Our information professionals have extensive expertise in all of Access' service areas, so we can provide objective and current consulting solutions tailored to fit your needs. We help you define your information management requirements, develop plans and recommendations, create customised solutions, implement new processes and procedures and train your users. Access can help:

• Lower operational costs by consolidating and standardising hard copy documentation
• Improve staff productivity and business performance by increasing the effectiveness of intellectual assets and the people who use them
• Manage risk
• Improve compliance

Your Most Valuable Assets

Your core systems such as e-mail, intranet, file systems, mail rooms,websites and social networks are all generating information. Aninformation and data management solution has to meet the needs ofusers as well as the legal and operational requirements of the organisation. Access provides a range of services, health checks and reviews of your information management strategy and systems. Taking a look at both your paper based and your electronic files, our consultants can offer you practical solutions to managing your information:

• Will your policies for information stand up to the scrutiny of your state Records Act, Freedom of Information, APRA/ASIC, Sarbanes–Oxley?
• Do you keep all the records you must retain—and for the proper length of time?
• Are your records retrievable using the most cost-effective know-how?
• Do your information management systems meet industry wide practices?
• Do you need professional expertise in implementing a records program throughout your whole company?
We look for ways to apply best practices to increase operating efficiencies, reduce risks, control costs, and leverage your technology investments – increasing performance, productivity and profitabilityacross your entire organisation.

Our online archiving and backup service provides a safer and more sophisticated alternative to traditional backup mediums such as tape, which is cumbersome and prone to physical wear and tear. Apart from allowing you to access and restore your information in a fraction of the time taken up by tapes, Access Online will also reduce the primary storage burdens placed on your infrastructure by migrating less used or older data to more cost-effective archival storage.

A streamlined, intelligent storage solution, Access Online offers the following benefits:

• You pay for only the storage used and eliminate the requirements for physical tapes and associated infrastructure
• Simple deployment and powerful integration into any infrastructure without middleware
• Reduce human error by eliminating the manual backup processes
• Access Online is a powerful archive repository for users who need access to 100% of the data 100% of the time, from anywhere and anytime.

Powered by Cocoon Data, Access SecureFile is a revolutionary data security service which allows organisations to securely share files across unsecured portals such as the Internet. Eliminating the hassle of setting up and managing logins for temporary users, the system allows ad-hoc registration to allow for immediate collaboration or access to the secure file. Combining three aspects of security - authentication, encryption and rights management, Access Online Secure File Share tracks and records every action performed on a file, whether it's at rest, in motion or in use. Access Online's Secure File Share offers other smart benefits such as:

• Simple and substantially improved rights or access management
• A high level of privacy that ensures only authorised persons can open and read secured content
• Remote access control and key management with high-level security and audit capabilities