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Cloud business phone systems provider RingCentral (News - Alert) Inc. has launched RingCentral CloudFax, the “first ever” cloud-based fax service, offering the ability to send documents directly from Box, Dropbox (News - Alert) and Google Docs, according to the firm.

The service allows users to send documents from multiple storage locations simultaneously including from local computer hard drives, in one single fax.

Organizations that adopt RingCentral CloudFax can improve workflow and productivity, since users can fax documents stored in the cloud from a single web page, according to Naveen Gupta, RingCentral’s chief product officer.

“RingCentral is committed to improving workflow and productivity for our customers with cutting edge technology and an intuitive user experience,” Gupta said in a company statement. “RingCentral CloudFax enables our customers to take full advantage of leading cloud services by offering an integrated, fast and robust fax service.”

RingCentral CloudFax allows on-demand legal services firm Paragon Legal to fax their Box, Dropbox or Google (News - Alert) Docs documents to multiple recipients, attach multiple documents and even schedule faxes for future delivery.

“RingCentral allows us to send and receive faxes from anywhere, which enables us to respond to our clients quickly from wherever we’re working,” said Mae O’Malley, founder and partner of Paragon Legal.

Company officials said RingCentral CloudFax is free for all RingCentral customers, who can access the service at http://faxout.ringcentral.com.

Box customers can also install RingCentral CloudFax from the Box marketplace to fax documents directly from their Box account: http://www.box.com/services/ringcentral_FaxOut

RingCentral brought its total funding to more than $55 million last fall, by securing a $10 million Series D funding round, according to TMCnet.

The funding round was led by Scale Venture Partners and supported by Sequoia Capital, Khoshia Ventures, DAG Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank and Cisco.

Based in San Mateo, CA (News - Alert), RingCentral is privately held with backing from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and DAG Ventures. The company has about 200,000 customers worldwide and sells subscription-based hosted VoIP systems with everything from fax functionality to smartphone integration.