PUBLICATION:  ICT WORLD

DATE:  06 SEPTEMBER 2007

Sep 03, 2007

Integr8 FAX partners with CHM Vuwani, wins Sita tender

Integr8 FAX, a member of the Integr8 Group, has formed an alliance with local empowered ICT services provider, CHM Vuwani Computer Solutions, aiming to provide government departments with its free fax-to-e-mail service platform as per an IT services tender issued by the State IT Agency (Sita).

In accordance with the contract the partnership is authorised to supply, integrate and support the installation of the technology at government departments that accept and put in an official request for the solution. This includes training.

"CHM Vuwani Computer Solutions is a strategic platform partner that is established in the marketplace, particularly in terms of relationships with government," explains Robert Sussman, joint MD at Integr8 IT.

"As an alliance partner to Integr8 Fax, this company is fully compliant as an empowered entity, and already supplies and maintains most of the hardware within government departments."

According to Sussman, CHM Vuwani Computer Solutions, through its partnership with Integr8 FAX, stands to broaden and strengthen its existing service to government.

The deal stipulates that the outsourced electronic faxing solution must make provision for unlimited users and should entail the implementation and seamless integration on an outsourced basis at no cost to Sita.

It also enforces a number of requirements, including the fact that the system must not require the installation of any software and must work as part of any e-mail infrastructure; each fax must be assigned a unique document number and be delivered to the user’s inbox as "valid user mail address" with the fax image as a "unique document number.TIF" attachment.

The free-fax-to-e-mail solution is designed to facilitate large volumes of fax communication within user-intensive sites within specific market sectors, including corporate, small-to-medium enterprises and customer contact centres.

"Government departments are managed according to very tight schedules and with strict adherence to protocol and security. We are mindful of the need for discretion and vigilance in terms of digital communication. The free fax-to-e-mail solution provides a secure platform for correspondence - all documentation is sent directly to the intended recipient, there are specific rules put in place to guarantee the integrity of all communication," explains Sussman.

To date Integr8 FAX has completed a roll-out of the solution to several government departments.