BANGALORE: Bangalore-based Merit Systems Pvt. Ltd. has announced the release
of a new version of its product GIFTfax that integrates popular messaging
systems with fax. It can extend the existing e-mail network, with all its
advantages to a fax network.
It has been developed by Merit Systems in response to customer demand for a
solution to integrate the existing e-mail network with a fax solution. It runs
on a Windows 95/98/NT system and interfaces with the e-mail system using a
mailbox configured for receiving all fax messages. Users can send messages
containing information of the fax numbers to the fax mailbox.
It is priced at Rs 16,000 for a 10-user version and Rs 48,000 for the
unlimited user version at a single location. The main features of GIFTfax
include auto copy of all outgoing and incoming faxes to a specified e-mail
address, automatic printing of all faxes, offline operation in the absence of
local mail server, multilevel permission for sending faxes and effective
communication that enables sending and receiving e-mail and fax using desktop.