Fax Industry gossip, commentary, etc.

March 7, 2012

Here are some latest observations and perspectives brought to my attention, comments welcome – MM

Open Text RightFax:

The folks at RightFax have a lot of newness to talk about; especially with respect to branch offices, appliance fax, secure email, hosted fax, cloud-based support, online access, and even a cool integration with the Cortado Communications Server for mobile users. You would come to expect nothing less from them as the dominant player in this space.  Version 10 is solid and I now ask, “What’s next?”

etherFAX:
EtherFAX has come on to the stage with offerings that put the entire telephony infrastructure in the “cloud” – really cool stuff and it represents an alternative to FoIP and an alternative to supporting a telephony infrastructure internally.  A good company to watch and I’m sure we will hear more about them.

Biscom:
While we’re on the topic of “diss-ing” FoIP:  A short time ago, Biscom introduced “Biscom IP FAX”, which they say stands for “High Definition-Internet Protocol Fax” (HD IPFAX).  This is a proprietary technology they’ve developed that circumvents the need for a traditional PSTN or FoIP connection.  Companies that require high definition, color imagery transfers can use IPFAX to transport at very high speeds via their encrypted internet connection.  A great application for medical imaging, graphic arts, retail stores, and many other industries that require high resolution color image or color fax delivery.

Question: Is color fax an underserved market??  (Comments welcome)

New Blog Links Added...

On the right hand side of the blog page, towards the bottom: I've added other Fax blog links and latest info.  If you'd like to link up your Fax blog, please contact me at Mark@MarkDMalone.com.  Thank you !

Fax Vendor RSS News Feeds added to this blog

I've added RSS feeds at the bottom of the page for various Fax Server vendors. I will find a better home for them soon. Thank you./

Electronic Signatures: A Death Knell for FAX ??

The other day I signed a very important document without using a pen and it was done 100% online and you know what?  It made me think of fax. 

Okay, so I need to get a life. 

But the truth is that I conducted an electronic business transaction that required my signature on a document and go figure - I didn’t have to print it, sign it and fax it back. The sender used a third-party software product that gave me the option to “sign” the document online. It even gave me a choice that allowed me to draw my signature using the mouse on my computer.  If I didn’t choose that option, it filled in my signature for me using a special cursive-like font.  I didn’t like this because it didn’t look like my signature. So I chose to draw it using a mouse – not an easy thing to do, but at least I can say I “signed” it myself.  

Pretty cool indeed, but what made me think of fax?