Faxing From The Cloud - Ferrari electronic

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6 Fax server hosting
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The solution described here assumes that the fax server is operated by the organization
which outsources its mailboxes as BPOS users. The advantage of this is that the fax
numbers, which are known to business partners, printed on letterheads, and published on
the Internet, can be retained.
Another possibility is for the fax server to be operated by a host for several clients.
OfficeMaster offers a number of scenarios for this:
• The host operates a fax server with a large number of ISDN lines (S2M, primary
rate interface). If this connection should allow individual clients to receive faxes,
then they are given new fax numbers, e.g. as '0180' service numbers in Germany.
• The host operates a fax server which communicates via VPN with decentralized fax
controllers operating in the client's PBX system. With 'OfficeMaster Gate', Ferrari
electronic has the ideal hardware product for this situation. The telephone numbers
for fax reception can be retained and the connection charges are borne by the
client.
It is also possible to combine these two scenarios. Please observe that the fax server itself
is not designed to support multitenancy, although structures of this type can be organized.
With a smaller number of clients, one option would be to run a separate fax-server
instance for each client.
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An advantage of this solution which integrates fax into BPOS scenarios is that it is
available now as a standard product. The main disadvantage is that user management is
not handled with Active Directory. However, this issue will be solved by future
developments relying on the new BPOS interfaces which are currently in planning.
Author: Dr. Hartmut Fetzer Copyright © 2009 Ferrari electronic AG