Technology Assessment of Electronic Coordination and Filing
Abstract
Electronic coordination and filing can be thought of as a revolutionary way of doing office tasks that have been accomplished to date using paper. These tasks include the filing and retrieval of documents and the inter-office communications of notes and memorandums (all paper related tasks). Electronic coordination and filing is a fairly new technology that uses both mature and developing technologies to replace the existing paper systems. Typical office memos or notes can be replaced with electronic mail. Likewise, current paper storage methods, such as filing cabinets, can be replaced by electronic storage and filing. Historical trends have shown the ability to store more data on a single media. For example, the 3.5 in. floppy started at 720 Kbytes, quickly jumped to 1.44 Mbytes, and soon will be in excess of 2 Mbytes. Users and application developers have been able to take advantage of the increased storage capacity and have started to push industry for more. This push is because of the increased number of documents, data, and information that is being stored electronically. Another trend has been for the cost per storage unit to decrease. This assessment will be categorized into two broad areas: 1) electronic coordination, and 2) filing. Electronic coordination will include the sub-areas of electronic mail and message systems and group work technologies. Filing will include the sub-areas of storage methods and media and recall techniques.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA217317