While it would seem that fax technology has already seen its glory days and is fast becoming obsolete, there are still a number of companies that rely on this communication channel to conduct business. Companies are also increasingly moving to all-IP environments, which presents challenges to fax integration.

Aculab is one company developing solutions to overcome these challenges. TMCnet’s Erik Linask had the opportunity to interview Tim Joint, Commercial Manager for Aculab, at ITEXPO (News - Alert) West in October. Aculab recently launched version 2.0 of its software solution to provide fax extensibility for the enterprise. A number of companies still need faxes, but in IP environments, they need a way to get faxes onto the network. Aculab (News - Alert) is making that happen.

As for market penetration, Joint noted that growth is very strong as companies want to move slowly to IP without completely tearing out legacy systems. They want to maximize on their ROI with those systems and it just makes sense to promote a phased approach to change.

The latest product release for Aculab is the AMS server, which is all about an alternative way for companies to adapt to Aculab technologies in an easier and faster way. The AMS server uses high level languages so users don’t have to write applications in difficult platforms.

The AMS servers and the supported languages can help users to reduce development time for applications down to just days. “People want to develop the apps as quickly as they can to get some traction out of them,” said Joint.

Aculab plans to look at new markets to extend the capabilities of AMS server to other areas. The company may consider web-based arena, which is where things are going, according to Joint.

As for what is next for the company, Joint noted they are moving towards more and more software, even though they are a hardware company. This is the area to look out for as that is where Aculab’s business is moving.

For more, check out the video interview below: