IT professionals urged to move to electronic records

Date: 2nd November 2010

Sole traders working in the UK's IT sector could be among those encouraged to adopt electronic document management (EDM) systems following the recent comments of one expert.

Julian Buck, managing director of document management software firm Version One, has urged IT workers to adopt EDM systems in order to benefit from their ease of use and cost savings.

The comments come after a Version One survey revealed that 86 per cent of IT professionals still rely on paper records, with more than half (51 per cent) saying they are "very reliant" on physical documents.

According to Mr Buck, it is "astonishing" that so many IT workers are reluctant to adopt electronic processes.

"EDM systems considerably reduce the amount of paper that organisations produce, circulate and store whilst providing instant electronic access to imaged documents," he commented.

"The benefits of EDM include significant cost and time savings and greatly enhanced customer service. In addition, as electronic documents are legally permissible, organisations should not feel obligated to hold on to paper documents 'just in case'."