{"id":4440,"date":"2018-01-18T20:36:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commetrex.com\/?page_id=4440"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T12:52:51","slug":"outlook-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commetrex.com\/?page_id=4440","title":{"rendered":"The Outlook | November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; el_class=&#8221;newsletter_inner_page&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579005570335{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;background-color: #f6f6f6 !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is FaxTap NG Right For You?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our FaxTap NG customers fall into four categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OEMs that incorporate FaxTap into their Lawful Intercept (LI) products<\/li>\n<li>OEMs that are developing an FoIP-capable product<\/li>\n<li>End users, such as ITSPs and carriers<\/li>\n<li>Companies like NetGen that need to help their customers solve transaction-specific problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is really no question that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commetrex.com\/products\/faxtapng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">FaxTap NG<\/a>\u00a0is well suited to the LI-OEM application.\u00a0 One very good reason is that FaxTap does it all, including automatic NSF\/NSC decoding. \u00a0Of course there&#8217;s easy-to-use libraries and documentation.\u00a0 And OEMs developing a fax-capable product can really speed things up with FaxTap&#8217;s analysis output to help them out.\u00a0 Then there&#8217;s our support which is nothing short of spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>There is, however, some question as to whether it&#8217;s suitable for a particular end-user environment since it requires considerable fax knowledge to understand the fax analysis or fax ladder.\u00a0 There needs to be a fit between your support team&#8217;s skill set and FaxTap&#8217;s output.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But guess what: it&#8217;s easy to find out since we offer no-charge evaluations for this all-software product.\u00a0 So let us know if you&#8217;d like to take FaxTap for a test drive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commetrex.com\/faxtap-ng-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0to request a trial, or to order FaxTap by the end of the year and get\u00a0<strong>10% off<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commetrex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Visit our website<\/a>\u00a0to learn about the many communications OEMs and end users that are benefitting from the low cost of FMS, its development efficiencies and, Commetrex&#8217; great support.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; el_class=&#8221;newsletter_inner_page&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578991890670{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;newsletter_inner_page_bg&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>NSF\/NSC\/NSS\/PWD\/\u2026?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s the deal with NSF\/NSC? Well, it turns out that the T.30 protocol includes an escape sequence that allows the two terminals to depart from the specification and have a private conversation, so-to-speak. This feature is most often used in turn-around polling where the called terminal answers with its Non-Standard Facilities, telling the caller what (usually, vendor-specific) things it can do, the caller then responds with its Non-Standard Facilities Command (NSC) to tell the called terminal that it wants to do something, well, non-standard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a wide range of things that can be done with this feature, but the one we\u2019ve seen most often is a proprietary tweak to the T.30 protocol to speed up the session, for example.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Except for the command sequences, none of this is controlled by the T.30 standard. So, if you\u2019re FaxTap and you\u2019re trying to understand what\u2019s going on and render the images, you have a problem. Well, FaxTap NG figured it out, and decodes and renders these non-standard-based sessions automatically, an absolute necessity for LI systems. Contact us to learn more about this or any other aspect of fax technology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; el_class=&#8221;newsletter_inner_page&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579005987571{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;background-color: #f6f6f6 !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;newsletter_inner_page_bg&#8221;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Unified Communications Through IMS-Derived Service Networks<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is much to be said about the benefits of the 3GPPs IP Multi-media Subsystem (IMS) architecture for service networks, but one of the standout features is the functional partitioning that supports specialization among industry OEMs. For example, at Commetrex, we don\u2019t know much about the Home Subscriber Server (HSS) IMS function, but there\u2019s nothing we don\u2019t know about the fax Media-Resource Function (MRF), comprised of the Media Resource Function Controller (MRFC) and the Media Resource Function Processor (MRFP). BladeWare Fax Media Server (FMS) is the Commetrex product that turns a BladeWare HMP server into a fax MRF, and it\u2019s used by every one of our UC OEM customers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fax MRF\u2019s job is to send and receive faxes at the behest of an application server, such as a unified-messaging system. You\u2019ve called such a system and heard it tell you, for example, to leave a voice message or send a fax. In this case, using SIP, the UC server will send the call over to the fax MRF to send or receive the fax.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5471&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The diagram shows an IMS service network with BladeWare implementing the fax MRF. Of course, not all of our customers implement a full IMS, but the essential part is the separation of the application server hosting the UC application and BladeWare FMS hosting the fax MRF.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This means our OEM customer need not have any fax send-receive software on his server or know very much about fax. The FMS SDK even includes the source code necessary for the server to manage the BladeWare system. And, although BladeWare supports hundreds of ports on a server, scaling this architecture is a snap.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website to learn about the many communications OEMs and end users that are benefitting from the low cost of FMS, its development efficiencies and, Commetrex\u2019 great support.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; el_class=&#8221;newsletter_inner_page&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578991890670{padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;newsletter_inner_page_bg&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Rev Up Your Platform With SIPfaxEngine<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Commetrex, the industry leader in fax-technology innovation, including the patented Smart FoIP\u00ae, simplifies the addition of Fax over IP (FoIP) in your office products and telephony servers with SIPfaxEngine. Designed for the OEM of fax-enabled devices and servers, Commetrex invites you to take advantage of the benefits of the feature\/functionality only offered by SIPfaxEngine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seamless integration of call control and fax technologies<\/li>\n<li>Reduction of development costs<\/li>\n<li>Shortening of time-to-market<\/li>\n<li>Increased ROI<\/li>\n<li>Leverage the industry-leading fax technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SIPfaxEngine provides the industry\u2019s most-advanced core fax-technology bundle that OEMs need to simplify the addition of comprehensive FoIP support. It is a full-function SIP and fax-technology foundation for multi-function printers, media servers, fax terminals, or anything that needs to send and receive faxes in SIP networks. 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