Entries by Stacie Smith

The Life of a Document

A document has an existence which parallels living beings including humans. Documents can be short-lived, such as memos; living short hopefully productive lives.  However many documents and data are long-lived, paralleling human life spans. Human lives tend to be divided into several categories: Early life (gestation through schooling), productive working life, retirement, and finally death. […]

On Site or Off Site Paper Shredding Comparison

All businesses and most individuals are inundated with paper. Data destruction (paper shredding) is becoming a business essential. It is something that almost every business and even individuals are doing more frequently and in a larger volume. It is not good enough these days to simply “throw it away.”  Government regulations, identity thieves, and corporate […]

How to Work Smarter – Not Harder

Once upon a time there was a very busy office manager, named Jamie, who was always leaving work late and felt guilty about missing out on that time with her family. Every day she was overwhelmed putting out fires, solving other people’s problems, and finding lost paperwork. All while trying to remain compliant with all […]

When Size Matters

When you are looking for a company to store your business records for you, which do you look towards? Are you the type of company that likes to support other locally owned businesses, or do you look towards the big corporations with locations all over the United States or even all over the world? If […]