Document scanning involves using usually large volume scanners that can scan documents very quickly and then convert or store these as Microsoft Word of PDF files. Document scanning services are usually used by companies such as accountants, solicitors, health organizations or any company where lots of paperwork is required. Once the documents are scanned they can be stored on CD, DVD, hard drive etc and backed up onto other devices. Document management systems are also very popular as they can scan, store but also index the documents allowing them to be easily retrieved through some sort of graphical user interface or GUI using the index. The benefits of using a document management system are not just space savings but also the speed at which you can retrieve documents. Between 10,000 and 20,000 documents can be stored on one CD. Obviously, technology moves on and we now DVD, removable hard drives, USB drives which can all be used to store you documents. You can store multiple copi