It helps when you have all this cash on hand. Acquisitions can get you market share far faster than organic growth or marketing. Not sure how much of the European fax market YAC has in terms of In ternet Fax. 
j2 Global Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services, today announced that it has acquired YAC Limited, an Ireland-based provider of messaging services whose customers are predominantly located in the United Kingdom.
YAC, which stands for “you’re always connected,” develops and sells a broad range of hosted messaging and communications services, including Inbound Call Management, Fax to Email, Virtual Numbers, Audio Conferencing and Personal Numbers.
“Our acquisition of YAC underscores our commitment to continue to build our business in Europe and beyond,” said Hemi Zucker, co-president and chief operating officer of j2 Global. “We are particularly pleased to have acquired YAC’s broad array of service offerings and its team of experienced and skilled personnel.”
j2 Global Acquires YAC Limited
Nice free white paper from Captaris selling fax servers for SAP document delivery. Obviously this is a very biased paper in terms of fax servers versus Internet fax services.
Examine how companies can extend the business process efficiencies gained with SAP by automating document delivery from the SAP R/3 & mySAP Suite of applications. This guide presents production fax and electronic document delivery as powerful tools for speeding fax communication while improving security and reducing costs.
Do You Need a Fax Server? A Special Guide on Fax Servers and SAP Electronic Document Delivery
One of the largest fax board makers lays off workers.
The Cape Cod staff of Cantata Technology is a little smaller this week, following a round of layoffs that included cuts at the company’s Hyannis location.
Peter Vescuso, Cantata’s vice president of marketing, acknowledged yesterday that the Needham-based company eliminated positions last week, but would not disclose how many workers were laid off or how many are still globally employed.
“We made reductions in pretty much all locations, all functions,” he said.
Cantata, which produces technologically advanced telecommunications equipment, was formed when Hyannis-based Excel Switching Corp. acquired Brooktrout Technology of Needham in 2005.
As of June 2006, the company was reported to employ approximately 360 workers, with about 150 of these located in Hyannis.
CapeCodTimes.com - Cantata Technology lays off workers at Hyannis office
By way of Startup Squad, I discovered Middlepost and also Docusign. I will do separate posts on each as time allows, but had a bit of a comment on their post, that I wanted to post here. I have not reviewed the services for comparison and here am just commenting on the market in general and the need for the technology.
Middlepost is bit late to the document collaboration party. But never mind they are going ahead with their product launch that enables online document creation, revision, and signing. While none of the existing services provide these combined set of features, there are not very many users who need all of them at the same place either.
Middlepost is playing the middle ground by trying to combine the features from both to offer tracking of the changes, comments, finally getting the documents digitally signed. A tough sell I would say, since market for online contract management tool that also needs collaboration features ain’t going to be that big.
I could not disagree more. In fact I think that collaboration with signing is the perfect mix of features and something all providers in this space should consider. Every contract gets marked up and edited before being signed. Why not put that all in one place where it is trackable and useful?
StartupSquad » Blog Archive » Middlepost plays in b/w EchoSign and Coventi
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On June 8, 2007, EasyLink filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) which contained information about EasyLink, the proposed merger and related matters. EasyLink intends to file its definitive proxy statement with the SEC in the near future, and expects to distribute the definitive proxy materials to its stockholders as soon as practicable following the July 10, 2007 record date. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE, AS IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT THE MERGER. Once available, stockholders will also be able to obtain the definitive proxy statement, as well as other filings containing information about EasyLink, without charge, from the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov) or by contacting EasyLink at EasyLink Services Corporation, Investor Relations, 33 Knightsbridge Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
EasyLink Announces Record Date for Special Meeting to Vote on Merger
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