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I would add: 11. Your whole organization won't likely ever be brought on its knees by a virus or ransomware attached to a piece of paper or fax. 12. Even if y

by jaclaz 9y ago

I would add: 11. Your whole organization won't likely ever be brought on its knees by a virus or ransomware attached to a piece of paper or fax. 12. Even if your device batteries are low, or you are in a blackout, the piece of paper can still be read [1] [1] This is specific to plane tickets/boarding passes, I have been mocked for printing them by the same people that had it on their smartphone (and I already saw it happen twice that the battery/device died at the time of boarding/passing checks)

y4mi 9y ago
11: if your company doesnt have cold storage backups at that point, its just begging to get their day ruined. 12. this doesn't get solved with paper copies because the workers still won't know what needs to be done because at least half of the documents will be digital. They will at most be able to organize their paper copies, which is something which wouldn't be necessary if they'd gone digital-only. your plane ticket/boarding pass mention is also flawed. You will eventually get into trouble if you have a single point of failure. It doesn't matter if its a paper or a phone on which the data is stored. A paper can get damaged or lost just as well as a phone's battery can die at an inopportune time. Thankfully, you're not limited to a single copy nowadays. Its easy to a. print the ticket for security and b. use the app for check-in
- jaclaz 9y ago
  I never said that the company/organization can't stand up again (after restore, i.e. after several hours of frantic works by the IT guys), only that it can be brought on its knees. And as well, the same people who lose the paper ticket (or have it stolen) may well have lost their smartphone (or I would say with some more probabilities, have it stolen). But I appreciate the single point of failure note.
tonyedgecombe 9y ago
I wonder if the flu virus could get carried on a piece of paper.

by jaclaz 9y ago

y4mi 9y ago

11: if your company doesnt have cold storage backups at that point, its just begging to get their day ruined. 12. this doesn't get solved with paper copies because the workers still won't know what needs to be done because at least half of the documents will be digital. They will at most be able to organize their paper copies, which is something which wouldn't be necessary if they'd gone digital-only. your plane ticket/boarding pass mention is also flawed. You will eventually get into trouble if you have a single point of failure. It doesn't matter if its a paper or a phone on which the data is stored. A paper can get damaged or lost just as well as a phone's battery can die at an inopportune time. Thankfully, you're not limited to a single copy nowadays. Its easy to a. print the ticket for security and b. use the app for check-in

jaclaz 9y ago
I never said that the company/organization can't stand up again (after restore, i.e. after several hours of frantic works by the IT guys), only that it can be brought on its knees. And as well, the same people who lose the paper ticket (or have it stolen) may well have lost their smartphone (or I would say with some more probabilities, have it stolen). But I appreciate the single point of failure note.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago

I wonder if the flu virus could get carried on a piece of paper.