Network Shredder

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First of all, I cannot take all the credit for this idea. This was discussed by the Porky team in 0B418 back in 1998 (1999? whenever). It is, however, worthy of mention.

The Concept

Years ago, someone (HP perhaps?) realized the potential savings in cost, flexibility, and ease in installing one or more central, network printers rather than putting one on every desk, or having certain machines that you had to bring documents to to print them. It's an invaluable resource that is pretty much found in any office of more than one individual. Heck, most people with more than one computer at home probably network them with this in mind.

So, why not bring more office machinery onto the network to be a shared resource. Like, the Network Shredder. Why have multiple shredders at inconvenient locations? Why have to run around emptying multiple baskets of shreddings or depend upon users to keep track of it? Instead, centralize! Send documents to be shredded from your cubicle on the other side of the building, or across a campus. The possibilities are endless.

  • Have sensitive email you need to dispose of? Send it straight to the Network Shredder!
  • Classified documents you need to properly dispose of? Use Secure Network Shredder with the latest in encryption.

    • Security

    Security is paramount when it comes to shredding. It is absolutely, guaranteed that no-one will be able to reassemble your document from the shredded remains. If they do, well, we'd be amazed and probably feel bad.

    Scalability

    Do you shred thousands of pages a day? No problem. With the compression module, your documents are compressed down to an amazing ratio of whole-boat-loads per single page. You can actually shred multiple documents per page. Simply send more money and we can up this as needed. I defy anyone to argue that this does not scale all the way up to an infinite number of pages! Bandwidth requirements are surprisingly low for a large number of users.