Connectivity to the internet has become a necessity in all businesses today. E-mails, chat, video conference, quick research of data are some of the benefits that internet offers. With the instant communication obtained from being “connected”, there is one device though that still exists in the office, the fax machine. Different brands of fax machine including Sharp fax machines are still commonly used in private and government offices, schools, hospitals, and in homes. Despite the presence of emails and digital or photographic scanners that can replace its function, fax machine is still used in major corporations.

Below are some of the reasons:- Retaining the authenticity of documents. Documents used for legal purposes, signed contracts, official receipts, marriage certificates are still requested thru fax.- Menacing presence of hackers lurking in cyberspace. Hackers can maliciously destroy files, and tamper online transmittals.- Altering of scanned documents through the use of software applications like Photoshop.Until now companies like Sharp keeps on innovating for more advanced and digitalized fax machine models. Looks like the use fax machines is still far from obsolescence.