Small business owners are increasingly getting technologically savvy. Yet when it’s time to cut costs, they could commit the mistake of not spending on technology that could actually save them money. One such example is in the area of managing information, using an electronic document management system. “Why have a document management system?” you might ask. Reasons why you absolutely need electronic document management…
Michael Ball and Cecilia Ball are philatelists (collectors of stamps and coins) who run a small business of trading in stamps and coins. They conduct shows of their collections at various locations. Their venture is named A to Z Stamps and Coins. Since they are often away on shows, over a period of time it…
Once you have decided to scan your paper archive, choosing where to carry out the activity can make a significant difference to the cost of the exercise and the safety of documents. In the white paper titled Choosing between Onsite and Offsite Scanning of Paper Archives we look at…
Just yesterday, South East Asia was hit by a massive earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale. Shockwaves were felt in about 28 countries, with a mild earthquake also hitting the Arabian Sea. This just goes to show how vulnerable our planet Earth is… Here is a suggested 3-Step back-up plan for your documents…
Wikipedia defines a natural disaster as “the effect of a natural hazard (e.g., flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide).” Natural disasters are different from natural hazards. A natural hazard turns into a disaster generally when humans are affected by the hazard and are vulnerable to it. For a business organization, this has 2 implications…