Integration
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What is the Relationship Between EDI and XML?
Any methodology that enables the computer-to-computer exchange of business documents falls under the heading of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). What…
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2020 Agenda: Are You Ready?™ – New Process Suite
The pace of business has accelerated. We’ve seen more change in the last 20 years than in the previous 100.…
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SWIFT Services Vendor Selection Checklist
More and more corporate treasury organizations are considering SWIFT services to route payment instructions or collect account statements from their…
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OpenText Acquires GXS
On November 5, 2013 we announced our intention to acquire GXS Group, Inc (GXS). Today, I am pleased to report…
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Using the JavaScript API to Embed BIRT Viewer Toolkit into PHP, .NET, and More
Earlier this month Actuate released the new BIRT Viewer Toolkit (BVT) for the BIRT developer community. The BVT makes integration…
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Reduce Risk with Secure Information Exchange
Every business is an information business and this is why digitization is a key corporate priority. Every enterprise exchanges massive…
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Security with Digital Certificates: Should you generate your own or use a Certificate Authority?
In the world of B2B, the recommended approach for ensuring the security of the documents you exchange with business partners…
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Driving Innovation & Growth
The growth of unstructured information inside the enterprise is staggering. In fact, experts estimate that over 80 percent of data…
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OpenText in the Spotlight: TSX and Innovation
On Thursday, October 31, I joined Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President of the Toronto Stock Exchange, in the heart of…
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How Digital Certificates Help Ensure the Security of EDI Data
When you exchange EDI documents via the Internet, the security of your data is of vital importance. It is critical…
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What’s the difference between the 4 types of EDI acknowledgments?
When you send a document electronically to your business partner it is critical that you know for sure whether or…
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The Most Popular B2B Protocols As Chosen By You
We had a “standing room only” crowd at our recent GXS webinar, “How to Determine the Best Communications Protocol for…
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Which is Best for Your EDI Program? FTP, SFTP, FTPS, or AS2?
In my last blog, 5 Considerations When Deciding on Internet Communications Protocols, I highlighted the key factors you should consider…
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5 Considerations When Deciding on Internet Communications Protocols
In order for two computers to exchange files (internally or across the Internet) you will need file-handling software that follows…
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The Importance of Being Accurate
I was forwarded an article the other week that highlighted an important area of the order-to-pay process: data accuracy. It…
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A Sample EDI Document Flow in an ERS Program in the Automotive Industry
As promised in my last blog, How EDI ASNs Enable Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS), here’s a look at the wider…
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How EDI ASNs Enable Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS)
Just as with the Cross-Docking, Drop-Shipping and the Direct Store Delivery processes described in earlier posts, the ASN document is…
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German Automotive Industry to Move From VDA to Global EDIFACT Messages
The global automotive industry has grown around a collection of regional B2B standards, primarily covering documents and communication protocols. The…
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SME e-Invoicing Adoption in Europe – Part 3 The Role of Government
Many governments have, or are considering, mandating electronic invoicing and any company doing business with the public sector will be…
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Supply Chain Management Transformation: Technology Shifts the Focus from Process Efficiency to Adding Strategic Value
Cost shedding and process optimization are the typical drivers of supply chain technology purchases. No surprise there. However, according to…
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