The number one question we get asked is, "can we scan our documents and the shred the paper to save on storage costs?" And unfortunately the answer is, "it depends?" A new ruling from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware seems to support the idea of shredding the paper copies.

In a ruling about bankrupt American Home Mortgage Investment Company the court approved the company shredding an estimated 1.1 million hard-copy loan files when a image of the document existed. The company says this will save $45,000 monthly in storage fees.

This is obviously a very specific ruling but is a sign that images are becoming more widely expected in the legal world.

As companies continue to move from hard copy record storage to digital document storage, the demand for outsourced document scanning continues to grow. One company answering the demand is AmeriScan Imaging Service. With offices in Shelby Township, MI, Grand Rapids, MI, and Elk Grove, IL they can help companies across the Midwest turn rooms of documents that are hard to search and expensive to maintain to files that are available on a server for easy to access.

If you are ready to clear the clutter out of your storage room visit Record Nations and get free quotes on document scanning service from AmeriScan Imaging and other pre-screened services.

CityPostal has been acquired by Allied Capital. CityPostal operates as CitiStorage and US Document Security. The entities offer document storage and shredding services from its headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. The deal was a reported $79.5 million.

It is always interesting to watch industries evolve with the Internet. For seven years now I have read that "this" is the year of VoIP (telephone over the internet) only to find out that this wasn't the year.

The same thing is happening in the data storage world. Many people say online backup storage is finally going to overtake tape rotation as the primary solution for disaster recovery. Bolstering this position are the high level players devoting a great deal to this market. Some include Symmantec and Iron Mountain.

While most companies would like to move to an online solution to save costs it still is a big leap to take for the most important data a company owns. I think that the end of tape rotation is near are greatly exaggerated.

Excuse me while I answer this Skype call.