Document Scanning or Document Storage: Points to consider

With 25 years of experience in the document management industry, projects often come down to a simple question – Should we scan our documents or securely store them and retrieve them on an as-needed basis? The answer depends on several factors. Let us first define both services. What is document scanning? In its simplest terms, …

Records Management Vendor Selection Guidelines

The amount of Paper in the average office continues to grow by 20% to 30% each year, and Offsite Document Storage is often required for companies that have either outgrown their existing space, or have too many files to efficiently manage in their current configuration.  No matter what type of company you have it is increasingly important …

What is Archive Storage?

Bueller… Bueller… anyone want to take a crack at this “exciting” topic? Archive Storage is a bit of a confusing term for many people, and oftentimes people will use the term to describe one of two things: If you need to preserve your Paper Documents for a long time, we can certainly help. Contact one of our …

Looking for File Storage in Manhattan? Read this first.

I’m sure you’ve heard all the stories about the high cost of real estate in New York. Well, they’re all true, and possibly the biggest waste of space in the Manhattan Skyline is the amount of space that companies are still using to store Boxes of files. In spite of the slumping real estate market, the …

HR Document Management – There’s still paper there?

Over the past two or three years, I’ve noticed a significant increase in the number of human resource departments looking for document management solutions to help them reduce the amount of paper and improve their overall business process related to access and maintenance of employee files. To me, It makes perfect sense that human resource …

Scanning Documents Saves Space, but at What Cost?

One of the most common reasons that people start scanning documents is because they think it can help save space. While it is true that document scanning will help reduce the physical footprint required to store files, most of the time reclaiming space should not be a primary driver for starting a document imaging project. If …