Very true.
One other thing. Technology systems require a lot of TLC and support. Last
summer while traveling, as I put my laptop back into the case at an airport,
it slipped very slightly out of my hand while shutting down and slide slowly
to the carpet. When I got on the plane and attempted to re-start it said
"Hard Disk Not Exist." It was a goner. Dead hard disk. Hmmm... somehow I
remember dropping a paper document lightly to a carpet once in a while, but
still being able to read it when I picked it up!
Want to know what you are in for if you maintain your own equipment? I wrote
about it on an AIIM Blog:
http://www.aiim.org/community/blogs/expert/Hard-Disk-Not-Exist!-What-Happens
-Next
Because of these issues, as well as the airlines/airport electricity issues,
cramped space, and take-off/landing challenges, I still print a few
documents to read while in transit in planes, cabs, and trains.
John
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John Phillips
Information Technology Decisions
www.infotechdecisions.net
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Subject: Re: The Paperless Office - Why It Hasn't Happened
I've been hearing about a paperless office since the 1970's when microfilm
married computer technology and was going to eliminate paper recordkeeping.
Then came scanning. Then came client/server technology. Now we have the
cloud. All of which costs money and budgets are getting smaller not larger.
We will truly be paperless when all peoples of the world are technology
enabled and the technology has easier to read screens (especially in
sunlight), easier to charge (perhaps with solar energy), and costs very
little to obtain, use and support.
Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
Records Manager
Information Technology Division
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
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