| Fax to email, also known as Internet fax, isn't a | | | | machine. |
| new technology. The services have been around | | | | Fax to email services can be operated from any |
| for almost a decade, although several recent | | | | computer with an Internet connection. This might |
| innovations have made them much more | | | | include a computer in a hotel room, an employee's |
| accessible and useful. Small businesses can see a | | | | home, or laptop with wireless Internet access. |
| particularly strong set of benefits from fax to | | | | The services provide a tremendous amount of |
| email, as the features and flexibility of these | | | | mobility and flexibility, and improve work flow in a |
| services seem perfectly suited to the needs of a | | | | similar manner as other popular new technologies |
| small business. | | | | like cloud computing. Small businesses are able to |
| One such benefit is the easy retrieval of faxes, | | | | take advantage of an Internet fax service's |
| which fax to email services provide by allowing | | | | features very quickly, and can often give their |
| their users to read faxes on a computer like a | | | | clients the impression of a much larger business |
| standard email. Faxes can be sent and received | | | | through superior organization and mobility. |
| instantly, and there are few, if any, limitations on | | | | All of this improved flexibility and efficiency comes |
| the number of faxes that can be handled | | | | with reduced costs. Fax to email services do not |
| simultaneously. This is in stark contrast with | | | | require any maintenance from a small company's |
| traditional fax machines, which can usually only | | | | standpoint. There's also no installation; the services |
| handle a single fax at a time before presenting an | | | | work through a standard Internet connection. |
| annoying busy signal. Small companies can't afford | | | | Faxes are sent and received as common |
| to lose business due to missed faxes, and the | | | | documents (such as Word documents and PDFs), |
| ease of use of a modern Internet fax service | | | | so it won't cost a small business time or money |
| greatly cuts down on overhead while improving | | | | to train new employees on how to use an |
| efficiency. More data can be handled, and this | | | | Internet fax service. This again contrasts with |
| translates directly to higher profits. | | | | traditional fax machines, which require heavy |
| Another key improvement of modern fax to | | | | investment even for simple operation. |
| email services is their mobility. In order to send | | | | In general, a small business needs to consider |
| and receive faxes with a standard fax machine, a | | | | major technology changes carefully, and it's |
| user must be physically standing in front of the | | | | important to look at the potential benefits and |
| machine. This can create some issues, as small | | | | costs of a service like fax to email. Fortunately, |
| businesses which send employees to different | | | | the service's benefits are extraordinary, and costs |
| cities or which require occasional work from home | | | | are very limited by the easy installation of the |
| may quickly feel the limitations of a traditional fax | | | | technology. |