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IN THIS ISSUE
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Agenda
Do you know where your data
is stored?
12
Cover Story
Tell Spitfire what you need and they
will deliver
15
Scanners
Cloud and wireless scanners for
mobile workers
18
Storage
Off-site storage made easy
19
Innovations
This month’s stand-out products,
services and applications
30
Mailing
The changing role of the letter
32
Printing
Are energy savings worth the cost
of a new printer?
34
Green Energy
The big green energy trends for 2013
36
Networks
Designing a network for mobile
working
39
Catering
Paul Armstrong toasts the workplace
coffee bar
41
Procurement
GaryWaylett makes the case for
e-procurement
42
Money-saving Tips
How to cut costs and improve business
processes
What weighs almost as much as a Smart car and is
34 times longer thanWar and Peace? The answer,
The Sunday Times
reveals, is a Government report
on the environmental impact of the London to
Birmingham high speed rail line. According to the
paper, the printed document is 50,000 pages long,
weighs half a ton and may require a Commons vote
for it to be delivered and shared electronically. Paper
has remarkable qualities and benefits and remains
essential to many business processes. Yet, there are
times when digital alternatives make more sense, not
just for (usually exaggerated) environmental reasons,
but because they can be cheaper, more efficient and
more convenient. On almost every page of this issue,
but especially pages 24 and 42, you will find examples
of organisations that are improving processes by
replacing paper with electronic communications. And
none of them has to hold a Commons vote to do so.
James Goulding, Editor
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