Fax2020 Market Analysis and Strategic Report 2018

Now Available

Fax2020 Market Analysis 

and Strategic Report 2018

Go to: www.Fax2020.com

ALBANY, N.Y. - Nov. 7, 2018 - PRLog -- Technology consulting company Fax2020 LLC announces the release of the insightful Fax2020 Market Analysis & Strategic Report, which details the future of fax, fax market outlook, and vendor standings in today's and tomorrow's fax marketplace.

More than forty (40) fax system vendors are profiled by prominent Industry Analyst Mark D Malone, including Computer-based, Cloud-based, Online, and Fax Technology vendors. Both primary and secondary research methods were employed. First-hand interviews and surveys from fax vendors, resellers, and customers make up more than 60% of the vendors profiled.

Profiled vendors include: Aculab, Alhambra , Avantune, babyTEL, Biscom, Commetrex, Concord Technologies, Copia International, Dialogic, , Ditium Technologies, Documo, Esker, etherFAX, FaxBack, Faxcore, FaxSIPIt, Fenestrae, GFI Software, Imagicle, iXware, J2 Global, Mainpine, OceanX Technology, retarus, T38FAX, Upland Software, XMedius Solutions, and Many More.

Fax2020 Market Analysis & Strategic Report

 Availability and Pricing Announced!

Visit Fax2020.com to learn more

September 25, 2018 Albany New York – Fax2020 announces the upcoming availability of the Fax2020 Market Analysis & Strategic Report. Authored by Fax Industry Analyst Mark D Malone, the report is the first-ever comprehensive analysis of the network-based and cloud-based fax markets.

According to Malone, “The secure faxing industry is adapting to market forces on many fronts. Cloud computing, privacy regulations, cyber threats, and disruptive technologies are some of them.” The report profiles 41 fax system vendors who offer Server, Hosted, Enterprise Cloud, Online, and Technology solutions.

Information about the report, including pricing, can be found at Fax2020.com

"Hack" Fax now available?

Ethical Hacking is Attacking Faxing?

Cyber security experts from Check Point exposed what some believe to be an Achilles heel for the secure T.30 fax protocol.  Hyperbole is popping up on the internet quickly.  The news was recently disclosed publicly August 12 at "DEFCON 26,” a hacking conference.  This comes after HP reportedly offered ethical hackers $10,000 if they could find any issues with their devices. 

In layman's terms, the research concluded that vulnerabilities exist with color fax files - they don't "look" like a standard fax TIF and their payload is accepted, unchecked. When the payload is "opened," the MFP passes through malware that was embedded in the fax file, and the network becomes exposed.

Several fax vendors have been quick to post their own statements about this over the last few days.   It is important to note that some vendors are asserting the fax protocol itself is not to blame and remains secure; that the HP devices are responsible for the vulnerability. This is contrary to what Check Point suggested in their presentation.

The Check Point analysts claim that their research and "hack" were tested solely on HP Office Jet All-in-One devices. However, they say the impacts of this, if confirmed and validated further, could be far reaching. "We strongly believe that similar vulnerabilities apply to other fax vendors too as this research concerns the fax communication protocols in general."

Check it out for yourself, here: https://research.checkpoint.com/sending-fax-back-to-the-dark-ages/

And HP's original invite:

http://fortune.com/2018/07/31/hp-is-paying-researchers-10000-hack-its-printers/

Find out more about the impact MFPs have in the future of fax in the upcoming Fax2020 Market Report.  www.Fax2020.com

White Paper: Healthcare and Secure Document Delivery - The Future of Fax

By Mark D Malone

May 10, 2018 -  A white paper profiling retarus, Inc. and their answers to healthcare compliance.

"Healthcare and Secure Document Delivery: The Future of Fax"


The Retarus Press Release

Is a Fax here, or is it there?

Who's got the “fax hot potato”?

There's a point at which a fax is neither here, nor there.

Simply by nature of it being a fax means it’s being delivered and for a tiny fraction of time, it’s momentarily in the ethereal space somewhere at a point after it was sent -- and before it was received. 

At the surface it may seem trivial, but the definition of "here" versus "there" matters greatly since HIPAA has a delivery standard for vendors about sending Patient Health Information (PHI) electronically - cloud based fax (CBF) vendors included. 

Plainly, and in terms of fax delivery, the definition gives the distinction of transient versus persistent data storage. Transient cloud fax delivery providers can be exempt from becoming a HIPAA Business Associate (BA), while those that temporarily store the fax, must. The devil is in the details and fax vendors must declare which it is - a transient conduit or a delivery method where PHI faxes are stored - even if for fractions of time. 

If they get it wrong significant financial penalties are at risk for wrongful classifications.

Are all cloud fax providers conduits or much more? Which need to sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and which do not?

Take fresh look at the “The HIPAA Conduit Exception Rule and Transmission of PHI" in an article from the HIPAA Journal online - and decide for yourself. -mm

babyTEL's Highlights T.38 Advantages for Healthcare

This past summer, babyTEL's Steve Dorsey was a guest columnist for the Health IT Outcomes online newsletter. The topic no doubt was T.38 and real-time fax.

babyTEL and other T.38 providers do not need to be a HIPAA Businesses Associate, because of the HIPAA Conduit Exemption. Check out what Steve and babyTEL has to say about the future of fax.

"It's 3 Ways T.38 Real-Time Fax is HIPAA Compliant".