Perhaps you’ve been asking yourself that very question every time you set down for a marathon session of scanning your business docs into the PC. Sure, you’re saving money by doing it yourself--or delegating the task to an employee--but could you be doing something more profitable with your time?
Driving the Document Scanning Trend
According to Yahoo! Finance, a combination of the effects of the economic stimulus package and the introduction of new technologies are stimulating interest in the document scanning revolution. For example, Lakewood, Colorado-based Records Nations has just recently assisted their 10,000th business in going paperless with their document scanning solutions.
The Benefits of Document Scanning Services
An article featured on ZD Net discusses the benefits of document scanning and why those tasks should be outsourced to scanning service professionals. In a nutshell, the costs and effort spent handling scanning in-house is typically larger than expected. Outsourcing to document scanning services vendors eliminates these unknowns and allows for tighter budgeting.
What You Don’t Know About Document Scanning
Vendorseek offers a unique FAQ on document scanning services that should be required reading for every CEO considering making the jump. In effect, the process is made simple by e-mailing documents to your processor. Data is then kept on tapes or in a virtual database that can be accessed at any time for reference or to backup lost files.
The bottom line is that document scanning services simplifies proper management of business-critical data.
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Document Scanning Debate: On Tapes or Online?
Document Scanning is ‘In’, But…
The document scanning and imaging industry has graduated from a novel concept to a full-fledged business trend. And there are no signs of it slowing down. According to AllBusiness, the North American document imaging market saw over half a million document scanners shipped in 2007. New trends point to increased availability of scanners and multiple storage options. Which begs the question...data storage on tape or online?
Document Imaging on Tapes, Or…
A recent article by Alan Earls in Search Data Backup mulls the pros and cons of tape storage--particularly the dilemma of recycling. Understand that tape storage, while a bit antiquated--tapes are still a viable, low-cost means of backup. The problem is that there is still sensitive data left on recycled tapes. And without a complex formula of degaussing passes, large amounts of data can be extracted from what is supposed to be a fresh tape.
Document Scanning Online, Maybe…
Web-based document scanning and imaging is the certainly the future. Virtually unlimited storage is one reason for the change. But online document imaging is not without its problems also. For example, digitally-stored data can also fall into the wrong hands rather easily. And, power failure without backup makes document retrieval impossible.
The bottom line is that there is an entire spectrum of challenges to be conquered before document scanning takes its rightful place as THE data exchange process of the business world. And many of the issues will be solved through trial and error.
The document scanning and imaging industry has graduated from a novel concept to a full-fledged business trend. And there are no signs of it slowing down. According to AllBusiness, the North American document imaging market saw over half a million document scanners shipped in 2007. New trends point to increased availability of scanners and multiple storage options. Which begs the question...data storage on tape or online?
Document Imaging on Tapes, Or…
A recent article by Alan Earls in Search Data Backup mulls the pros and cons of tape storage--particularly the dilemma of recycling. Understand that tape storage, while a bit antiquated--tapes are still a viable, low-cost means of backup. The problem is that there is still sensitive data left on recycled tapes. And without a complex formula of degaussing passes, large amounts of data can be extracted from what is supposed to be a fresh tape.
Document Scanning Online, Maybe…
Web-based document scanning and imaging is the certainly the future. Virtually unlimited storage is one reason for the change. But online document imaging is not without its problems also. For example, digitally-stored data can also fall into the wrong hands rather easily. And, power failure without backup makes document retrieval impossible.
The bottom line is that there is an entire spectrum of challenges to be conquered before document scanning takes its rightful place as THE data exchange process of the business world. And many of the issues will be solved through trial and error.
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