Is Fax Over IP Dead?
CHERRY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1998--Is Fax over IP (FoIP) Dead? No,of course not. In fact, its growth has only just begun. Want proof? Look at the fax industry's recent headlines..
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT - news) licenses IP Fax technology and invests in Open Port Technology (Chicago)..
Natural MicroSystems (NASDAQ: NMSS - news) launches its NaturalFax/AG product line for IP Fax..
FaxSav (NASDAQ: FAXX - news) reports annual revenues have grown by 575% since 1993..
LAN & Enterprise fax server pioneer RightFax, subsidiary of Applied Voice Technology (NASDAQ: AVTC - news)
IP Fax enables its entire product line.. Dialogic Corp (NASDAQ: DLGC - news) announces DM/F240 & DM/F300 high density, intelligent fax boards designed for IP Fax service bureaus and next generation telcos..
GTE (NYSE: GTE - news) and ICG Netcom (NASDAQ: ICGX - news) choose NetCentric's (Cambridge) FaxStorm as technology backbone of their IP Fax services..
Brooktrout Technology (NASDAQ: BRKT - news) unable to keep up with IP Fax board demand enters two-tier distribution. Castelle (NASDAQ: CSTL - news) announces new IP inbound fax routing technique and major upgrades..
According to Maury Kauffman, managing partner of The Kauffman Group, an enhanced fax technology and services analyst and consulting firm: ''The fundamental problem stalling the widespread growth and migration of fax traffic from the PSTN to IP is not technological,
it's a sales and marketing issue. ISPs and Next Gen Telcos have not yet learned how to do, what fax service bureaus have been doing for nearly ten years; successfully sell fax services. Until they do learn, only three groups will benefit from the shift to Fax over IP: 1)corporations installing FoIP on their Intranet or VPN, will save money;
2) enhanced fax service bureaus, who already profit and 3) hardware and software companies that sell to both.''
Kauffman concludes. ''However, whether ISPs ever get it or not, make no mistake, fax traffic is migrating to IP and the rewards will be huge.''
Maury Kauffman is author of the Bible of the global fax industry: Internet and Computer Based Faxing, The Complete Guide to Understanding and Building IP and G3 Fax Applications. 460 pages, including 38 chapters, a glossary, and index, the book is a complete reference guide to PSTN and IP fax technology and the fax industry.
It is considered a ''must read'' for anyone needing to understand how fax works or who are the leaders of the fax industry. ISPs, Next Generation Telcos, and anyone wanting to build or sell fax services should begin here.
Internet and Computer Based Faxing is available for $34.95 US. To order, call: 1-800-LIBRARY or outside of the US: 212/691-8215, or fax 408/848-5784, or email telecom@rushorder.com
Kauffman will speak about the migration of fax to IP, the latest developments in the fax industry and other fax related issues at:
Fax Directions '98, Aug 2-4, San Diego (520-751-1896)
Telecom Business '98, Sept 1-3, New York City
RightFax Worldwide Partner Summit, Sept 9-11, Tucson, AZ
Pulver.Com's Voice on the Net (VON) Fall '98, Sept 14-17,
Washington, DC
Computer Telephony Demo Expo '98, Sept 23-25, New York City
Internet World Fall 98, October 5-9, New York City
Maury Kauffman is managing partner of The Kauffman Group
(http://www.KauffmanGroup.com) an enhanced fax technology and services analyst and consulting firm. He is the ''Life In The Fax Lane'' columnist for Computer Telephony magazine and has written for over 30 other publications.
Kauffman is a perennial speaker at technology and communications conferences on three continents. His clients include: AT&T, Brooktrout, Dialogic, IBM, Sprint, US West and more than a dozen of the fax industry's most successful companies.
Maury Kauffman can be reached at: 609-482-8288, fax: 609-482-8940 or
maury@kauffmangroup.com or contact Virginia Simon, PMI at: 610-270-0172
Notes: Editors wanting a review copy of Internet and Computer Based Faxing should contact Christine Kern at Telecom Books: christin@nyoffice.mhs.compuserve.com or:
212-691-8215. All companies listed are trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
The Kauffman Group
Maury Kauffman, 609/482-8288, fax: 609/482-8940
maury@kauffmangroup.com
or
PMI
Virginia Simon, 610/270-0172 |
