| The sweet smell of victory! We have been talking and | | | | document management systems such as HighPoint |
| writing about the coming of the Paperless Office for | | | | and vFiler from Vircosoft, cool applications like Word, |
| over ten years and finally people in the know are | | | | Excel, e-books and many more. Making things even |
| acknowledging "we are there". | | | | easier is the fact that virtually everyone is computer |
| At an escalating pace businesses are migrating into a | | | | savvy thereby simplifying implementation, training and |
| Paperless Office environment. The technology has | | | | operation. |
| made the process so simple that you don’t have to | | | | Most people refer to the technology as a Paper-less |
| be a “techno-whiz-kid” to do it anymore. The | | | | because in reality hard copy paper has not gone |
| public perception has changed dramatically as well. | | | | away as originally envisioned. In fact we are |
| Initially the mindset was that this is a great tool for | | | | accumulating more paper than ever before. People still |
| “big business” but small and mid-sized | | | | like to hold a document rather than read it off of a |
| businesses could not afford the cost of the hardware, | | | | computer screen. So, the movement is more tuned |
| software and training. Individuals have not been left out | | | | into digital paper management to control costs, save |
| of this exciting opportunity either. Now anyone can | | | | space and improve efficiencies while enabling us to |
| easily afford a manage their paper electronically. | | | | have our paper, in hand, when we want it. |
| All we want is a fast, easy and inexpensive way to | | | | The good news is that now really is a great time to |
| process our mountains of paper and the ability to find | | | | start implementing a Paperless environment in you |
| them again in seconds, often from outside of the | | | | business. Most likely you already have the basic |
| office. Fortunately the cost of everything required to | | | | necessities; a digital copier, fax machine, a network and |
| move toward a paperless office has dropped | | | | access to the Internet. Add an easy to use Open |
| dramatically. | | | | Source Document Imaging Software system and you |
| Over the past decade new technologies have | | | | are ready to go. |
| emerged making this possible including e-mail, low-cost | | | | |
