Re: Faxing from AS400

We use Quadrant FastFax/Enterprise and are satisfied with it.  There
are tons of options available, and you have probably already been
deluged with vendor emails.

Consider --
1. The integration required to make the new solution work, 
2. the conversion work to put your faxing environment on the new stuff, 
3. the programming required to convert the existing programs 
4. the training effort to get users familiar with the new system

I will wager you will get to $12k pretty quickly.  If the existing
system is working, I would stick with it unless there is a compelling
case otherwise.  You will have enough to worry about with this
upgrade; why make more headaches?

-- 
Tom Jedrzejewicz
tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:25:54 -0500, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have been asked to review replacing an existing Fax Server (a
> separate pc unit that reads as400 spooled files and has
> software on as400 to manage traffic), with IBM's
> internal fax cards and software for managing. This site does
> 200 - 500 outbound faxes a day over 2 lines, and weekly a batch
> of 2,500. I am totally unfamiliar with the IBM software and looking
> for comments on how easy to run by itself, daily reports or screens
> of failures, and ease of use to resend, reprint, use  both *scs & *afpds 
> spools,
> merge logos & forms with spools, etc.
> Customer upgrading to i5 and this fax server is older
> and needing an upgrade for a hefty sum (over 12k).
> Approx 15 rpg programs sending faxes.
> tia
> jim