we are currently using relay fax software on our server to receive
faxes and forward them to everyone in the office. what is the latest
fax software and how do they comapre to each other?
i'd like to be able to fax directly from each workstation and use more
than one fax line on the system in order to send and receive at the
same time.

this will be for the network and should be easy to install and deploy
for everyone to use. we have about 15 users on the network. We should
also be able to fax directly from the contact info contained in
Outlook if this is possible.

Hi you can use winfax it is a great product and you can get a multi user licence.

See these sites;
http://www.symantec.com/winfax/

or try these;
http://www.outlook4team.com/
www.ozefax.com.au

also type in this search into google

computer fax programs 

you should come up with a long list of options.
Note winfax is the industry standard.

Hope that helps DPAS

We happen to use FaxCore. It is the only fax server built on .NET, so
if you are looking for something that is easy to deploy to clients
nothing is easier then a browser based solution.

Check out www.faxcore.com