At Arcsys, we live and breathe digital preservation. Our core mission is ensuring the long-term safety, accessibility, and integrity of valuable digital assets. A huge part of that mission relies on trust – trust that records haven’t been tampered with, trust in the actions taken over time, trust in the… Read More »Blockchain for Archival Trust? Why We Stick to Proven Traceability Methods
During the Documation 2025 exhibition in Paris, four experts from the worlds of information, digital archiving and artificial intelligence discussed a simple but strategic question: is AI an ally, a threat or an uncontrollable factor for our long-term preservation systems? Under the leadership of Clémence Jost, editor-in-chief of Archimag magazine,… Read More »AI & Digital Preservation: who is the good guy, the bad guy and the ugly one? Round table – Documation 2025
At Smals, a Belgian organisation specialising in IT services for the public sector, digital archiving has become a key solution for meeting the growing needs of public institutions. This presentation details the implementation of a shared platform, the challenges encountered, and the technical solutions chosen to manage a growing volume… Read More »ARCHIVING AS A SERVICE – FRIPRES 2024
A genesis in regulatory archiving Arcsys was created in the 1990s to meet specific tax requirements, in particular the control of accounting data. In 2004, the project took a decisive turn with a broader ambition: to provide a digital preservation solution covering both regulatory (invoices, contracts) and heritage (theses, nautical… Read More »20 years of development of a digital preservation software
In this presentation, Marion Ville, from the Vitam programme, explains the tools used within the French public archives network to facilitate the collection and archiving of office documents. 1 – The context of public archives in France In France, the archiving of documents produced by the public administration is overseen… Read More »Tool to assist in the collection of public archives in France (FRiPRES 2024)
In this presentation, Hugues Cazeaux, head of the IT department at the University of Geneva with over 25 years of experience, addresses the issue of digital preservation within the institution. To structure his presentation, he proposes three main parts that allow for a progressive exploration of the issues and solutions… Read More »Digital preservation at the University of Geneva
Discover how these experts tackle data management and current digital challenges to ensure optimal business performance.
What solution to archive and perpetuate 1 billion documents? Thales’ experience highlights the necessity for businesses to select the most optimal enduring archiving solution to ensure the long-term reliability of their corporate documents. Concerning volume, our Arcsys solution is not constrained, and our team takes pride in securely guaranteeing the… Read More »Thales’ exclusive testimony at Documation 2023
How does Bouygues Telecom guarantee dispute-free archiving with Arcsys? Electronic archiving: a strategic lever for Bouygues Telecom In the all-digital age, companies are faced with an explosion of data. For a major player like Bouygues Telecom, this represents a dual challenge: Faced with these challenges, Bouygues Telecom chose Arcsys, an… Read More »Discover now the feedback from our client Bouygues Telecom!
Droid is an open-source library for format identification (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/policy-process/digital-continuity/file-profiling-tool-droid/), nearly indispensable in the toolkit of any digital preservation software. For this reason, we have integrated it into the Arcsys software. When a client contacted us about degraded performance during the archiving process, we did not suspect that it would lead… Read More »At the Heart of a Software Publisher’s Daily Life: Fixing a Performance Bug in Droid with the Help of the Digital Preservation Community