"Retention period is the period of time within which documents subject to retention must be archived in an orderly manner." That's what Wikipedia says. What are documents subject to retention requirements in the first place and how long must they be archived? In this article, we answer the most important questions about the statutory retention periods for business documents.
Analogue archiving media such as microfilm and paper have long been a thing of the past. Even the image format TIFF, the first digital format, was replaced in the 1990s by a more efficient one, namely the Portable Document Format (PDF) published by Adobe Systems. Based on this, the archive format standard PDF/A was developed, which still plays a decisive role today for long-term archiving as required by law.
Moving images are part of every marketing mix these days. People love videos. Since we also like to be inspired by video, we commissioned a film shoot for our favorite product, webPDF. Our goal was to show customers in an entertaining format why webPDF is a central PDF solution for (almost) every company. Many already know this, but not all. With the heroic rescue of our developer, that should change soon. But first, let’s start from the beginning.