Document Scanning Blog: 2012 | Page 5 of 21

Almost 300,000 go paperless in UAE eco-initiative

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

A cooperative Paperless Day, hosted by the Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi, UAE, recently saw participation increase to an impressive 294,000 this year, the largest ever for the eco-friendly event.

Digitization taking off worldwide

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Using conversion services, leaders across the globe are copying documents and placing the images into online databases. This process can not only ensure that information is available to remote researchers but administrators can take primary source documents and further preserve them.

Getting the most out of document management

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Document management solutions can provide many benefits for a business, but to maximize returns on the technology, a company needs to take further steps.

Leaders support document preservation

Monday, November 26, 2012

Allowing documents to be preserved online using electronic information management systems can ensure that consumers have access to public data. As such, a number of leaders are calling for increased digitization efforts.

Baltimore school looks to go paperless in the classroom

Monday, November 26, 2012

For students at Loch Raven Technical Academy in Baltimore County, Maryland, textbooks will soon be a thing of the past as the school swaps out paper supplies in the classroom for digital equivalents.

How much paper do we really use?

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Talking about "going paperless" or reducing paper waste is all fine and good, but to understand how these initiatives can actually benefit a business, the decision-makers have to know how much paper is actually being used. According to Conversable Economist, it's a lot.

Missing war documents found in Australia

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

When companies misplace data for an extended period of time, the results can be disastrous. Many historical interest groups move their files to online servers not only to share the information with those who want to access the data remotely, but to ensure the protection of such records.

One community allows document access post-Sandy

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Many areas on the East Coast were battered last month as a result of Hurricane Sandy, which caused extensive damage. New Jersey's Union County Clerk, Joanne Rajoppi, is allowing county residents to obtain copies of their personal documents lost.

IATA implements paperless solution for declaration needs

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

In an effort to streamline daily workflow and improve security and information organization and tracking, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently implemented and tested a paperless solution for consignment security declaration.

Document management helps businesses migrate to the cloud

Monday, November 19, 2012

With Desktop-, Software-, Applications- and Storage-as-a-Service, and many other solutions for business computing needs, many companies find that the cloud can help them reduce IT costs, improve productivity and enhance workflow overall.

UConn exploring digitization options

Friday, November 16, 2012

When an academic institution decides to move documents online with conversion services, it can benefit many people. Leaders at the University of Connecticut recently decided to digitize issues of the school newspaper.

Experts consider paperless future a real possibility

Friday, November 16, 2012

In various industries, the weight of paperless opportunities is heavily felt.