building the business case for cloud fax
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Live Webinar: Simplification and Security: The Business Case for Cloud Fax Your business needs fax. But what’s the best way to do it? Cloud faxing can offer real advantages over fax machines and in-house fax server software, especially if you’re looking to: Simplify your ERP landscape and consolidate servers Free-up resources for core business activities Reduce infrastructure costs and unbudgeted spend Improve your disaster recovery strategy Implement faxing as part of an ERP rollout or upgrade Join us for this webinar to learn how you can deploy faxing for your entire organization — with features like real-time status and 24x7x365 availability — quickly, easily and cost-effectively. We’ll help you build your business case for moving to cloud fax. Hear about real customer case studies with business process landscapes just like your own. Plus, find out how cloud services lay the foundation for data capture, workflow tools, postal mail automation and business process improvements that go far beyond fax.TRANSCRIPT
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Simplification and Security: Building the Business Case for Cloud Fax
www.esker.com CLOUD FAXING
Becky Mender August 2013
IT and Business Benefits of Cloud Faxing Cloud Fax
#QuitPaperWebinar Agenda
What is the Cloud? Ways to Send and Receive Fax Fax and Beyond Building a Business Case Implementation Process Customer Case Studies Q&A
IT and Business Benefits of Cloud Faxing Cloud Fax
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Why Fax is a Pain to IT Staff
Software vendor mergers
and acquisitions
Products at end of life or no
longer supported
Customer support issues
Asset management & TCO– Maintenance costs spiraling
out of control
– Multiple servers
– Telephony costs
– Telecom charges
Stability issues– What Disaster Recovery Plan?
Functional limitations – Scalability to support growth
– Status notification
– FOIP
– Support for virtualization
technologies
Too much paper– Hard copies
– Manual filing
IT and Business Benefits of Cloud Faxing Cloud Fax
#QuitPaperWhat’s Behind the Move to the Cloud?
80% of IT budgets go to maintenance
Bandwidth and connectivity is there
Integration technology is available
Security standards (SSL) are proven
Tough economic times demand cost control and process efficiency
IT and Business Benefits of Cloud Faxing Cloud Fax
#QuitPaperCost of Software vs. SaaS (Cloud Services)
On Premise SaaS
Hardware Purchase 9%Software License 16%
SoftwareMaintenance
Implementation & Customization
Hardware Maintenance
Upgrade Costs
20%
25%
11%
19%
Initial Set-up
Traffic Fee
10%
65%
Hidden Costs
Customization 25%
IT and Business Benefits of Cloud Faxing Cloud Fax
#QuitPaperBusiness Needs Beyond Fax
Inbound Documents
Sales orders Vendor invoices Medical reports Prescriptions Claims RFPs and RFQs Contracts etc.
Outbound Documents
Purchase orders Customer invoices Statements Acknowledgements Confirmations Collection letters Quotes and proposals etc.
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Complex IT environment
Point-to-point solutions create
massive amounts of costs
(administration, knowledge,
maintenance, hardware, upgrades)
Application modification is costly and
time-consuming
Ability to optimize processes/infra is
strictly limited
Fax
Data Entry
Simplify ERP Landscape & Consolidate Applications
IT and Business Benefits of Cloud Faxing Cloud Fax
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