Document Storage - Scanning to Gold CD/DVD Provides 300 years Archival by New York Document Scanning
You may have thought that scanning your documents and burning to CD gave you back-up of important documents and protection against fire, flood or hard drive crashes. Did you know that a CD/DVD can degrade within two to five years depending on the quality of the CD? New Gold KODAK CD and DVD promise 80 to 300 years lifetime archival and are available from Kodak Media Products.
The degradation process causes data 'shifting' on the CD/DVD surface and it becomes unreadable to the laser beam.
Factors that affect disc life expectancy include the following:
* Type of reflective layer, type of dye
* Quality of manufacturing materials
* Condition of the disc before recording
* Quality of the disc recording
* Quality of the burner / reader
* Handling and maintenance
* Storage and environmental conditions
In-House or Outsource: Should I outsource my scanning project?
Once your records are scanned into electronic files, record storage to CD or DVD allow companies to dispose of paper documents. An archive scanning service can scan your files, and burn them onto a cd. This saves the time to search through boxes in the office, and it eliminates the need to retriveve boxes and files from storage. On top of that it frees up valuable real estate in the office, that could be used for staff.
A document scanning company can save you time and money. Generally, an in-house investment in a document scanner and software starts at $5,000 and the higher end models are very expensive (above $30,000). Of course, there is a cost associated with this option as well--labor.
About the author
New York Document Scanning, a global outsourcing company, is headquartered in New York, NY with offices in Kolkata, India and provides scanning services and data entry at some of the best prices found anywhere. Get free quotes for all your document scanning needs. Visit us at http://www.new-york-document-scanning.com
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