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BSLA
/ TOOLBOX
FROM SHIPPING TUBE
TO
DATA TRANSFER
1883
1952
Messenger:
Bike, Horse,
Trolley, Train
1964
1973
UPS
1980’s
1990’s
FedEx
2000’s
Email
Floppy
Disk
Fax
FTP
Owned
Internet
Transfer
CD’s
DVD’s
Flash/Thumb
Drives
Mail
Did you take the BSLA Member survey in August? Here are the results–
US E
WHAT ?
Ro u t i ne
Sometimes
R a re /
Special
No
Lo n g e r
N eve r S u p p o s i t i o n s
Digital
95%
5%
0
0
0
Almost 100%
Flash
24 %
44%
2 8%
3%
1%
Back up plan?
Fe d Ex / U P S
1 5%
51 %
31%
4%
0%
Also a back up plan?
M es s e nge r
1 2%
26%
26%
9%
28 %
US M ai l
7%
38%
46%
4%
5%
U s e fu l l n e s s ex p i r i n g ?
Fa x
3%
5%
33%
48%
11%
M o re t h a n h a l f d o n’t
Sm all
W H I CH ALL
D I G I TA L FIRM S Firm s
(24 )
Med
Firm s
(25)
Large
Firm s
(11 )
Urban use only?
Multi
US (1 1 )
Global
Firms (8)
Suppositions
Drop b ox
78%
83%
92 %
91%
27 %
75%
All but big US firms!
Emai l
73%
7 9%
84%
82%
55%
38%
For single offices
FTP
60%
29%
56%
91%
82%
88%
For the big guys
W eTra n s fer
2 1%
8%
24%
9%
27 %
63%
Interesting...
G o og l e
16%
8%
12%
18%
1 8%
50%
Surprised?
S e nd I t
16%
13%
1 6%
18%
1 8%
25 %
An also-ran
3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
25%
Used in C hina
QQ
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