Persuading tech companies to move to Las Vegas can be a tough sell.

As resorts fight for customers on the Strip in the flashiest ways imaginable, a different sort of competition quietly unfolds on loading docks at the back of the house.

It’s been a while. With tablets and smart phones putting a world of information at our fingertips and bringing the tide of social media to our pockets and purses, people just aren’t putting pen to paper as much these days.