Success is partially defined by mobility in the present day. With so many workers possessing their own smartphones and tablets, the need to conduct business remotely has never been more important. Yet, many modern employees feel as though their workplaces are slaves to outdated policies and procedures – they see an entire new world of tech evolving around them and no way to legitimately access it from where they are standing.
One communications platform that has had significant difficulty in the age of mobility is the fax machine. Fax machines are still vital – they are secure connections that continue to be required by mandate in many industries. But they are generally bound to aging hardware that cannot be taken on the go. This has led to a rise in use of email for business needs. Email can be easily accessed from a variety of endpoints – too easily, depending on who you talk to. The relatively weak encryption that protects a majority of email services is considered a risk on many fronts, and yet people still continue to use it to send sensitive documents across the Web.
With all of this in mind, wouldn't it be great if there was a way to take the fax machine with you? Thanks to the cloud, there is. The cloud has been responsible for many modern enterprise advancements, one of the most significant being cloud-based fax. By taking fax technology and placing it in a software-defined environment, employees can have convenient access to a secure channel from wherever they can get Internet access. This allows for productivity to occur remotely without concern over potential breaches.
Mobility is not an option
There are a lot of businesses out there that are still dragging their feet in that face of the future. Some still view resources like the cloud as gimmicks or trends that are likely to go away soon. This could not be further from the truth – namely for enterprises.
"To state the obvious, business success today is dependent on an organization's ability to empower its mobile workforce," wrote Help Net Security contributor Udo Waibel. "Corporate resources – including applications, data and services – must be securely and reliably accessible by every device employed to perform business tasks, whether it is owned by the business or by an employee."
This is something that needs to be kept in mind when addressing fax machines. Channels like voice have been successfully equipped with cloud capabilities to expand the power of employees, but the fax machine has gone inappropriately under-considered. Given how vital this platform is, it is time for things to change.
Cloud-based fax a new essential
Faxing and email are not the same thing. As more workers find success in their mobile endeavors, they will be prone to using channels that facilitate productivity with ease. Email has been serving as a poor stand-in for faxing, and it is time to bring the technology into the 21st century through the cloud.
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