IBM has announced a new offerings to help clients address the costs, risks and efficiency challenges associated with using and storing paper. IBM is helping clients assess their rates of paper consumption and evaluate the benefits of eliminating the paper burden within their organizations.

IBM says typical office worker uses about 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year - enough to cover a three- by six-foot desk more than 360 times.

"Today, most documents are created digitally in business operations, but many clients revert to printing and filing paper copies costing them time and money," said Ken Bisconti, vice president, products and strategy, Enterprise Content Management, IBM.

"Our new offerings help clients work smarter -- and greener -- while enabling them to do their jobs more efficiently as the focus is shifted to more effectively managing, digitally storing, classifying and retrieving large volumes of information."