Want an affordable technology that gets documents and images from Point A to Point B more reliably than a private courier? Then get the facts straight: Facsimile, or fax, technology is not dead. Enterprises still use faxes to extend offers, advertise and promote products, and seal deals. . . .
Want an affordable technology that gets documents and images from Point A to Point B more reliably than a private courier? Then get the facts straight: Facsimile, or fax, technology is not dead. Enterprises still use faxes to extend offers, advertise and promote products, and seal deals. In addition, many courts accept faxes to file motions, and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) considers point-to-point fax secure enough to exempt it from privacy and security controls.

Fax usage continues to grow at incremental rates, even in lean times. Shipments of hard-copy output devices, such as fax machines, printers, copiers and multifunction printers, increased 3.5 percent in 2003 while overall end-user spending decreased by 11.5 percent, according to Gartner. Why? Fax technology is an affordable, mature solution that gets the job done.

However, if you want multiple people in your enterprise to send and receive faxes at the click of a mouse, you need more than a fax machine. You need a fax server. Fax servers have three basic parts: a PC running an operating system, fax server application software and an intelligent fax board, such as Brooktrout's TR1034 or TR114 or Intel's Dialogic/GammaFax.

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