Microfilm And Micrographics: Portable Data Content

Gone are the days when companies had to find a secure massive space to store all their bulk archives. Today, it is possible to update this data into portable content thus freeing up a significant amount of needed space. Business physical documentations such as invoices, contracts, to highly professional data like engineering schematics and building modeling blueprints can be securely compressed into a single microfilm and micrographic forms. The technology has seen a great appreciation by concerned agencies. As a matter of fact, old microfilm reader may be unheard of, but many of this business still rely on them to convert their archives.

Though the methodology is still applicable, they are outdated by new technological advances that even compress the archives stored in a single location like the desktop. For instance, a scanned document taking a physical space can be converted to a file size of 100 kb. Furthermore, the advantages of microfilm and micrographic technology makes it easy for individuals to sort and retrieve information by a few mouse clicks, or for this generation we can say by a ‘few screen taps.’

Overall, microfilm technology is here to stay. If you haven’t joined the bandwagon yet, then you will be laughed after for the loss you are getting on space concerns, not to mention the technology that you are missing that has effectively swept off the Old Stone Age.More info here: The role of microfilm in digital preservation