Leading developer of network security, GFI, today released a report on how companies can streamline faxing technology to improve employee productivity. The report examines the costs involved in manual faxing and estimates that the average yearly cost for businesses sending 50 faxes per day is $26,000. The report concludes that GFI's integrated fax solution, GFI FAXmaker, can reduce the annual cost of manually sending 50 faxes per day to $2,600, if they are sent directly from their email client.

A recent Gallup/Pitney Bowes poll of Fortune 500 companies conducted in the US discovered that faxing is still the number one method for sending and receiving official international messages that must be signed for, at an average cost of $15 million per year. Whilst email is still the most common form of business communication, until the digital signature is deemed as a legal entity, many industries are still reliant on faxing.

GFI FAXmaker integrates with any email server and allows employees to send, receive, view, print, and save faxes from any PC or laptop without having to print a copy or visit the fax machine, which improves efficiency and productivity by allowing employees more time to carry out other business tasks.

Jay Bregman, Technology Director at a UK based courier company, eCourier, comments: "With the old single fax machine system, sales people spent at least 20 minutes per day preparing fax cover sheets, travelling to and from the fax machine, and punching in numbers. With GFI FAXmaker, less than five minutes per day is spent on admin, leaving 75% more selling time." The financial impact of this is significant. If the person sending a fax is paid a modest $25,000 per annum, the cost of sending just one fax is $2. If that person sends 25 faxes per day, that equates to $250 every week, or more notably, $13,000 a year.

GFI FAXmaker also offers Fax Over IP (FOIP) functionality enabling employees to send faxes over the Internet whilst easily integrating with the existing IP infrastructure. Faxes are sent out directly from the user's desktop. Integrated network faxing is a very secure method of communicating important or confidential documents. As faxes are received in the user's account, they are not left out in public view and are not prone to being discarded.

David Vella, Product Manager at GFI, comments: "The most common pain point for businesses using fax machines is that they are so slow and outdated. The time it takes to send a fax manually is actually very costly for companies when you consider all the individual steps involved. By using GFI's integrated network fax product, GFI FAXmaker, employees can streamline the faxing process by managing the entire chain of communication from their desktop, therefore avoiding time wasted on paper jams and lost faxes."

For further information, please go to
http://www.gfi.com/whitepapers/network-fax-savings.pdf.

Pricing and availability
GFI FAXmaker is available from distributors around the world or online at the GFI website: http://www.gfi.com. It is highly cost-effective with prices starting at $695 to enable up to 10 computers; a version for up to 100 computers costs $2495. For more information and to download the product, one can visit http://www.gfi.com/faxmaker/.

About GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP
GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP is a Windows-based network fax solution that offers email integrated faxing for Exchange Server and SMTP/POP3 server environments. Besides fax, GFI FAXmaker also offers send-and-receive SMS/text functionality. For Exchange Server users, GFI FAXmaker includes a native fax connector for Microsoft Exchange Server.

For SMTP server users, GFI FAXmaker includes an SMTP fax gateway. Users can send and receive faxes and SMS messaging (texting) directly from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Web access or other email client, making GFI FAXmaker easy to use and learn. GFI FAXmaker includes a multi-line fax server, inbound fax routing, print to fax driver for Windows, support for server-side conversion of office documents, and fax management features. For more info about this product and to download your free trial, please visit http://www.gfi.com/faxmaker.

About GFI
GFI is a leading provider of network security, content security and messaging software. Key products include the GFI FAXmaker fax connector for Exchange and SMTP mail servers; GFI MailSecurity email content/exploit checking and anti-virus software; GFI MailEssentials server-based anti-spam software; GFI MailArchiver an email archiving solution; GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) security scanning and patch management software; GFI Network Server Monitor that automatically sends alerts, and corrects network and server issues; GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor (S.E.L.M.) that performs event log based intrusion detection and network-wide event log management; GFI EndPointSecurity that enables network-wide control of removable media and GFI WebMonitor, HTTP/FTP monitoring and anti-virus software for ISA Server. Clients include Microsoft, Telstra, Time Warner Cable, NASA, DHL, Caterpillar, BMW, the US IRS, and the USAF. GFI has offices in the US, the UK, Germany, Cyprus, Romania, Australia and Malta, and operates through a worldwide network of distributors. GFI is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has won the Microsoft Fusion (GEM) Packaged Application Partner of the Year award. For more information about GFI, visit http://www.gfi.com.

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