backlogs, at feasible cost. Sufficient processing power, storage, backup, and Internet
speeds are available that can make old paper records instantly available not just from
stationary computers, but also from laptops and even phones. Inexpensive skilled
labor is available in places like India to perform labor- intensive work, like naming
files or creating links and bookmarks. Sufficient processing power is available to
perform massive amounts of optical character recognition.
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A document management system
A document management system (DMS) is a computer system (or set of computer
programs) used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper
documents. It is usually also capable of keeping track o f the different versions created
by different users (history tracking). The term has some overlap with the concepts of
content management systems. It is often viewed as a component of enterprise content
management (ECM) systems and related to di v