One in four European companies reported at least one case of information theft in 2013, up from 18% in 2012*. With the huge volumes of digital data now transmitted or stored electronically across the globe, we have seen a proliferation in cybercrime and industrial espionage.
Although EU laws today are meant to protect businesses, they are only effective to a certain degree. This is because there has never been a “one size fits all” approach to privacy compliance. The differences between each country’s set of regulations, make it hard to answer questions such as the level and extent of protection and what needs to be done when data is stolen, especially if your activity spans overs several countries.
Two million pages are printed every minute across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). That’s the equivalent of chopping down 63 trees per minute* or a volume of paper to cover almost 17.5 football stadium. If the paperless office may still be a myth, the "less-paper" office is a very tangible, measureable and achievable target which is now integrated in most corporate policies.
Here are the top 3 paper usage technologies that firms, large and small, we work with, have implemented.
