The dream of the paperless office is as far away as it ever was, or at least that's what printer vendors will tell you. But electronic documents are making serious inroads into their dead-tree rivals.
Will web services finally bring us the computer age's promise of a paperless office?
We are well past paper's projected use by date, where all our data is supposed to be disseminated electronically. What went wrong?
George Gilder is known for predicting the future of technology five to ten years ahead. His latest prediction is that communications will be the stocks to soar. According to Gilder, in the 'telecosmic' universe, a coming abundance of bandwidth will make optics companies "the Intels" of the future.
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It seems that green IT has dropped off the radar, with other technology issues moving to the fore. But was green IT ever a real technology movement, or was it just a marketing fad?
For Bankstown City Council, a 170,000-resident council south-west of Sydney, a desire to regain control of its printing environment -- and to reduce its impact on the environment -- recently led to a complete reconsideration of its printing, scanning and faxing processes.
If all goes to plan, Australia's fourth-largest local council will kick the paper habit once and for all. Getting to that point, however, has been less about cold turkey than about gentle weaning, says Sutherland Shire Council's Chris Fripp.
We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.
Collaboration, records management, and workflow are just some of the features in current electronic document management software. We examine your options.
special report The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer.
Predictions for the Next Big Thing are a dime a dozen in the world of tech. But many products just don't live up to the hype.
Collaboration, records management, and workflow are just some of the features in current electronic document management software. We examine your options.
Want to turn a stack of business cards into a well-connected contacts database? Corex's CardScan Executive 600cx is an ideal if somewhat pricey solution.
For most of us, the paperless office -- fewer office supplies, dead trees, and overflowing filing cabinets -- has been an elusive goal. But ScanSoft's PaperPort Deluxe 7.0 paper-management program may help you move closer to that objective.
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