It sits there in the corner. Its presence is feared, but no one is quite sure just how to get rid of it. It takes up space and scares anyone brave enough to get close to it.
It's not a monster or a zombie – it's the office fax machine.
Nobody likes fax machines. They're old, dated pieces of hardware that seem garish when compared to sleek, modern devices. They can't be taken anywhere in same sense that the smartphone can, and yet their use is still constantly required among many industries for a variety of reasons. Fax machines are the living dead of the workplace in this way.
But even if the machine itself is something to fear, the logic behind it still something to embrace. A number of different professionals are required to send faxes every day because they are more secure to transmit when compared to email. Email hacking is a far scarier thing that having to use an actual fax machine. Thankfully, there is technology that removes the possibility of both these events. According to TIME contributor Kat Ascharya, faxing is a surprisingly adaptable concept.
"[S]ince its heyday, fax machines have evolved to add the latest technology and stay relevant," Ascharya wrote. "Digital lines sped up data rates. … Now, software converts and sends documents to the farthest ends of the world."
The software that Ascharya is referring to is closely associated with the cloud. Cloud-based faxing is becoming a modern essential for those organizations in need of fax but are unable or unwilling to deal with the mammoth machines taking up space in their offices.
Don't deal with undead hardware
Some people feel as though they'll never escape the fax machine. Like the zombies of horror movies, they will keep slowly lumbering toward enterprise professionals who try to blindly flee. Just like the hero at the end of the story, someone has to take a stand against the fax machine. The ultimate weapon? Cloud capabilities. It is in every company's best interest to arm themselves with channels that are secure and convenient, and cloud-based faxing fits that bill entirely. This will end up increasing your chance for survival on the business landscape.
Enhance enterprise communication, collaboration and compliance efforts with a proven FoIP solution from FaxCore. Contact FaxCore today to learn more about their 'Partly-Cloudy' fax solutions.
