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International Media Release
June 2008
RapidRedact helps MOD release UFO "X-Files" to National Archives
The first in a series of Ministry of Defence UFO "X-Files" have been released to the National Archives, with the help of RapidRedact.
Thousands of pages relating to UFO sightings are being released, and RapidRedact has been used to redact information exempted under the Data Protection Act.
Since the FOI Act came into effect, the MOD has been overwhelmed by a deluge of Freedom of Information Requests relating to UFO sightings. The MOD has decided to release the documents, because they receive more FOI requests on the subject of UFOs than any other.
You can learn more about the MOD UFO "X-Files" at the following sites:
UK X-Files BBC Newsnight Item
National Archives MOD UFO Documents
Ministry of Defence Website - UFO-Files announcement
In Pictures: the UFO Files (BBC)
Dear MoD: where is ET? (BBC)
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International Media Release
February 2008
Law firms offered more cost effective solution for in-house, high volume redaction
LegalTech, New York City, 5 February, 2008 – The new
Rapid Redact High Volume Server, released today, gives law
firms and corporate counsel a more cost effective option to
redact large volumes of documents in-house. Taking greater
control of the redaction process can minimize the risks,
time and costs involved.
Rapid Redact High Volume Server is the latest product in the
Rapid Redact suite, widely used by litigation teams and
government departments including the military to efficiently
redact documents.
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International Media Release
April 2007
RapidRedact riding massive US upsurge in redaction demand
With the US redaction market being driven by competing Freedom of Information and privacy compliance issues, New Zealand-based software house, Onstream Systems, is seeing a massive upsurge in demand for its industry leading RapidRedact™ product.
Besides US federal FOI demands the potential market for RapidRedact™ has been recently boosted by growing debate related to identity theft and the general public’s demands for the removal of social security numbers from public documents, according to OnstreamSystem’s CEO, Glyn Williams.
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International Media Release
January 2006
Improved access to private information in Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing and R&D.
Consignit UK, a leading European IT services and consulting company, has incorporated RapidRedact™ into the range of services it offers.
With offices in Malmö, Gothenburg, Macclesfield, London, Stockholm and Copenhagen, and a focus on the demanding requirements of R&D intensive industries, Consignit has significant experience with implementing document management systems and internet applications in major business organisations and public bodies.
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International Media Release
December 2005
RapidRedact™ in use by US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The Federal commission is charged with protecting the US public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death. More than 15,000 types of consumer products fall under the agency's jurisdiction.>
The CPSC has contributed greatly to a 30% reduction in deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents over the past 30 years even though they still cost the US more than $700 billion annually.
“RapidRedact redaction software has enhanced the commission’s ability to respond to FOIA and other information requests in a timely fashion without compromising the commission’s non-disclosure rules,” a CPSC spokesperson said.
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International Media Release
17th December 2005
RapidRedact™ in use by 88CON/PK at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
The base, the largest and possibly most diverse and complex Air Force base in the U.S, a centre for aeronautical and aerospace research, has a regular FOIA request load.
According to Shelley Deardorff, Purchasing Officer for office supplies on the base, it has proven a boon for administration staff at 88CON/PK, and has speeded up the delivery of requested Freedom of Information Act documentation, as well as cutting down on the workload of those preparing FOIA documents.
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International Media Release
November 2005
RapidRedact™ expanding in Southern Africa.
Carat Business Solutions, has recently signed an agreement to distribute groundbreaking redaction software, RapidRedact™ through Southern Africa.
This innovative software, from Australasian company Onstream Systems Ltd, is a perfect complement for Carat Business Solutions' range of services for law and legal firms, engineering, consulting, and accounting companies in Southern Africa.
A regional leader in the provision of business process, document, records and image management solutions, Carat specialise in providing customers with easily deployed multiple line-of-business web-based applications and enterprise wide content management initiatives.
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International Media Release
30th October 2005
WRSystems Ltd provides redaction software to US Fortune 500 companies.
The sophisticated software RapidRedact™ could prove a boon for government organisations, legal firms and businesses forced to publish electronic information without infringing privacy legislation and other reporting compliance obligations.
WRSystems Ltd, a highly respected US systems engineering, product development and information technology (IT) support services firm, signed a value-added reseller relationship with Onstream Systems Ltd earlier this year.
This relationship has provided Onstream Systems Ltd with the key to installing its sophisticated, redaction software, RapidRedact™, into a number of US Fortune 500 companies.
It also has provided openings for this “fail-safe” software to be sold into the top echelons of US Government, business and industry, with WR Systems people already scheduled for installation and maintenance training in New Zealand.
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International Media Release
5th October 2005
Fortune 500 insurance organization purchases RapidRedact™
The US based insurance organization, with more than 40,000 employees, has installed Onstream Systems’ redaction software, RapidRedact™.
Disclosing the purchase, the principal of Onstream Systems, David Kelly, said he was very pleased that a Fortune 500 company had chosen RapidRedact™ over competing products at a time in the US when robust, fail-safe redaction software was becoming a necessity for both Government and business.
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International Media Release
5th October 2005
NZ software could have saved Transit NZ
Transit NZ embarrassment, and Kapiti Coast resident outrage, over the accidental release of “secret” information, could have been avoided with the use of easily-obtainable, economic Wellington software.
The outrage occurred when Kapiti Coast residents learned through “a technical glitch” that about 40 homes, numerous businesses and possibly a school might have to be demolished to make way for a proposed $730 million upgraded coastal highway.
The so-called technical glitch meant that blacked-out sections in online versions of a consultant's report issued by Transit and Greater Wellington Regional Council last month were revealed when copied into a word file.
The fact that the NZ-created software could have easily prevented the embarrassment was disclosed today by the principal of Wellington-based Onstream Systems Ltd, David Kelly. He said the unique software, RapidRedact™, launched last year in NZ, Australia, UK and the United States, provided a foolproof, failsafe method of "censoring or redacting sensitive information from documents before publication".
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International Media Release
California, USA
16th May 2005
RapidRedact™ ensures censored text remains unreadable
RapidRedact prevents such embarrassing incidents as the recent publication of classified sections of the official US military inquiry into the accidental killing of an Italian agent in Baghdad.
David Kelly, President and CEO of Onstream Systems, felt compelled to comment on recent media reports on the publication of classified text the US authorities censored from their 40 page report on t he killing by US forces of an Italian Intelligence Agent at an Iraqi checkpoint.
The current embarrassment over the publication of censored portions of the report graphically demonstrate that the redaction (blanking out) methods most commonly used on electronic documents don't work.
"We developed RapidRedact™ as a tool to prevent such incidents occurring", said Mr. Kelly. "It is an economical method of ensuring redacted information is, and remains, redacted. In addition, it completely removes any record of text or author's changes and irrevocably cleans all hidden code or data from 'behind' the document. With RapidRedact, people can snoop or hack to their heart's content but, the information cannot be revealed".
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The Independent
TIM DONAGHUE
14th May 2005
Hacker-proof Software on Show
A New Zealand software company is promising governments worldwide that its software will allow them to release documents knowing deleted or obscured sensitive sections can never be hacked.
Documents using RapidRedact software can be safely released under Freedom of Information and Privacy legislation, says the Wellington-based developer of the product, Onstream Systems.
CEO and director David Kelly says his company's product could have saved the US military considerable embarrassment over a recent computer hacking of confidential information relating to the US killing in Iraq of an Italian intelligence agent.
A German hacker accessed a supposedly protected official US PDF document. The hacker publicised on the internet the unauthorised censored details of Multinational Corps Iraq investigation.
The US government had censored investigator's descriptions of the death of an Italian agent in the rescue of journalist hostage Giuliana Sgrena as a tragic accident.
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NZ Herald
OWEN HEMBRY
10th May 2005
NZ software could have plugged leak
A New Zealand company says its software could have spared the American military embarrassment when censored information about the death of an Italian secret agent was leaked last week.
The military report was easily cracked by a hacker with just two mousse clicks and subsequently posted in full on Italian newspaper websites.
The report was the result of an investigation into the shooting of intelligence agent Nicola Calipari by soldiers at a US checkpoint in Iraq on March 4. He was taking released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena to Baghdad airport. Both Sgrena and the driver of the car were wounded but survived.
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International Media Release
4th November 2004
Onstream Systems introduces RapidRedact to the US
New software will prevent leaks of sensitive information
The launch of a new software package this month will allow publishers of electronic information to efficiently and securely prevent the release of sensitive information in documents released to the public.
documents that are stored and passed on electronically, carry with them every text change and annotation from the time of first creation RapidRedact™ provides a fast, simple method of redacting sensitive information from office documents including Word, PDF's and other image documents, and then allowing them to be sent electronically, secure in the knowledge that only relevant data has been published.
"There are some government and business activities where RapidRedact™ will quickly become an essential and practical administration tool," Ms Roth said, "helping these companies meet requirements for privacy and freedom of information legislation, as well as other compliance obligations."
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Media Release
2nd November 2004
New software will prevent sensitive information leaks
Onstream Systems introduces its new redaction tool to the US market
The launch of a new software package this month will allow publishers of electronic information to efficiently and securely prevent the release of sensitive information in documents released to the public.
This unique software, RapidRedact™, has been developed by Onstream Systems Ltd., a New Zealand based software development company with offices in the USA, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. "It will prove a boon for government organizations, legal firms and businesses forced to publish information without infringing privacy legislation and other reporting compliance obligations," according to the company's marketing manager, Janice Roth.
"It provides a failsafe method of censoring or blotting out sensitive information from documents before they are released for publications," she said.
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