| Another option for having a faxing software solution | | | | advantage of all the toys digital phone and VOIP-like |
| is to have it hosted by a 3rd party. | | | | systems provide, faxes can be split and sent to |
| This is, in our experience and opinion, the best of | | | | virtual numbers, which are then converted in PDFs |
| both worlds. | | | | and then mailed or stored, depending on your needs. |
| Combining the telecoms infrastructure of a medium / | | | | Neither traditional fax machines or fax software can |
| large communications company with the power of | | | | match that. |
| well developed and feature rich software has now | | | | There are a couple of downsides, namely that if you |
| become the backbone of a decent hosted faxing | | | | have complex fax routing needs, it can be a bit tricky |
| software service. When you add the basic scanning | | | | to set up. That said, it isn't that much more difficult |
| and printing that your office should be capable of, | | | | than setting up a few individual fax machines. |
| and lets face it, basic scanning and printing nowadays | | | | Another potential problem, depending on your line of |
| is pretty advanced, a hosted solution becomes a | | | | business, could be the data security requirements. |
| ridiculously powerful system. | | | | Whilst the best vendors have comprehensive |
| Depending on the provider, you can save substantial | | | | security and encryption arrangements, your country |
| amounts of time, which is, again in our opinion, even | | | | may have laws on what you can and cannot do if |
| more important than the money that can be saved. | | | | another company is going to host your faxing |
| You can always generate money, but you cannot | | | | software, so it may be worth checking out the rules |
| generate time. | | | | for your region. |
| Using a hosted system, which usually now takes | | | | |