Fax Over IP

These are tough times and companies have to make tough decisions to compete and prosper during the economic downturn. The challenge, of course, is how to make budget cuts without adversely affecting a company’s ability to build on its successes, stay competitive, and continue to effectively serve customers. The solution to this problem often lies in examining existing resources and finding creative ways to make them go further.

 

One is example is optimizing an enterprise fax server system by pairing integrating installed applications with services and components that will stretch the dollar just a bit further. Likely, this will involve re-examining license and maintenance fees and doing some comparison shopping to find out if a better deal exists.

 

Max Schroeder (News - Alert), senior vice president at FaxCore, told TMCnet that enterprises currently examining their budget for fax over IP are discovering that switching to the FaxCore (News - Alert) solution results in net savings when license costs for various features are taken into consideration.

 

Because today’s market is so competitive, it makes good business sense to leverage communications components that an enterprise has already paid for to maintain an efficient and affordable FoIP solution. FaxCore’s solution is ideally suited to this type of optimization because so many essential features come standard with it rather than costing extra. Also, the features offered by FaxCore make it easy to integrate with an enterprise’s existing systems.

 

For example: FaxCore comes with a built-in, easy-to-use Web Services/SOA software development kit for customization. And, since the platform is built on a Microsoft .NET (News - Alert) Framework, it’s easy to integrate. It also includes SQL reporting tools, Web user interface, and inbound PDF formatting Standard.

 

Other features that come standard with FaxCore, with no additional license fees associated with them, include SharePoint integration, Exchange integration, and Active Directory support. Further, the solution comes standard with two ports, rather than just one.

 

All of this adds up to a value proposition that is very appealing to any company that considers enterprise fax a critical application and is resolute in providing automated faxing to its employees without breaking the bank.

 

The business justification for switching to a different fax solution — opting for a “trade-in,” as it were — boils down to saving money in the long term (and perhaps even in the short-run). Selling such a trade-in requires different strategies, depending on the specific customer requirements.

 

For IT professionals, the advantages of switching to a FaxCore FoIP solution (which offers more core functionality without added license fees) are mostly features-based: Web browser UI, Microsoft (News - Alert) Active Directory support, compatibility with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes, architecture designed for Dialogic Brooktrout fax boards and drivers, SQL and .NET foundation, and a Web Service/SOA SDK.  

 

For business owners and managers, switching to a different fax solution (Brooktrout (News - Alert) FoIP or boards) will place less emphasis on features and more emphasis on reducing overhead. Since FaxCore has so many essential features included at no extra cost, the annual support and maintenance costs are also much lower than competing products. Therefore, the customer can realize a great return on investment (ROI) based solely on annual maintenance fees, plus get a true 21^st Century fax server in the bargain.