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 …

…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/