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PIKA Technologies Releases New WARP Plus Applications

The WARP Plus family of applications has been developed specifically for providers of hosted/cloud-based telephony solutions (i.e. hosted PBX) who face difficulties delivering a subset of capabilities from the cloud that were typically delivered by traditional customer premise equipment (CPE). PIKA has successfully completed testing of the WARP Plus with the popular BroadSoft® BroadWorks® product, and the platform is easily adaptable to other hosted PBX offerings. David Clarke, Product Manager at PIKA Technologies, comments: “The WARP Plus removes sales obstacles hosted service providers encounter on a consistent basis. PIKA designed WARP Plus to arm providers with an option to meet increasing demand in the marketplace for affordable, easy to install applications. These three new applications allow them to be more competitive in the hosted PBX space by offering a compelling alternative to on-premise PBX products.” These new applications build on the success of the platform’s initial application, on-premise paging, introduced in October 2010. The three new WARP Plus applications include a local music on hold source providing the ability to utilize a local source of audio that callers will hear when they are placed on hold. A local and external IP survivability feature which provides a backup connection(s) to the outside world (via wireless GSM) if the IP link to the service provider’s switching platform is lost. And, GSM least cost routing which allows calls placed from desktop telephones to mobile telephones to be cost-effectively routed over GSM trunks. PIKA Technologies (pikatechnologies.com) for over two decades has been providing developers with the tools they need to build advanced voice and fax applications like IP PBX, fax broadcast and self-service IVR. As the technology landscape has changed, so too has PIKA, building out its product offering so its customers can choose the right tool set for their applications. In addition to its traditional line of hardware and software solutions, PIKA now offers a family of appliances and applications that provide top-quality performance out of the box. PIKA sells these products directly and also makes them available through its growing network of resellers and distributors. Known for its exceptional customer service, PIKA’s customers can expect the same high level of personalized, fast support that the company has always delivered.

Online Fax Broadcast – What Is It? | Broadcasting Industry

Copyright (c) 2010 Titus Hoskins

What is an online fax broadcast? Given the growing popularity of Internet or online faxing, this question is being asked much more frequently these days. But what exactly is fax broadcasting and how is it done?

Just as the name suggests it is broadcasting a fax to a large number of recipients at once. And because this type of faxing is web based, you use your email system and your web connection to send or rather broadcast your faxes. Basically, you’re using your email system to send your fax to your contacts via an email attachment. More or less, it is the equivalent of a mass email mailing to your clients.

Of course, in the above scenario it is assumed everyone knows what online fax is and how it is done. Online fax is known by many names: email fax, web fax, fax to email, electronic fax or even computer fax. What you have to remember, online faxing is simply using your computer, your email system and your web connection to send your faxes. The only other element involved is your chosen online fax service provider which handles all your faxes in return for a small monthly charge or fee.

You have to sign-up to one of these providers who will act on your behalf to handle all your faxes. Monthly charges are around – and for that price you’re given a local or toll-free fax number and an online fax account or interface where you can log in to check/send your faxes. Most services will have fax broadcasting as a special feature which you can use if you want to contact a large group of people at once. However, you must check this feature first before signing up as not all providers carry this service.

Fax broadcasting is a great convenience because you can “import” your list of contacts into your fax account and then instantly send (broadcast) your fax to these contacts. This is not only quicker but in many cases it can be cheaper, especially if you work out a corporate fax plan rate with your provider. Most of the fax services offer this feature and you can custom your fax plan to meet your specific needs. Your can also in many cases, negotiate special fax broadcast rates in order to save your company some money.

As more and more of our business tasks and communications move into the computer age, online fax broadcasting will probably become more common. Especially when you consider this type of faxing is paperless, inkless, cheaper and much more portable than the old fax machine in the office. Plus, reaching your clients or customers through their cell phones, netbooks, PDAs, PCs, iPads… makes it much more likely your fax will reach your client and will be read.

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