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[Eisi Gulb]

Ich weiss nicht so recht was ich von JFax halten soll. schon vor mehreren Jahren stand mal ein Bericht über den Gründer (Name vergessen, ist aber ein ausgewanderter Ossi) in der WiWo und über das Unternehmenskonzept. Dieses besagt ungefähr, über das Internet Fax-Server einzurichten, sodass von jedem beliebigen Ort der Welt eingehende Fax abegefragt werden können (vergleichsweise Hotmail); so zumindest hab ichs verstanden. Das Konzept wurde damals als Revolution gefeiert. Was draus geworden ist, habe ich nicht weiter verfolgt.

Die Aktie wurde neulich von ein paar Analysten zum Kauf eingestuft. Das Papier selbst krebst seit Monaten in einer Range von 4-7 Dollar herum.

Selbst hab ich keine Aktien von. Ich kann nicht genau einschätzen, ob sich das Produkt durchsetzen wird. Meine Meinung ist aber, dass sich das fax über kurz oder lang eigentlich sowieso durch nichdokumentären und elektronischen Kommunikationsprozessen erledigen wird bzw. nur noch eine Randstellung erhält (ähnlich dem Telex aus den 70ern).

Hat sich von euch Experten schon mal eingehender mit JFax beschäftigt ?

Euer Eisi

[Greek]

Hallo Eisi
Lies doch mal den Spiegel vom10.1.00 da ist ein längerer Artikel über.JFax.Auch über den Gründer und über die Konkurrenz,Efax,Gmx,Qunity,Mediaways. Also der Idee wird dort eine grosse Zukunft vorrausgesagt.Mit realen Gewinnchancen.Falls Du mehr informationen heraus bekommst wäre es Nett wenn Du mir eine Mail schickst unter [e-mail].

[clausewitzchen]

SUDDENLY, BOSSES HAVE the upper hand again.

As much as executives bemoan sliding stock prices and slowing corporate profits, they are happy about one
consequence of the economic slowdown. For the first time in years, they are not at the beck and call of
employees`
"gimme more" demands.

In the 1990s, as the economy boomed and companies went begging for talent, "the pendulum swung from
bosses having all the power to employees having a lot of it," says executive recruiter Pat Cook of Cook & Co.,
Bronxville, N.Y. "Now the pendulum is swinging back again."

While the competition for talent persists, especially for certain highly skilled technical and creative jobs, bosses
don`t feel the same degree of urgency they felt as recently as last year to dole out big salary raises and
bonuses to retain employees, she adds. Nor do they feel as much pressure to
create an employee-friendly work environment where staff can bring their pets to work, dress casually every
day of the week or receive lunchtime massages at their desks.

Scott Turicchi, executive vice president of business development at J2 Global Communications, a provider of
messaging and communications services based in Hollywood, Calif., says that a year ago, the shortage of
engineers and other talent was so acute that some employees were able to shop around, gather offers and
then demand more money and benefits.

"We never got to the point of having employees bringing their dogs or leopards to work," he says, but to keep
them happy, J2 Global Communications (Anm.: ehemals jfax / efax) offered two rounds of stock options as well as across-the-board pay
raises.

It also began paying bonuses quarterly rather than annually.

"We were constantly chasing the mythical beast of competition," says Mr. Turicchi.

Now, J2 Global Communications finds itself inundated with applications. Although the company has not laid off
any of its 130 employees, it is focused on reducing costs and becoming profitable.

The company had been spending about $200 in marketing costs for every customer it acquired for its
$10-a-month messaging product. It is trying to drive down that cost down while boosting sales, and is holding
employers
accountable for results.

"Managers are going to have to deliver against their budgets or explain the shortfall," says Mr. Turicchi.
Bonuses will be rewarded to those who make outstanding contributions.

"You can`t just get an extra $10,000 because you breathed last year," he says. "You have to excel and justify
why you should get it as opposed to the person sitting next to you."

YET FOR EMPLOYEES who signed on at J2 Global Communications in the go-go days a year ago, the new
dictum to prove their worth can be hard to adjust to, Mr. Turicchi acknowledges.

"There`s an uneasiness among employees as they wonder, `Will I be next?` " he says, pointing to the layoffs that
are occurring at other companies in the area. "We don`t want them to be terrified, but we are putting new
measures and goals in place."

Laura Hinson, J2Global`s public-relations manager, had planned to ask for a salary increase this spring but
now has decided to wait. She joined the company in early 2000 at a salary she later realized was "a little low,"
she says. So several months into the job, she asked for a raise and her bosses
came part way, she recalls.

She, in turn, decided to go back and ask again in early 2001, but is postponing that request. "We`re putting a
new budget in place and trying to make numbers at a certain time," she explains. "Because of the crunch, I`ve
lost my confidence in asking right now."

For one thing, she is no longer deluged with e-mail recruiting her for other jobs.

[clausewitzchen]

Der Marktführer und Global Player für virtuelle Telefonnummern und Faxanschlüsse wird im UMTS eine Schlüsselrolle spielen, daher jetzt kaufen. BEreits 134% in den letzten WOchen gestiegen.


Agree that we`ve heard nothing recent about ongoing conversion rates for free subs and take rates for paying
services from partnerships like Intuit. Hopefully, the upcoming conference call will give us an updated status of
how those areas are progressing to date.

Even though j2 is still poised to continue obtaining their fair share of free sub conversions with additional future
upsell potential and monetizing the rest, the "new" way of obtaining new revenue growth is from developing
partnerships like Intuit, Winfire, xDrive, MySpace, Compaq and others that will create demand for Registration
Integration, Application Integration, Co-Branded Sites, Cost of Acquisition Buys, and Corporate Sales. And,
new and/or enhanced product lines like j2 Messenger, Dial-in Conference Access, International Conferencing,
Speech Recognition/Text-to-Speech, Live Call Handling, that can be integrated into Partner applications as
they are developed by j2.

Pure advertising through AOL, Yahoo, etc., is the old way of doing business. Now that a substantial critical
mass has been developed by j2, the new way of revenue producing is in full force via the above type
partnerships combined with a sizable direct sales force that goes after SOHO and SME customers.

[clausewitzchen]

What part can j2 play in a Web based solution plan like the following deal with Unisys and Air Canada?

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010129/pa_unisys_2.html

If the larger mega companies are starting to use the Web for their Unified solutions, then it would seem j2`s
new "Instant Messaging" ICON would be in there somewhere from a faxing, emailing, conference calling,
jblasting, etc., standpoint.

And, it gets more exciting if Microsoft releases their 2001 Office Suite software in March/April with j2`s "Instant
Messaging" ICON stuck in there for all to see and use in a big way.

[abauer1050]

Warum steigt J2 ??
Hat jemand nähere Informationen?

[MajorDutch]

Das Unternehmen wird langsam profitabel...

j2 affirms it will see profit in 2002
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 12 (Reuters) - Communication services outsourcer j2 Global Communications Inc. (NasdaqNM:JCOM - news) on Tuesday affirmed last month`s forecast that it would be profitable in 2002.

The Hollywood, California-based company said it would earn $4 million in 2002, compared with a loss of $7.8 million a year ago. It said its earnings would be driven by revenue growth of 35 percent to $45 million, from $33.3 million.

Gruss
MD