IBM WebSphere
Business Integration Connect
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Connect V4.2 enables community integration through connectivity between trading partners, whatever the B2B requirement of the partner, and whatever the preferred style of integration and connectivity.
Historically this approach has been costly and labour intensive, based as it is on piecemeal partner identification and lengthy partner enablement processes. Instead of focusing on the connection of each individual partner, Community Integration Services from IBM allows a framework to be implemented around the goal of building an entire community of partners that are to be connected together within a single control environment.
WebSphere Business Integration Connect features include:
- Full-function, enterprise-strength gateway/hub built on embedded WAS foundation
- Support for standards-based transports, protocols, and formats
- Protocols: RNIF 1.1, RNIF 2.0, AS1, AS2, SOAP
- Formats: EDI, XML, RosettaNet, cXML, Binary/Raw Payloads
- Integration beyond the enterprise into the extended value chain
- Component-based solution providing robustness and performance
- High scalability for large trading communities
- B2B framework for B2B, D2D (Division to Division) and Merger/Acquisition
Business Benefit:
- Conduct inter-enterprise and intra-industry transactions with suppliers, plants, and customers utilizing the RosettaNet environment
- Achieve a consistent and unified view of information across the enterprise, across disparate systems and applications - to aid in reporting, planning, and business analysis
- Model and implement improved process design - to aid in reducing labour costs and eliminate manual processes
- Analyse business activity to improve operational efficiency