Apparatus and method are provided for performing remote notification of records, each having a respective record identifier. A record-user mapping associates with each record identifier a respective one or more user names. For each record upon which remote notification is to be performed the respective one or more user names is obtained from the record-user mapping, and for each obtained user name a respective addressable entity is obtained from a user name-addressable entity mapping. A notification of the record is sent to the addressable entity. Target record processing may also be provided. For each record identifier for which target record processing is to be performed, a target user name is read from the associated record, a respective addressable entity is obtained from the user name-addressable entity mapping, and a notification of the record is sent to the addressable entity.