Do you have trouble keeping track of all the business cards you collect during the course of a year? Everywhere you go, someone is handing you a card! You end up filing the majority of them away for future reference, but some contain valuable contact data that you need to keep right at your fingertips. Do you have a portable scanner? If not, you should!

Portable scanners are the next best thing to sliced bread for the beleaguered business person. Using Optical Character Recognition technology, business scanners collect and process data from business cards into your laptop and your network contacts organizer via USB cable-no external power source needed. How quick and easy is that? Portable scanners are small enough to carry in your briefcase to meetings, seminars, workshops and trade shows, eliminating the mess that an accumulation of business cards creates. And, if your office PC is part of a wider company network, the data captured by your portable scanner can be shared with everyone else on your team and shared among the different team members, eliminating the need for multiple scanners. Your boss will love that!

Portable scanners capture data from more than just business cards. They can scan checks, drivers licenses, passports, medical insurance cards and other types of personal identification cards if your company requires such information from its clients. What's more, these scanners can use this data to generate address labels and reduce the time needed to produce mass mailings. Besides streamlining your networking and marketing efforts, your portable scanner makes a big contribution towards a paperless office environment. Your accounting department will especially appreciate access to your scanned business expense receipts. No more little slips of paper to track. So, think green! If you don't have one yet, a portable scanner would be a fabulous addition to your office.