, the digital set top box, the surround sound, the dvd player, the blu-ray player and the Wii all sitting rather messily behind the television cabinet like some kind of bird’s nest. Then there’s the computer which is attached to the monitor, the printer, the modem and the external hard … Continued

Grace Information Management is simplifying the way the club industry in Australia capture membership applications. Instead of getting new members to fill in tedious forms, Grace Information Management has launched the Grace Digital Club Membership Application platform for mobile devices which makes the whole membership process easy and cost effective. The Grace app is iPad … Continued

Big data was the Information Technology buzz word of 2012 but it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere soon. The term is about to become more mainstream and many companies could find themselves lagging behind their competitors if they don’t develop a big data strategy. A recently released Gartner report, titled “Predicts 2013: Big Data … Continued

During the week, Julie Winton-Monet is the business manager for Grace Records Management in Tasmania. But on weekends, Julie is preparing for one of Australia’s biggest tarmac rallies, the Targa Wrest Point. Julie makes up half of the only all-girl crew competing in this year’s event on February 2 -3. The two day rally is run … Continued