The invention of the PC was supposed to usher in the “paperless office,” a completely digital workplace without paper memos, forms, files or records. But that vision was ruined by another invention — ...

Whatever happened to the paperless office? Of all technology’s promised benefits, the paperless office has proved to be one of the most elusive. By now we were supposed to have converted to completely ...

Since the dawn of personal computers there have been predictions of an all-digital future where paper was little but a distant memory. Decades later, it seems like we’ve made progress toward the ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As technology advances, so must the way we do business. In today’s digital world, that means making the move from tedious, paper-based ...

Many of my first days at an ­intellectual property law firm were spent in colleagues' offices ­reviewing the prosecution history of ­various patent applications. Some offices were strewn ...

The paperless office has turned out to be a myth, according to Great Southern Plantations managing director John Young. Young says the growing use of computers both at home and work has led to more, ...

Technologist Paul Gilster has been writing about the paperless office for a quarter century. Guess what – progress is being made. Technologist Paul Gilster has been writing about the paperless office ...

In 1975, Businessweek described the workplace of the future, predicting "the paperless office" in which nearly all day-to-day activities were executed and managed by technology. Today, due in large ...

Earlier this month, the White House released a report showing the negative impact global warming has on our overall health. The report details how climate change affects human health and can impact ...

I read recently about a paperless office. Granted, the occupant of that office is the new head of Microsoft Canada, but as I looked around at the stacks of mostly 8 1/2-by-10-inch papers I have at ...

There is so much misinformation about paperless offices, what they are and what they are not. While the term "paperless office" connotes a place where there is no paper, and everyone stares constantly ...