Before XML B2B Server, EAPs were limited to connecting information and transactions within one enterprise. Now trading partners can share information regardless of where the applications reside. Customers, suppliers, and partners can all share product information, pricing, availability, order status, and production schedules so the EAP truly spans the extended enterprise. In addition, transactions are now possible between trading partners. For instance, a customer may enter a purchase order into its own ERP systems and have that information sent directly to its vendor's CRM system as a sales order.
Delivery is guaranteed via message queuing and XML return receipt.
A simple log allows users to monitor the delivery status of documents such as purchase orders, invoices, and inventory levels. It supports industry standards for XML exchange between partners and is compliant with RosettaNet standards, a leading XML standard governing supply-chain transactions on the Internet. Portal Wave XML B2B Server allows information and transaction exchange across enterprises via XML files. Portal Wave Visual Development Studio provides a visual development environment for building Wavelets, plug-in software modules that run within the portal. With these new products, we offer our customers a full range of c-commerce functionality from B2B connectivity, to a codeless development environment, to the platform itself.