Sunnyvale, California-based Global Village Communications Inc has launched a major upgrade to its integrated network fax server software, Fax-Works Server 2.0 for Windows NT. The new version adds network administration, end user and cost-savings enhancements, and comes with auto-installation, automatic facsimile board detection, extensive routing capabilities and increased fax board support. From a single interface, users can perform tasks such as sending fax messages from applications including word processing, database and spread-sheet documents; generating custom cover pages; merging fax messages with letterhead; and, setting up and using personal or shared phonebooks. Mark-up tools, scanner support and Optical Character Recognition enhancements enable users to annotate received fax messages and re-send without printing. FaxWorks Server 2.0 for Windows NT features Wizard-like auto-installation and automatic inbound fax notification and routing capabilities and includes automatic fax board detection. In addition to Direct Inward Dial and T.30 sub-address routing, version 2.0 adds CSID, DTMF and PCL Print Queue routing as well as an enhanced print driver. It is a full 32-bit implementation that runs as a desktop application or a Windows NT service. The 2.0 release comes with a 30-user license at a suggested list price of $2,500. Meanwhile, the company has launched a networking value-added reseller program, kicking off with a marketing campaign for the new FaxWorks Server 2.0 for Windows NT. It says it has signed 25 resellers so far.
