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AS2 or Traditional EDI – Which is Better?

AS2 or Traditional EDI – Which is Better?

Companies of all sizes have found significant cost savings by automating high-volume or time-consuming processes—B2B commerce is no exception. Automating the exchange of business documents…

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How to Pass a Multi-Select Parameter to Subreport

How to Pass a Multi-Select Parameter to Subreport

This week I was asked a question regarding multiple value list box parameters. Additionally they wanted to know how to pass these values from a…

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Marketing automation tools and WEM

Marketing automation tools and WEM

While reminiscing about a recent trip to London, England I was reminded of my travels on the Underground. With every step onto or off the…

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Why You Should Consider AS2

Why You Should Consider AS2

Electronic exchange of B2B commerce documents will help to eliminate errors, minimize processing time, and provide better visibility into your business processes. AS2 (Applicability Statement…

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Top 10 Reasons to Learn COBOL

Top 10 Reasons to Learn COBOL

What is the first thing which springs to mind when you think of COBOL? Did you know that 200 times more transactions are processed daily by COBOL business applications than there are Google and You Tube searches made? COBOL is not about to drop dead – it still dominates the business language world. Here are our top ten reasons for learning COBOL.

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Eight Ways to Mitigate Operational Risk in the Cloud for Financial Services

Eight Ways to Mitigate Operational Risk in the Cloud for Financial Services

GXS recently sponsored a webinar titled “Compliance in the Cloud: Raising the Bar in Financial Services.” CEB TowerGroup Senior Research Director Rod Nelsestuen joined me…

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How B2B Integration Automates the Procure-to-Pay Cycle for Manufacturing Companies

How B2B Integration Automates the Procure-to-Pay Cycle for Manufacturing Companies

Large companies in the aerospace, automotive, high tech and industrial manufacturing sector purchase trillions of dollars of goods every year.  Most of the purchases consist…

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Banking & Web Services: The File is Dead, Long Live the API

Banking & Web Services: The File is Dead, Long Live the API

Today most, if not all, financial transactions flowing between Banks, Financial Institutions, Corporates, Government agencies, Insurance companies and Securities counterparties are based on files. In…

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Benefits of using ASNs (Advanced Shipment Notices)

Benefits of using ASNs (Advanced Shipment Notices)

I continue to be surprised by at how many companies are still not requiring Advanced Shipment Notices (ASNs) from their suppliers.  Advanced shipment notices provide…

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What Are The 4 Best B2B Models For Your Business?

What Are The 4 Best B2B Models For Your Business?

When your company exchanges business documents electronically with your trading partners – your customers, suppliers, logistics providers and/or banks – one of the decisions you…

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To Drop Ship or Not to Drop Ship? That is the Question (to ask Your Suppliers)

To Drop Ship or Not to Drop Ship? That is the Question (to ask Your Suppliers)

For retailers, meeting customer demand no longer relies on how much free space is in your back room. Online shopping has helped retailers open up…

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After Abandoning Commerce One, SAP Ends Up Acquiring Ariba

After Abandoning Commerce One, SAP Ends Up Acquiring Ariba

Yesterday, SAP announced its intention to acquire B2B e-commerce vendor, Ariba for $4.3 billion. In addition to its suite of spend management and procure-to-pay applications,…

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