| There's a little surprise waiting for you when you | | | | -- no fax machine tie-ups or busy signals. |
| switch your office to a VOIP (voice over internet | | | | -- no phone line expenses, toner, ink jet or paper costs. |
| protocol) network. Chances are your fax machine | | | | -- no hardware or software to buy |
| won't work. While VOIP might work fine with voice, it | | | | -- much greater security since faxes are sent directly |
| still has its problems with fax. | | | | to the inbox of the recipient |
| Large and small businesses are attempting to cut | | | | -- automatic digitization of incoming documents that |
| costs by switching their analog phone lines to the | | | | can be stored, printed or forwarded. |
| newer broadband digital connections the Internet offers | | | | -- ability to edit and sign documents and send faxes |
| through their cable companies. However, there is one | | | | from your computer. |
| casualty that will be sacrificed in this technological | | | | -- ability to retrieve faxes anywhere you can receive |
| transformation -- your old fax machine, which will be | | | | email. |
| rendered useless. While there are some exceptions | | | | -- ability to print out faxes on the road, or remotely. |
| and few success stories, the problem is that you can't | | | | -- detailed reporting and disaster recovery so faxes |
| mix analog with digital, and fax machines are analog. | | | | are never lost. |
| Even with some recommended fixes like G.711 u-law | | | | -- online account administration and compliance. |
| or A-law codec (sorry for the tech terms) things are | | | | Computer faxing is gaining in popularity and is proving |
| probably not going to work. | | | | to be popular with law firms which sometimes deal |
| So what are businesses doing to get around this | | | | with lengthy and unwieldy faxes, financial and |
| problem? There's an easy answer and it's called | | | | insurance services, health care and pharmaceutical |
| "computer faxing" or pc fax, or fax to email. It's an | | | | industry, transportation, travel and hospitality, |
| inexpensive service you can get that automatically | | | | association and non profits and the government and |
| converts incoming faxes into a PDF file which is sent | | | | military for all sorts of applications. |
| to you email as an attachment. It's fast, convenient, and | | | | Using a computer fax service will allow you to use the |
| less expensive than buying and maintain fax hardware, | | | | Internet to send and receive faxes and secure |
| fax servers and paper. | | | | important documents, such as contracts, statements |
| Fortunately computer fax is a proven technology and | | | | and confirmations. So whether you're on the road, or in |
| millions of offices have already converted to the new | | | | the office, this is the perfect solution to manage and |
| computer fax world, even before they converted to a | | | | secure the delivery of document and messages. |
| VOIP network for their voice usage. In past four years, | | | | The combination of the best of the fax and email |
| a substantial number of large and small businesses | | | | world is the next logical step you can make to provide |
| have adopted computer faxing as the preferred | | | | yourself with the most advanced and economical |
| method of receiving and sending faxes. The | | | | document management system, without the need for |
| advantages and benefits are numerous, and include: | | | | additional hardware of software. |
