What You Get
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Flexibility
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Lower Risk - easy to move service to in-house, tough to move the other way
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Adaptability - not constrained by prior HW/SW decisions
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Use of experienced professionals
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Full cost per image stored
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Pay for only what you use or process
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What You Avoid
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Capital Outlay - long financial commitment
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Being tied to a point of Technology
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No additional staff - no need to acquire special skills for non-critical business activities (scanning, data entry, etc.)
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Hidden Costs - supplies, SW license, HW, cables, programming, maintenace
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Capacity constraints - no cost for additional storage
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Being tied to a proprietary system/vendor
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Need for back-up recovery plan "What happens when it breaks?"
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