Paperless

"We believe that paper-based information will continue to grow, not inspite of, but because of, new 'paperless' technologies such as e-mail and the Internet. These technologies have prompted the creation of hard copies of such electronic information and have also led to increased demand for electronic records services, such as the storage and off-site rotation of backup copies of magnetic media. In addition, we believe that the proliferation of digital information technologies and distributed data networks has created an emerging need for efficient, cost-effective, high quality solutions for digital archiving and the management of electronic documents." Source: Iron Mountain 10-K Report How do you think that affects you? Corey Smith Co-founder of Resumango where you can build a better resume for free

Not long ago, I conducted a round table discussion on why paperless office initiatives fail.

Here are the notes from the meeting. I am very curious to know what you think of the discussion. The goal was to identify what problems surrounding documents do companies face, what prevents those companies from working to increase those efficiencies and what can a company do to over come those problems. continue reading...