Internet Faxing: Hosted Solutions for the Paperless Office

Fax technology used to be a powerful and widely-used tool in business and communications because it combines real-time technology with hard-copy delivery. There are still some companies that make use of stand-alone fax machines placed strategically in office premises to handle their faxing requirements manually. Others have deployed centralized, network-accessible fax servers that extend fax machine abilities to the desktop. In spite of its promised easier administration and cheaper faxing, however, most deployments failed to meet their goals because of unexpected, ongoing costs and unpredictable capacity needs.
Other downsides to fax servers include: