As Records Grow, So Do Archiving Comapnies
by January 26, 1998 12:00 am 65 views
January is the busiest time of year for Jay Hoagland of Output Technologies in Fayetteville as his clients are converting their year- and quarter-end data to electronic storage. Output Technologies transfers documents and computer information to microfiche, microfilm or CD.
“We are in the archiving business,” says Hoagland. “Typically, people want to keep records for a long time, but all of that paper takes up a lot of space.”
A CD will hold approximately 15,000 pages of documents, or 75,000 pages of electronic information, says Hoagland, while a 16mm roll of microfilm can hold 5,000 documents.
Although the CD option comes with custom indexing and instant access, Hoagland says, some customers opt for microfiche because they consider it to be more timeless.
“Technology changes so fast you never know what they are going to be using in 10 or 15 years,” says Hoagland. Some of his clients worry about being forced to upgrade with the changes in the computer industry.
As companies age and grow, and storage technology becomes more sophisticated, more archiving companies are bound to come to the area. Output was started under another name as a one-man operation in 1986 and now employs 15 people.