Ancient Egyptian Pharohs had a problem, they had information to share not only with their subjects, but with posterity. They needed a solution. Someone realized that stone seemed to last forever. By painting and carving messages into the walls of stone structures they ensured that future generations, as well as the current generation, would have access to this vital information. This is one of the earliest examples of information capture.

This method however had a huge deficiency - it was not portable. To solve this the Egyptians developed a portable method of capturing information of papyrus scrolls.

Other cultures built on this, developing better paper stocks, inks, paints, books and eventually the photograph and the typewriter. This was the status of information capture at the beginning of the 20th century.

During the the last century the methods of communication and information dissemination exploded. Radio, television, microfilm, microfiche, copiers, and computers were all developed in this century.

The Information Age generates enormous amounts of new information daily from a growing number of sources: paper documents, digital images, digital files, film images, audio, video and picture files. The swift, accurate capture of this tidal wave of information is a task of monumental proportions. For over 25 years, Micrographic Sciences, Inc. has been a leader in the evolution of information capture. Supported by leading technology partners, MSI can capture information from virtually any source. Many of the advanced systems we use, sell and support were considered to be nothing more than distant possibilities not so long ago.

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