Who's Minding The Data?

It also gives in-plants a potential solution to the never-ending concern of any business: where to drum up additional orders. Archiving documents isn't only convenient—it virtually guarantees return business.

"You can definitely make money from archiving—we charge for storing documents—but more importantly, what it does for you is to secure your clientele base," says Hinds. "Once their document is archived, they've got to come back to you, so you've got them. It's very convenient for them to say they need job 444, revision number 8, and 50 of them—tomorrow."