2012 News
Fax: Making FoIP Work
December 3, 2012
With the number of ITSPs purchasing Smart ATA so they can stop saying to their customers, “Keep your POTS for fax,” NetGen has many new customers that have never had success with FoIP. Due to the fact that it’s all new to the company, this translates into plenty of time spent by our support team working with them to help these FoIP newcomers work out their FoIP network problems. …full article
Commetrex BladeWare: The Solution for Multi-Tech Systems’ FaxFinder IP
November 19, 2012
Since 2004, Multi-Tech Systems has been nearly alone in its ability to address the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market for fax servers. Unlike most enterprise fax-server vendors, Multi-Tech has significant in-house hardware engineering capability. It leveraged this core competency to be the first company to offer a Class two fax modem and then developed its category-defining analog (PSTN interface) FaxFinder fax server. …full article
Fax Provider Commetrex Sits Down with TMC
November 5, 2012
At the recently concluded and highly successful ITEXPO Austin 2012, all of the biggest and brightest industry players in all areas of technology made sure they were present to network, learn from colleagues and showcase their innovative products and solutions. Commetrex, a company deeply rooted in the fax space, was one such business that made its way to Austin, TX., and even walked away with the coveted award of Best Service Provider Solution for its Smart FoIP offering. …full article
Fax Keeps User Connected Worldwide
October 23, 2012
Fax is increasingly being utilized by businesses all over the globe as a way to send time-sensitive and confidential documents to multiple parties. This offering enables users to rest assured that these vital pieces of information will not fall into the wrong hands and will instead be successfully sent the first time around to the intended individual. …full article
Car Dealership Turns to Fax Solution to Increase Speed
October 23, 2012
Fax is a hot topic that is in constant debate, similar to what we are currently seeing with the presidential election. Everyone has different views on this technological solution, with some believing its time has long passed and others still seeing the huge benefits associated when implementing this offering into their business environment including improving efficiency, dramatically reducing costs and streamlining processes. …full article
The Steady Use of Fax Still Seems to Perplex Many
October 15, 2012
For those of you out there who simply can’t imagine your lives without fax, you can sleep well tonight knowing this technology isn’t going anywhere any time soon. …full article
Mike Coffee Discusses FoIP at ITEXPO West 2012
October 12, 2012
Mike Coffee, CEO of Commetrex, discusses the company’s newest products with Stephanie Mosca of TMC. As Mike discloses in the interview, Commetrex has been on a crusade to make FoIP work in carriers’ neteworks.
Fax Provider Commetrex Discusses Recent Participation in ITEXPO Austin 2012
October 10, 2012
Over the years, newly introduced technologies continue to overtake legacy offerings as seen in the example of how we used to watch videos on VCRs and now watch our favorite shows and movies via discs that play on DVD players. However, the same cannot be said in regards to fax as this solution continues to be leveraged by businesses all over the globe. …full article
Commetrex’ Smart FoIP Technology Wins “Best Service Provider Solution” Award at ITEXPO West 2012
October 5, 2012
TMC today announced the winners of the Best of Show Award at ITEXPO Austin 2012, held this week at the Austin Convention Center. Winners of the prestigious Best of Show Award program are reserved for products or services that demonstrate raw creativity and technological innovation. …full article
Why Fax Is Key to Your Unified Communications Deployment
October 3, 2012
When it comes to unified communications and cloud-based systems, one feature that cannot be left out is fax. One panel at the Cloud Communications Expo today, collocated with ITEXPO (News – Alert) Austin 2012, revolved around just that subject. …full article
The Importance of the Newly Released and Highly Robust FoIP Analysis Tool, FaxTap for SIP
September 25, 2012
Touted as a fax provider that simply “makes FoIP work”, Georgia-based Commetrex has continued to evolve its fax offerings for over fifteen years. The company has gained tons of respect in the industry for its technologies that make it far less complex for users to move away from traditional fax and towards next-generation IP fax solutions. …full article
Keeping Your Fax Solution Current
September 24, 2012
Fax has been around for a long time and usually things that stay in use for the long term especially in a business setting where these organizations must constantly meet increasing and changing demands from customers, are there for a reason. And fax is here to stay for a multitude of reasons such as the fact that it will alert users once a fax has been successfully sent to its destination which drives efficiency, it can manage large files and even creates audit trails. …full article
Fax Provider Excited about Upcoming ITEXPO West 2012
September 18, 2012
It’s that time of year again—here comes ITEXPO West 2012, a not-to-miss communications and technology event that will be taking place from October 2-5, 2012 in the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. …full article
NetGen Communications Launches Smart ACS
September 18, 2012
NetGen Communications, a spin-off of fax provider Commetrex Corporation, has recently introduced the Smart ACS, which is based upon the OpenACS offering. …full article
Commetrex Releases FaxTap for SIP
September 18, 2012
Commetrex, a provider of technologies and products to telecom OEM and service providers, has recently unveiled its new fax-related product, FaxTap for SIP. …full article
Fax Communications Get a Boost with Smart ATA 2.0, Complete with Smart FoIP Integration
September 18, 2012
Today, NetGen Communications, Inc., a spin-off of Commetrex Corporation, has introduced version 2.0 of its Smart ATA product, complete with Commetrex’s patent-pending Smart FoIP. …full article
Commetrex Highlights Findings from SIPNOC
September 10, 2012
From June 25-27, Georgia-based fax provider Commetrex’ CEO, Mike Coffee, was at SIPNOC, a not-to-miss event that drives equipment vendors around the world to find out how they can overcome obstacles and barriers that are associated with the deployment of SIP-based networks. …full article
G.711 FoIP Failures: It’s Not for the Reason You Think!
August 15, 2012
No, it’s not usually due to dropped packets when your subscribers say, “I can send a single-page fax with good reliability, but multi-page faxes are unreliable.” …full article
Commetrex Addresses Fax Questions with Developer’s Wiki
August 10, 2012
The world of fax is not the simplest one to understand. Recent developments in VoIP and SIP have made the direction of fax technology shift, but luckily certain manufacturers and developers are on top of these changes and here to help. …full article
Renegade Radio Interview with Mike Coffee
August 8, 2012
Today, we are talking with Mike Coffee, CEO of Commetrex Corporation Alpharetta, GA, a supplier of FoIP technologies to the industry and the co-chair of the SIP Forum’s FoIP Task Group, about what is being done to make FoIP ready for the coming PSTN-to-IP transition. …full article
Cloud Ready? When Is a Fax Platform Cloud Ready?
August 1, 2012
So, what does it mean to be cloud-ready? Well, that depends on the application. …full article
The SIP Forum Presents SIPNOC
June 13, 2012
As IP-as-a-telephony transport matures, equipment vendors, service providers, and carriers are working out problems with implementing, configuring, and operating extra-enterprise FoIP. …full article
RFC3840 for FoIP Routing?
April 12, 2012
The telecom-industry media focus on the cloud and mobile is understandable since readers can easily identify with both. But if you dig down just a little, the movement of SIP from the enterprise to the carrier is a very big deal. Read more: http://fax.tmcnet.com/articles/294530-sip-forum-presents-sipnoc.htm#ixzz1xlu64MXA …full article
FoIP Success with SIP Trunking
April 3, 2012
What is the key to FoIP success when using SIP trunking? First, you must have FoIP endpoints that really work. …full article
Talking Fax and FoIP at ITEXPO: Commetrex
March 1, 2012
ITEXPO East 2012 in Miami collected leaders from all corners of the communications technology map, among them, Mike Coffee, CEO of Commetrex …full article
Mike Coffee, Commetrex CEO, Discusses Smart ATA
February 3, 2012
While exhibiting at ITEXPO East 2012 in Miami, Erik Linask interviewed Mike Coffee to get the latest on Smart ATA …video
NetGen Introduces Smart ATA to Compete with Cisco IAD2400
January 31, 2012
NetGen Communications, Inc., a Commetrex Corporation, announced that its Smart ATA is now available from NetGen in evaluation quantities. …full article
The Challenges and Opportunities for FoIP
January 25, 2012
TMC’s ITEXPO East 2012 is just around the corner and in anticipation of this exciting event, we wanted to get closer to the action by talking with key industry players. …full article
Commetrex Brings FoIP Consulting to Fax Offerings
January 24, 2012
As a figure in the fax, fax-over-IP, and smart FoIP technologies arena, Commetrex makes a point of staying abreast of the latest developments in said industries, and participates by making headway with its own services. …full article
FoIP Provider Spin-Off NetGen Announces the Availability of Smart ATA
January 24, 2012
NetGen Communications, a spin-off of Commetrex that handles the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of FoIP products powered by Commetrex’ technologies, announced the availability of Smart ATA in evaluation quantities. …full article
Discussion on Fax to Explore “The Paperless Office”
January 18, 2012
As a member of TMC’s Editorial team, I look forward to the ITEXPO trade show twice a year for several reasons, not the least of which is getting to watch the best and brightest minds in the communications technology industry hash it out with each other during moderated panel discussions on various topics. …full article
Ingate Announces New SIP Trunk Academy, Schedule and Speakers for SIP Trunk-Unified Communications Seminars at ITEXPO
January 5, 2012
Providing in-depth educational sessions on SIP trunking and Unified Communications, Ingate(R) Systems announces the new SIP Trunk Academy as part of the SIP Trunk-Unified Communications (UC) Seminars at ITEXPO. …full article
