The paperless office used to be common of those high concepts everybody talked about.

The paperless office used to be common of those high concepts everybody talked about, half in geeky boastfulness, half in fun always in reference to a somewhat distant tomorrow. A separated and ambitious idea, it was right up there with robot butler (think of umbrageous Allen's "Sleeper,") Big Brother biometrics, and a Star Wars missile defense theory

At the time, a dramatic leap into productivity appeared good news for banks in such a manner dependent on deposit slips, large client files, and paper checks to earn work done. It still does.

Steve Onufrey now a financial services solution executive at IBM, titters ...