The Paperless Office: Is It Still a Myth?

The paperless office is an idea that has been lingering around the workplace for a couple of decades now.  The irony was that the more that technology advanced, the farther away we seem to be from achieving the paperless office.  However, we have made significant progress with the following developments: increased usage of email over snail mail, cloud storage of documents and other media, tablet and smartphone advances and the ubiquity of the internet.  However, it hasn't been enough.

The biggest hurdles in the way of achieving the paperless office are overcoming challenges pertaining to authorization and legality.  Often these challenges go hand in hand as they do with something like a will.  A will is something that is only legally recognized in paper form and only valid with the 1st party's signature authorizing the document.  There is no electronic equivalent for some documents and until these problems are overcome, the paperless office will remain a myth.