Integrating Multifunction Printers with Cloud Fax: Part 1

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World Leader in Digital Faxing Integrate Your MFPs with Cloud Faxing

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World Leader in Digital Faxing

Integrate Your MFPs with Cloud Faxing

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The Speakers

Michael FlavinSenior Product Marketing ManagereFax Corporate®, part of j2 Cloud Services

Brad SpannbauerDirector, Product DevelopmenteFax Corporate®, part of j2 Cloud Services

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Use Cases: How Integrating MFPs with Fax Benefits Businesses

Dispelling Misconceptions About Fax, Email and MFPs

Q&A

Why Faxing is Still Necessary Today

Why the eFax Corporate® MFP Fax Direct Feature Makes Sense

Agenda

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Are you fully maximizing your Multifunction Printers

(MFPs)?

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“Is fax still even necessary?”YES

!Healthcare Legal

Real Estate

Manufacturing

Financial Services

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17 Million

active fax machines in the US.

Sources: Davidson Consulting / CIO / MSN

100 Billion

fax pages sent each year.

72% of US companies still have fax machines.

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17,671,810MFPs sold worldwide in 2014 —just 0.3% dip in sales from 2013

Source:

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Why Fax Still Matters…

Business Needs

Regulatory ComplianceDocument

TrackingMarket Demands

Security Needs

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Yes – faxing is not going away

Retire hardware – fax machines & servers

Eliminate Telco Lines, fax cards Extend the capabilities of MFPs to the

cloud Reduce compliance issues related to

dated premise-based fax hardware

Did you know that you can make faxing way more efficient…and streamline your Fax IT

footprint?

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Enterprise IT Network WithouteFax Corporate

Fax Servers

Fax Machines

MFPs

IT administration, maintenance

and troubleshootin

g

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Enterprise IT Network With …MFPs

IT administration, maintenance

and troubleshootin

g

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Timeout for a Shameless Plug

More than 12 million customers worldwide

Processing millions of fax pages every day

Cloud fax service for half of the Fortune 500

Global, multimillion-dollar cloud-fax infrastructure

The #1 Cloud Fax Solution

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Take it from here…

Brad SpannbauerDirector, Product DevelopmenteFax Corporate® part of j2 Cloud Services

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Save time and resources

Simplify your faxing processes

Extend the capabilities of your MFPs

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“We don’t need fax anymore. We can just scan a doc and email it.”

“It’s easy to fax via T.38 after deploying VoIP or FoIP.”

“Email is more secure than fax.”

“You can’t send a paper fax directly from an MFP.”

Misconceptions

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eFax Corporate MFP Fax Direct: What it is

Cloud fax system that lets you send paper faxes from the MFP glass as email attachments.

Senders receive an email confirming fax delivery.

All fax transmissions and usage logs are also available online, for auditing and easy retrieval anytime.

Lets an organization eliminate costly fax infrastructure.

InternetEmail ServerMulti-Function Device

Transmission Receipt Sent To User’s Email

Law Firm Receives the

Fax

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eFax Corporate MFP Fax Direct:How to get itSTEP 1:

Set up eFax Corporate cloud fax account

STEP 2:Make sure your office MFPs have Internet

Connectivity

THAT’S IT!As soon as you set this up, your staff can start

sending paper faxes right from your MFPs.

STEP 3:Utilize MFP’s email address or assign

external email

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eFax Corporate MFP Fax Direct: Four Levels of

IntegrationLevel 1: Desktop/SOHO

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eFax Corporate MFP Fax Direct: Four Levels of

IntegrationLevel 2: Basic Enterprise

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eFax Corporate MFP Fax Direct: Four Levels of

IntegrationLevel 3: Enterprise with Active Directory / LDAP

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eFax Corporate MFP Fax Direct: Four Levels of

IntegrationLevel 4: Enterprise integration with MFP Fax Direct Feature

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MFP Fax Direct - Key Features

Fax directly from the glass; also annotate and add electronic signature

Maintain complete audit for all faxes, easily accessible online

Complete faxing capability directly from the MFP : Distribution lists, custom cover sheets, return receipts, etc.

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Key Features

Can also send use eFax Corporate to fax from any Internet-connected device and even tools like MS Word and Adobe

Receive delivery confirmation for every fax transmission

Enhance security with eFax Corporate’s secure, encrypted Internet fax protocols using TLS, for example

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Take it back…

Michael FlavinSenior Product Marketing Managerj2 Cloud Services

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Benefits of MFP Fax Direct Feature• Sunset fax machines and servers• Increase efficiency in staff workflows • Increase fax security• Enhance compliance & reporting • Reduce IT headaches of fax infrastructure• Convenience

… AND ENJOY PEACE OF MIND.

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eFax Corporate MFP Direct Fax: Case Study (Healthcare)A major US healthcare organization:Used the eFax Developer™ API for 24/7 secure faxing.

The firm was able to implement a cloud-based solution for their high-volume faxing with: SOC 2 / SSAE 16, Tier III and IV data centers

Eliminated legacy fax infrastructure and maintenance

HIPAA-Compliant Real-time status of electronic fax documents XML API supports Java 1.8 and .NET

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eFax Corporate MFP Direct Fax: Case Study (Law)One of the top 10 law firms in the US:Used eFax Corporate to retired fax machines and fax servers at all locations.

Then used the MFP Fax Direct feature and the firm’s existing MFPs to fax (with signatures) from the glass.

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eFax Corporate MFP Direct Fax: Case Study (Finance)A major financial services firm:Used MFP Direct Fax feature to ensure all client faxes were delivered successfully and quickly.

Also improved their compliance position — as they now had a better audit trail than with their old fax system.

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End the headaches of managing aging or end-of-life fax infrastructure

Stop paying for expensive dedicated fax lines

Bring your fax process into regulatory compliance

Boost the security of your business faxes

Make faxing a lot more easy and convenient for your staff

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Did You Know?

Compliance issues with faxing (unavoidable with fax machines and servers)

Fax servers and encryption Users, mobile devices, “end points” Encryption protocol issues – SSL? TLS?

Protected at rest and in transit?

You can improve compliance by moving to cloud-based faxing with

eFax Corporate?

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Why Select eFax Corporate as Your Secure, Compliant Online Fax Solution

Compliance& Audit

ScalabilityInfrastructure

Redundancy& DR

SecurityProtocols

VolumeRequirements

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Summary: Why eFax Corporate No hardware, software or dedicated fax lines to buy, install, maintain, or

upgrade.

Choose a number from 4,600 cities worldwide

Scalability is a snap, with virtually unlimited capacity and bandwidth-on-demand.

The network is multi-redundant, for enhanced security and reliability.

There are continual technology upgrades and 24/7 system support.From single-user deployments… to multiple users across a

business… to customized application faxing, our solution:

Helps automate client business processes

and workflow.Delivers a strong ROI. Enhances employee

productivity.Improves relationships

with customers and suppliers.

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