Check out the comments section of our post from last week on decreasing the amount of paper your office uses in order to lower costs and increase efficiency. None other than Bill Brikiatis, of document-imaging software company eCopy and the subject of the post, weighed in.

Brikiatis (who blogs at eCopy's Document Imaging Blog) writes:

"Thanks for picking up on the Forbes article. Small businesses really do have an advantage because they can quickly start using technology that reduces the constraints of paper in the office.

One other way that we see eCopy customers gaining an advantage is using larger computer monitors to help replace the need to print and store paper documents in file cabinets. If you can comfortably view documents on a monitor, there is much less need for paper. As you probably know, the price of larger monitors has dropped dramatically over the last 5 years. If you can digitize documents as soon as they enter the office, you can reduce costs and speed workflows in your business."

We'd add that even if the price of larger monitors hadn't dropped, it's still probably a worthy investment: one big cost now will save lots of smaller costs in the future.