Hardware systems.

Many technologies are available to a business looking to create their own digital data. Nevertheless, some things must be well thought-out before buying equipment or software. The deciding factors of what will work best for an organization are dependent on the organization's current software, budget, skill-level of employees, available time, available data, and amount of data in need of digitizing. Because the process of data conversion, collection, and creation is often the costliest component of …showed first 75 words of 1052 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1052 total…are many different versions and manufactures of system components, the basic components are the same. Reference: Aitken, P., (2004) Tips on Scanning, retrieved August 19, 2005 from http://www.pgacon.com/tips_on_scanning.htm Brain, M., (2005) How Hard Disks work, retrieved August 19, 2005 from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm Williams, D., & Wood, S., (2003) Scanning, Digitizing, and Data Input: A Review of Methods and Technologies, retrieved August 18, 2005 from http://charlotte.utdallas.edu/mgis/ClassFiles/gisc6383/techassess_2003/