Summer is officially here, and like the rest of the world, STR Software continues to take the coronavirus pandemic very seriously. We are all still working from home with no clear timetable for returning to the office, but that has not kept us from continuing to turn out improvements to our product lines to enhance our customers’ operations and experience.
Given the current climate, we were also excited to bring on a few new permanent team members and several summer interns from regional colleges, including Virginia Commonwealth University and The College of William & Mary. During the summer, interns work with product code and on special projects. Many of these assignments will appear in upcoming releases of the AventX and AventX A2A software lines.
Now back to the Summer 2020 Release. We spent much of the Spring, as one should, cleaning and sprucing things up. We have a continuous goal always to be simplifying and streamlining, and this Summer release reflects much of that. Much of the sprucing was also preparing AventX for product improvements from our fax and secure delivery partner, Biscom.
So, without further ado, here’s what to expect from our Summer release cycle.
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New Fax Delivery Features
Support for FAXCOM Suite for Windows v11.0
Many of our customers are looking to enhance their fax capabilities while they continue to work from home. With that in mind, updates to the AventX solution in the Summer release support the latest versions of all FAXCOM products.
Availability: FAXCOM Suite for Windows with All Supported AventX ERPs
New Fax User Interface
The latest version of FAXCOM Suite for Windows incorporates a brand-new Web Client interface. The more intuitive UX makes it easier than ever for individual users to send and receive faxes and does not require IT to install any additional software on users’ PCs.
In addition to a data-driven design, the new web client support key new features including:
- Cover Page Preview — Instantly see the difference between your cover page choices and pick the one you need
- Templates — Quickly resend faxes that reuse the same information or templates
Availability: FAXCOM Suite for Windows with all Supported ERPs
New Fax Cover Page Editor
The latest release of FAXCOM Suite incorporates new tools to create and manage fax cover pages. Users can leverage Microsoft Word as the primary application for creating cover pages along with a new print driver to create the final .CPG file that is required by FAXCOM Suite for Windows.
Availability: FAXCOM Suite for Windows with All Supported AventX ERPs
Fax Architecture Improvements
Securely Archive Sent & Received Faxes with Mailbox Server
FAXCOM Suite for Windows and FAXCOM Anywhere enable users to access sent and received faxes through a Microsoft SQL database rather than a network file system. Organizations using the FAXCOM Mailbox Server can encrypt faxes at rest, quickly search for and locate sent/received faxes, enable better network user access to faxes, and store an almost unlimited number of faxes in primary or archive document repositories.
Availabilty: FAXCOM Suite for Windows & FAXCOM Anywhere with All Support AventX ERPs
Advanced Fax Routing & Optical Character Recognition
With more personnel working from home, Advanced Fax Routing (AFR) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) offer enterprise fax users better tools to handle inbound fax routing and fax archiving.
AFR gives technical teams the ability to go beyond simple routing based on an inbound number. It enables routing based on workflows and rules. AFR provides more than 25 pre-built actions (including text extractions, reformat, rename, split fax into separate documents, and more) that can be integrated to create highly complex chains to execute based on defined conditions.
OCR can enable fax routing decisions to be made based on the content of the document, including character and barcode recognition. Combined with AFR, OCR can query databases to determine what actions to take with an inbound or outbound fax.
Availabilty: FAXCOM Suite for Windows with All Support AventX ERPs
Secure File Transfer Improvements
AventX Mail SC + Biscom SFT 6.0
Announced in late 2019, Biscom SFT (Secure File Transfer) v6.0 is now fully supported by AventX for securely distributing emails and files to recipients. Biscom SFT 6.0 includes some significant improvements to the product line to increase security and usability.
- Security Improvements — The 6.0 software release brings over 20+ security improvements to the software.
- Two Factor Authentication - New features such as SMS 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) provide additional layers of security.
- GDPR Support — Biscom SFT 6.0 supports new governance controls with updated privacy notices, cookie policies and banners, and enhanced terms of service.
- Cost Savings with Built-in Antivirus Software — Sophos Antivirus software is built natively into the application and no longer requires a separate license like the previous versions of Biscom SFT.
Availability: AventX Mail SC (Biscom SFT)
Document Processing
File Translation Bug Fixes & Performance Enhancement
Our products regularly receive tweaks to improve performance and squash bugs; but, the AventX Translation Server module is worth noting with this release. The module saw some significant improvements to speed and error reduction with upgrades to the underlying technology.
Availability: AventX for Oracle eAM, AventX for JD Edwards, AventX for Oracle EBS, AventX UNIX
Improved Stability & Configuration
A new configuration parameter defines how many days of job history to keep. The ability to configure this data retention period for processed work order jobs gives AventX for JD Edwards customers using the Web Client improved stability and is highly recommended for customers with high volumes and/or long-term usage.
Availability: AventX for JD Edwards
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