GFI Software, an international developer of network security, content security and messaging software, offers its leading fax server solution GFI FAXmaker. Version 14 now integrates with Microsoft Exchange as well as with the Dialogic SR140 FoIP solution, and offers support for 64-bit Microsoft operation systems. GFI FAXmaker is a cost-effective solution which minimizes the need for manual faxing by using the existing email infrastructure to send and receive faxes.

GFI FAXmaker supports FOIP and integrates with IP-enabled PBXs, and Brooktrout’s SR140 technology to send faxes over the Internet.

GFI FAXmaker is a leading fax server in the small to medium sized business market. company makes sending and receiving faxes an efficient, simple and cost effective process. The problems with manual faxing are eliminated including printing out the document, walking to the fax machine, waiting for the fax to go through, and the cost of fax machine supplies and repair.

GFI FAXmaker is easy to install, requires little maintenance and integrates with existing messaging clients and customized solutions. GFI FAXmaker integrates with mail servers, allowing users to send and receive faxes and SMS/text messages using their email clients. The product also can search for and backup all faxes in the same way that emails are stored and retrieved on the network.

GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP makes sending and receiving faxes an efficient, simple and cheaper process – as simple and as beneficial as sending and receiving emails. The easy-to-install and configure fax server solution integrates with Microsoft Exchange thereby allowing employees to receive and send faxes directly from their email client instead of having to manually use a fax machine. This functionality brings with it immediate benefits: less time is spent sending, collecting and distributing faxes, and noticeable cost savings can be had in office resources, improved efficiency and lower risk of misplaced faxes.

The product is compatible with Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, Lotus Domino and MDaemon. GFI FAXmaker integrates with Exchange Server 2000/2003/2007/2010 via a standard Exchange SMTP connector. There are no schema updates to Active Directory. This makes GFI FAXmaker scalable and indifferent to new Exchange service packs and versions. Microsoft Exchange 5.5 is supported simply by creating a routing rule on the Exchange 5.5 SMTP connector. GFI FAXmaker can be installed on the Exchange server or on a separate machine, in which case no software has to be installed on the Exchange server itself. GFI FAXmaker also integrates with Lotus Domino and other popular SMTP servers.

With the optional Brooktrout SR140 host based module or the TE-SYSTEMS’ XCAPI fax card, GFI FAXmaker integrates with your existing IP PBX to offer FOIP without any additional hardware requirements. With FOIP you can eaily send faxes over the Internet, integrating with the existing IP infrastructure. GFI FAXmaker’s FOIP may also be used to implement least cost routing (LCR) resulting in a cost-effective reduction in international call charges.

GFI FAXmaker can automatically route incoming faxes to the user’s mailbox or to a particular printer based on a DID (direct-inward dial), DDI (European version of direct-inward dial), DTMF (dual-tone multi-frequency) number or on the line on which the fax was received. Faxes can also be forwarded to a public folder or assigned to a network printer per installed fax port.