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Biscom Improves Web Fax Access for Enterprises
New Version of FAXCOM Web Client Adds Scalable Security Functionality
Las Vegas, NV (November 13, 2000) - At the COMDEX Show in Las Vegas today, Biscom,
a leading provider of enterprise fax management and secure document delivery solutions, announced
the availability of an enhanced version of their Web Client for the company's FAXCOM fax servers.
The new version automates the process of adding new users, while adhering to enterprise computing
security policies, and without adding significant administrative overhead.
The latest version of the FAXCOM Web Client offers administrators the option to handle user authentication
through Microsoft's Integrated Windows Authentication. Administrators establish groups of users
who are authorized users of the Web Client. Whenever these group members log in to a Windows NT
or Windows 2000 network, they are automatically logged in to the FAXCOM Web Client with their network
user name and password.
For non-Windows based organizations or for browsers that do not support Integrated Windows Authentication,
users will be able to use Basic Authentication, whereby a user enters a valid Windows NT account
name and password into a dialog box rendered by the user's Web browser. As a further benefit to
administrators of enterprise fax networks, the FAXCOM Web Client back-end administration component
generates new Web Client user profiles automatically whenever a new user logs in. When a new account
is created, the Web Client can automatically assign a new fax number to the user.
"We implemented this new feature in response to input from a long-standing customer in the aerospace
industry with an enormous user base and with the requirement to implement a scalable solution that
offered minimal user management," according to Albert Leung, principal architect of the FAXCOM Web
Client. "We have learned that many other large customers are excited about the capability to automatically
create new fax users and assign fax numbers to users, while adhering to strict corporate security
policies."
Biscom's Web Client works in conjunction with the robust FAXCOM fax server, providing users with
a browser-based interface from which to send, receive and monitor their faxes, accessible via corporate
intranet or the Internet. Moreover, because this interface is a Web version of Biscom's FAXCOM Manager
interface, no additional user training is required for users currently using the FAXCOM solution.
And, as a browser-based product, the Web Client has the additional advantage of being platform independent,
enabling users to extend fax capabilities not only to Windows users, but also to UNIX and Macintosh
users.
"With the FAXCOM Web Client, mobile workers can access their faxes from different workstations,
from home, or from their laptop in the field," explains Chris MacKenzie, Vice President of Marketing
and Business Development for Biscom. "Users do not require additional administration or special
software, other than a browser, installed on their systems." A complete FAXCOM solution, including
all fax software, a 2-port FAXCOM 3000 fax server, and the new Web Client interface with a 100-user
license is available for $9,995.00. Biscom will be exhibiting at the COMDEX trade show in Las Vegas
from November 13-17, 2000 in booth #L261. For further information, contact Biscom at 800-477-2472
(or +1-978-250-1800 outside U.S.A) or on the web at www.biscom.com.
About Biscom
Founded in 1986, Biscom is widely recognized for its pioneering advances in the technology of enterprise
fax management. FAXCOM fax servers operate on heterogeneous networks with a variety of operating
systems, messaging applications, and ERP applications to simplify and control the process of sending
and receiving faxes throughout the enterprise. Biscom provides end-to-end fax solutions that are
reliable, scalable and flexible. Biscom's complete fax solutions offer on-site installation, T1
and PBX integration, 7x24 support, application consulting, and expert imaging, network and communications
engineering support. FAXCOM fax servers have won numerous awards, including, most recently, the
NetWork Computing Well-Connected Award for the year 2000.
©2000 Biscom, Inc. FAXCOM is a registered trademark of Biscom, Inc All other registered
trademarks or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Specifications
subject to change without notice.
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