Saturday 28 September 2013

The Evolution of Legal Document Management

The earliest form of document management began thousands of years ago when ancient civilisations organised their libraries of scrolls by topics. This formed the basis for all of the legal document management that followed well into the digital age, when files on early word processors were stored on floppy disks sorted alphabetically by client (more often than not accompanied by a hard paper copy.
When folders, hard drives and servers began to replace floppy disks, the need for paper documents began to decline. Different digital file types are now suitable in the legal industry, not just document and spreadsheets, but also PDFs, images, audio and video. With increasing complexity and quantity of files, there is a growing demand for legal project management software that can help firms to organise, store and find documents with ease read more.

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