Guidebook: Cloud Fax Services ADVANTAGES. of Moving Fax to the Cloud

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Traditional faxing methods leave businesses vulnerable to higher costs, increased errors

and slower document processing times. If you’re looking to simplify your fax operations

with a more modern and efficient solution, this is your guidebook for exploring the

proven benefits of moving faxing to the cloud in an ERP or messaging environment.

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF FAX

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Too often, fax servers come with unpredictable

expenses that are not apparent at first (e.g., cost of maintaining hardware and software, user training, implementation and customization, etc.). Alternatively, fax as a cloud-based service makes all costs crystal clear — what you see on the surface is all you pay for, simplifying your ability to budget fax expenditures.

Clear Cost Comparison

With no on-site hardware to purchase and maintain, cloud fax services can be implemented with virtually no up-front investment. You get the advantages of fixed costs when it comes to the infrastructure, and the flexibility to accommodate your business’s growth and changing needs, creating a low-risk solution, high-reward solution. Now that’s the best of both worlds.

Low Risk, High Reward

The bottom line

According to research based on Esker customer results, businesses can reduce fax delivery costs

by as much as 50% using Esker Cloud Fax Services.

The hard numbers

Esker Cloud Fax Services allows your business to also cut back on operating costs associated with internal fax machines by eliminating the use of

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Esker Cloud Fax Services’ integration capability

enables users to send and receive faxes directly in the ERP application or messaging environment, saving the time it takes to get up and manually send a fax from a fax machine and the resources required to print a fax and retrieve it. If you like the idea of keeping all communications central and electronic, a cloud-fax solution is where it’s at.

Direct from Your Desk

What happens to your fax after you send it? Can you be sure it was sent and received exactly as you intended? Esker Cloud Fax Services takes the worry out of faxing by allowing you to track the status of your faxes, and automatically sending you a notification directly within the ERP when your fax has been received. Never again will business cycles be slowed down by undelivered faxes.

Real-Time Status Notifications

Lots of business happens outside of business hours — you need a solution that can accommodate that. Esker Cloud Fax Services can support your fax communications anytime with 24/7 year-round fax capability. Fax platforms in both Europe and North America back up one another to eliminate the possibility of production interruption and keep your business moving.

Fax on Your Time

Get down to business … faster

According to research based on Esker customer results, businesses leveraging Esker Cloud Fax Services can process their fax orders up to 75%

faster.

Constant monitoring

Esker’s data centers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific are always

Fax your way

Esker Cloud Fax Services lets users customize the look and feel of their fax communications. Users send documents to an Esker facility where they are processed and faxed according to user

specifications.

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Esker is a global leader in document process automation solutions, helping organizations Quit Paper™ and improve how business information is processed and exchanged within Order Processing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, E-Purchasing and more.

Founded in 1985, Esker operates in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific with global headquarters in Lyon, France, and U.S. headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Each Esker on Demand facility that supports Esker Cloud Fax Services is fully equipped to handle your fax jobs, no matter how large. What does that mean for your business? No longer dealing with the hassles and expenses of high-volume fax jobs that internal servers and fax machines can’t handle. Plus, assurance that your fax operations will hold up during peak volumes.

Virtually Unlimited Capacity at Any Volume

Mail in the cloud

When customers prefer to receive their documents via postal mail, Esker offers its cloud-based mail services solution, complete with

least-cost routing to minimize international postage expenses.

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When sending a fax with Esker Cloud Fax Services, data is transferred using SSL, which is the same encryption used for banking transactions. Additionally, Esker server platforms use internal redundancies to keep information safe from possible hardware failure, while data centers and servers are monitored 24/7 and act as backups to ensure business continuity without interruption.

Secure, Private and Dependable

In case of emergency

The Esker on Demand emergency team is available at all times to

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