01.17.07
Growing Popularity of Internet Faxing
Internet faxing is a fast growing industry. In 2006, Internet fax service revenues exceeding $550 million and grew at 26.8% annually. Internet faxing makes senses for many businesses because it eliminates capital and operating expenses associated with the purchase and management of software and hardware often needed with regular fax machines. Additionally, it is seen as a more efficient way in which to send and receive faxes via email and the Internet. Instead of jumping up and down all day to retrieve and send faxes or filing, organizing and scanning them into the sytem, employees can accomplish all conveniently from their desk.
Another nice feature of many internet faxing options is their ability to comply with several privacy regulations that have a significant impact on the communication practices of a business, including faxing. Safeguards provided by many internet faxing services make it easier for a company to comply with regulations such as HIPAA, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act .
Internet fax service providers include MyFax, Efax, Fax2Mail, RapidFax, and BroadFax and may be worth checking out.
Tracy said,
January 18, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Interesting read. Can you tell me where the statistics you used in this story came from? Thanks in advance!
Diana Heeb Bivona said,
January 18, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Tracy,
Thanks for reading our blog. The statistics were taken from a white paper prepared by MyFax, an Internet fax service provided by Protus IP Solutions. The paper is called “Why So Many People Are Making the Move to Internet Fax”. Any other questions, please let me know.