GoldFax Architecture
GoldFax has been chosen for mission critical and
high-volume faxing applications worldwide due to its unique robust
architecture. GoldFax was designed for high demand faxing applications
with low system overhead and ease of application integration. GoldFax
software architecture advantages include:
• High Performance
and Low System Overhead
• Reliability and Redundancy
• Scalability and Load Balancing
• Fax Connectivity
• Thick and Thin Client Support
• Operating System Flexibility
• Database Connectivity
• Configurable Fax Document Management
• GoldFax Keywordsfor Easy Application Integration
• Least Cost Routing
High Performance and
Low System Overhead – GoldFax uses a unique single
send/receive service, multi-threaded software architecture. GoldFax
does not require a dedicated computer server. In fact, GoldFax remains
in a “sleep” state (as opposed to competitor’s
polling-based fax software) until a fax document is received or
is to be sent. GoldFax has a high-performance rendering engine for
processing the documents to be faxed.
Reliability and
Redundancy – GoldFax is integrated with, but not
dependent upon, your Email environment. This ensures the highest
level of reliability and redundancy. You can still receive and send
faxes even if your Email server is inoperable. Choose any combination
of the following faxing methods: Send and receive faxes via Email,
send and receive faxes from any Windows application via GoldFax
Client application, send faxes via GoldFax Web Client, receive faxes
in network folders, and send faxes directly from any application
on any platform (Windows, Unix, Linux, mainframe systems) via GoldFax
Production and Integration Module. For maximum reliability, GoldFax
supports Microsoft Cluster and automatic fail over environments.
Scalability and
Load Balancing – GoldFax is designed for high-volume
faxing applications. GoldFax is based upon a componentised Windows
Services architecture that allows distributed services deployments.
Scale from a single channel (telephone line connection) on a single
system to multiple remote GoldFax fax board servers supporting multi-channel
fax boards (analog and digital T1). The only practical limit is
the number of available board slots on multiple server systems.
GoldFax also supports automatic load balancing in multi GoldFax
remote board server configurations.
Fax Connectivity
– GoldFax supports the following fax connectivity
methods: real-time fax over IP (FoIP) via T.38 protocol and SIP
call control, Serial port Class 2 Fax Modems, USB Class 2 Fax Modems,
and Intelligent Fax Boards.
Thick and Thin Client
Support – GoldFax is designed for thick and thin
client environments (Citrix and Microsoft Windows Terminal Services).
Mixed environments with thick and thin client users are supported
as well.
Operating System
Flexibility – The GoldFax Server software can be
deployed on Microsoft Windows Server (NT, 2000, 2003) or Workstation
(2000 Pro, XP Pro) Operating Systems. This provides more options
for deployment for small organisations or smaller remote offices
in distributed enterprise applications.
Database Connectivity
– GoldFax can be dynamically linked to external databases
for contact information including Microsoft Outlook Contacts and
any ODBC-compliant database (Microsoft Access and SQL Server, Oracle,
IBM DB2, etc.) or spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel).
Configurable
Fax Document Management – GoldFax can be configured
to meet your unique fax document management requirements. GoldFax
automatically archives received and sent faxes as TIFF and Adobe
PDF files. The fax file and folder naming is configurable to include:
fax number, user’s name, date, time, DID, CSID, number of
pages, etc. GoldFax faxes can be automatically saved to your Document
Management system.
GoldFax Keywords
for Easy Application Integration – At the heart of
the GoldFax fax server application are GoldFax Keywords. These are
the commands GoldFax uses to control fax processes. GoldFax Keywords
are accessible by customers and software developers via the GoldFax
Production and Integration Module. This lets you automate the faxing
of documents directly from software applications and bypass the
GoldFax user interface. This is perfect for automating applications
like ERP (for example, automated faxing of invoices). GoldFax Keywords
along with GoldFax Folder Monitor and GoldFax Form Overlay functions
are useable by non-programmers and programmers. In addition, the
GoldFax ActiveX (COM) Application Programming Interface (API), provides
tools for application developers to directly control GoldFax via
external software applications.
Least Cost Routing
– GoldFax supports automatic least cost routing in multiple
GoldFax Fax server/site (LAN/WAN) configurations to route outbound
faxes based upon the recipient fax number.
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