RosettaNet Users Now have a Choice to Use Interoperable AS2 products for Messaging

 

Austin, TX - December 2, 2008. Drummond Group Inc., the global leader of interoperability software testing and certification, announced today that the following companies have passed AS2 Interoperability certification in the third quarter of this year: Axway, Boomi, Cleo Communications, EDS an HP Company, EXTOL International, Inc., GXS Inc., IBM, Inovis, Microsoft, /n software inc., nuBridges, Inc., SEEBURGER AG, Sterling Commerce, and TIBCO Software Inc. These software vendors participated in a full matrix test event whereby all participants exchanged messages with all the participants to ensure interoperability.

AS2 Optional Profiles

The Drummond Certified® Program has developed Optional Profiles to address the needs of various industries which have specific business requirements they want certified in AS2 testing. Each of these Optional Profiles brings important added functionality to the AS2 products supporting these features. Although initiated by one industry, these profiles have cross industry use and are being adopted by other industry groups. The following companies have products that have certified on these Optional Profiles. Please visit the Drummond Group website for more information on these Optional Profiles and specific product names and versions from each company.

 

• AS2 Reliability: Axway, Cleo, IBM, Inovis, Seeburger*, Sterling Commerce
• Certificate Exchange Messaging (CEM): Axway, Cleo, GXS, Inovis, Seeburger*
• Filename Preservation (FN): Axway, Cleo, EDS, GXS, IBM, Inovis, Microsoft, /n software, nuBridges, Seeburger*, Tibco
• FN with Duplicate Handling and Notification via MDN (FN-MDN): Cleo, GXS, Seeburger*
• Multiple Attachments (MA): Axway, Cleo, GXS, Inovis, Microsoft, /n software, nuBridges, Seeburger*
• FN for MA (FN-MA): Axway, Cleo, GXS, Inovis, Microsoft, /n software, Seeburger*

AS2 Embraced by RosettaNet For Its Users

Drummond Group Inc. also welcomes the recent RosettaNet announcement this summer that it has completed validating its Multiple Messaging Service (MMS) which allows members looking to make the switch from RosettaNet Implementation Framework® (RNIF®) to MMS AS2. AS2 certified products are now being used to exchange RNET PIPs following the guidelines of the RNET MMS AS2 Profile.

"This most recent list of AS2 certified products are the most likely to be used in switching out RNIF to AS2 as they have proven to be interoperable by committing to interoperability testing on a continuous basis," says Rik Drummond, CEO of Drummond Group Inc. "Interoperability certification is a critical link in the successful and dependable exchange of business to business transactions and continuous testing is a big part of that dependability. This confirms the continued value of AS2 technology and the Drummond AS2 certification process we facilitate with these companies."

For specific product information on certified companies, see: http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/as2-companies.html

About AS2: AS2 is one of the most widely recognized messaging standards for B2B e-commerce with thousands of implementations around the globe. It enables businesses to easily establish trading partner relationships to exchange business data (like EDI, XML, Documents, PDF's, Text Files, etc.) securely and reliably, thereby delivering cost savings and providing flexibility and control for backend to backend data integration.

For more information about AS2 and optional profiles, see: http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/standards.html

 

Drummond Group Inc. (DGI), a global leader in eBusiness and eGov software certification, works with software vendors, industry associations, supply chains and the standards community by conducting interoperability and conformance testing on open standards, publishing related strategic research and developing vertical industry strategies. Founded in 1999, DGI has tested hundreds of international software products used in vertical industries such as automotive, consumer product goods, financial services, government, petroleum, pharmaceutical and retail. For more information, please visit www.drummondgroup.com or email: info2@drummondgroup.com

SEEBURGER is a leading provider of global business integration solutions designed to optimize transactions throughout the extended enterprise by automating trading relationships with all partners regardless of their size and technical resources.  Launched in 1986 to provide integration solutions to the automotive industry in Germany, the company today is ranked among the top business-to-business gateway providers by industry analysts, and serves more than 7,800 customers in 50+ countries and more than 15 industries through its flagship B2B Gateway and related products and services.  SEEBURGER has global offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, including a U.S. office that opened in 1998.