Physical Documents Vs. Virtual

Physical documents have been around for a long time where as Virtual documents have only become popular in the last 10 years. Many companies are trying to use paperless billing or use less paper in general. Have you noticed that many companies, maybe including your job, have gone to direct deposit now? The reason is because it is easier and more efficient to make a transaction rather then print out papers. Even though this has become the way our world is deciding to go by, it makes some things very hard to do. When you have a physical document you are able to store and file your records in a safe place. You can do this as well on your computers; but what happens when you get a virus, your computer crashes, or your favorite website for storing information goes down? I think one thing to keep in mind when deciding to keep files virtually is that just as easy as it is to store files remember that it can disappear just as fast.