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Axacore lets your organization leverage the full potential of archiving documents, speeding communication and fax-enabling applications. The Company Axacore is a document imaging and data conversion software engineering shop with a mission to develop tools that make capturing, delivering, digitizing and archiving paper documents faster, easier and more affordable. Many traditional fax-based vendors have abandoned efforts to advance their technologies but not Axacore. Axacore has found a niche in the market providing archiving and search and retrieval capabilities in document intensive environments. FaxAgent is the software/hardware solution designed by Axacore to track, manage and deliver fax traffic over enterprise networks of any size. It automatically indexes incoming and outgoing documents and users can quickly retrieve specific faxes by conducting targeted searches. FaxAgent’s .NET architecture and SQL scalability make the product an attractive option for any IT professional seeking a fax server solution. The Challenge Building an effective fax server solution requires the integration of telephony interfaces, communication protocols, and various pieces of hardware like servers, fax machines and switchboards. A fax server allows users to send and receive faxes through a computer terminal without the need to physically output or transmit the document in paper form. This server configuration allows for the transmission and storage of millions of transactions in one location. For the FaxAgent solution, raw image conversion and manipulation tools were also needed to convert fax content into browser-compatible content that was accessible through the Microsoft .NET platform. Traditionally, an IT administrator would need to sit at each individual workstation to install a software solution. With FaxAgent, there is no install on the customer network. This thin-client architecture allows enterprise-wide deployment without touching a single desktop. The IT administrator simply logs on, installs and connects to the main server through a true browser interface – And all without affecting system performance. Return on investment is often the deciding factor as to whether a fax solution will be implemented by a company or not. Companies using FaxAgent will not only save the expense for paper, toner and hardware; they will also be able to save the average eight-minutes required per fax to use traditional systems. Even a small company with modest fax needs can see significant savings. The Pegasus Difference Axacore required a wide array of imaging technologies and tested multiple products from both large and small software manufacturers before deciding on Pegasus Imaging. Several technologies were tested for performance using specific routines and no other toolkit could match the speed and performance of Pegasus Imaging’s toolkits. Pegasus’ advantage was that their toolkits were optimized for the fastest server processing available while other tested products were mainly designed for the desktop. According to Nick Basil, Chief Technology Officer at Axacore, "When investigating imaging controls, I've found some toolkit providers that offer great features. I've uncovered other vendors that tout super performance. What is particularly refreshing is that with Pegasus, I get both!" Pegasus’ technologies have the capability and the speed to handle transmissions where every millisecond of conversion speed is critical. ImagXpress Professional fits seamlessly into Axacore’s Visual Studio .NET development environment and provides various imaging cleanup and manipulation functions. Another key feature of the FaxAgent solution is the indexing task, which provides rapid and reliable recognition of both PDF417 and Data Matrix barcodes. This indexing feature is powered by Pegasus’ SmartScan Xpress Barcode recognition engine. Several more Pegasus products contribute to FaxAgent’s success: PDFXpress supports seamless creation and reading of Adobe's popular Acrobat technology; FormFix is used for the recognition and registration of various customer form libraries; and ISIS Xpress, provides critical support of high-speed scanning of bitonal, grayscale and color documents as a managed .NET control. For all these reasons and more, FaxAgent won the Editors Choice Award in Network Computing Magazine. Said Nick Basil, “This simply wouldn't have been possible without the underlying Pegasus Imaging libraries." Pegasus’ willingness to customize the solution to meet FaxAgent’s needs also set the company apart from competitors. The availability and support of the Pegasus team was essential in optimizing this exciting new solution. Pegasus remained accessible, responsive and flexible enough to adapt to Axacore’s special needs. More from Axacore! In addition to FaxAgent, the company has developed another application using Pegasus Imaging technology. XDOC is a blend of software, personnel, and flexible services that take the anxiety out of document imaging solutions. Axacore has experienced document analysts available to design a customized network interface that lets your personnel work with scanned docs the same way they work with paper. After an extensive design and testing process, Axacore will soon be ready to roll out a new appliance-based version of this winning software. |
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