While new tech gadgets are introduced each day, some companies still rely on traditional office devices like fax machines to get the job done. There are millions of fax machines still in use by some accounts, according to TMCnet contributor Randy Simmons. Organizations that require document security, such as law firms, insurers and healthcare providers, still use fax machines because they are reliable and create legally-binding records.
Many companies still embrace traditional fax machines, but a growing number are starting to realize the benefits of the modern equivalent: fax-over-IP. A recent report by Davidson Consulting projected an annual growth rate of 26 percent for FoIP technology over the next five years and expects companies to be driven by enhancements in FoIP services to invest in overall office VoIP initiatives.
Fax-over-IP utilizes the Internet to send messages and moves servers to the cloud to store transmitted documents. The transition to the cloud makes the technology much more cost-effective than traditional faxing, but companies are also realizing improvements in centralization and enhanced communication with FoIP.
FoIP offers benefits for remote workers
Remote working has increased almost 80 percent between 2005 and 2012, according to the American Community Survey, and 3.2 million workers now telecommute. The cloud and Internet services have made it dramatically easier to work remotely and still be connected to the things and people necessary to conduct business. As more workers move away from the physical office, collaboration will begin to happen more frequently in the cloud, creating a need for a reliable, cloud-based technology enterprises can rely on. FoIP service providers like FaxCore make it possible for faxes to be sent and received from a mobile phone, files to be securely transferred, and access stored messages in the cloud from any Internet-connected device.
One of the most important benefits of FoIP is the security it offers. When messages are sent with a fax-over-IP service, the contents are saved on an organization's dedicated server and encrypted. Documents can be stored on the server for as long as desired, creating a secure, searchable database of records. Only authorized users who have the decryption key are able to read the messages sent over FoIP, making it the most secure form of business communication available today.
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