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> From:    mwhaider <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Electronic to Paper - What is IT thinking?
>
> No one needs to argue with me why records that are born, stored,
> retrieved and deleted in electronic format are an advantage. But, of 
> course,
> there can be disadvantages as well.  Yes, I know there are many ways 
> retain electronic records in electronic
> formats, but quite frankly these IT teams think it is much too 
> expensive
> (WOW, when did this happen?).  But then I quickly replied, "Sure we can
> store them in paper but how in the world will we search them?"
>
> Tradeoffs - costs, access, security, retention.  Our decisions must be
> flexible and our life cycle management of records requires ongoing
> evaluations - and, yes maybe even a migration from electronic to paper.
> Thanks Mary
>
> -- 
> Mary W. Haider, CRM
> Records & Information Manager


If you want to get the problems with Data Storage subscribe to 
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very simplistic terms so people like me and SME can understand that.  
It will only take you a week or two to figure out this means Small to 
Medium Enterprises so they keep things at my level of understanding so 
I know all of you will be well past that.  Shoot I still use a 100% MAC 
environment in my office.  Alas corporate and Autocad are long gone to 
dark side but I tinker on.

Every three months they are onto some new phase in IT.  Now they are 
into blade server and are now talking about switching to disk to disk 
and in October some new system HTGT.  ( Here Today, Gone Tomorrow).  
They have the most fundamental problems.  Blade server emit 10KW of 
heat but the Server Room is only equipped to cool to 3 KW so everything 
keeps overheating and then they bring in spot coolers.  Now they find 
they can get it too cool?  Who guesses that one?  But then they get too 
hot in spots so they AVTECH environmental monitors and infrared cameras 
to find the problem areas.  (As soon as the price goes down I will buy 
one because they sound cool.  ......... well, actually they shoot only 
an outline with the heat pronounced in red color.  Well you know what I 
mean.)

Trust me they do not live in a world of down hill ice skating.  So Mary 
has already uncovered the IT achilles heal.
Hugh Smith
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