While faxing may be viewed as legacy technology, it’s far from that. Faxing has moved on along with the rest of the world to become a fast, efficient method of communication. In many countries, it is still the only method of electronic communication that is legally binding and it is the only way of sending compliant documents…
GFI MailEssentials® Online Solves the Postini™ Problem
Google sounded the death knell of Postini when it
started releasing similar features natively within Google Apps. Now Google has announced the end of Postini. This has presented a very real problem for 26 million Postini users – who can either pay more in the long run and use Google Apps, or move to another service to get what they need and avoiding paying for what they don’t.
While cloud-based email protection has brought many advantages to business, migrating from one provider to another can pose challenges. The Google product forums about the difference in services offered by Google may well be cause for concern for current customers.
Fax 3.0: This is Not Your Father’s Facsimile Machine
Some of my younger friends may not have ever
encountered an old-fashioned fax machine, but I remember them well. There was a time when it seemed nothing short of a miracle to feed a document into it and have someone hundreds of miles away instantly receive it – or at least, a reasonable facsimile of it. It was almost as if the Star Trek transporter had come to life.
Yes, we were easily impressed in the olden days. Now many of us don’t even have traditional telephone lines, much less fax machines hooked up to them. The world has moved on, and the Internet is the method of choice for all types of communications. The post office is dying, landlines are disappearing and the once ever-present fax machine is found in fewer and fewer homes and offices.