While executing business operations organizations generate and use documents. Management systems for handling these documents depend on specific demands of every organization and the way the organization communicate with other business partners. Under specific demands we may consider availability of documents in their original or other appearances, time needed for the document retrieval, document handling costs and other criteria that affect document management systems. With the aim of lowering costs of document handling, organizations are implementing various document management systems, especially when documents are considered as working assets. Contemporary information and communication technologies enable “paperless” work, by implementing digital archiving systems that store documents temporarily or permanently. 

Before implementing such digital archiving systems, it is necessary to develop the most suitable concept which consists of available technical and technological solutions that could meet the specific demands of organizational needs for managing documents. This paper will show some suitable concepts for digital archives, define criteria for the selection of suitable technology for digital documents storage systems and evaluate the suitability of concepts considering the criteria for various organizational demands.