BELLEVUE, WA (December 4, 2007) — Edifecs and SEEBURGER today announced a product partnership designed to accelerate B2B implementations by simplifying the process of defining trading partner transaction specifications as well as eliminating the need to manually re-key those specifications during map development. The new capabilities are being achieved through the integration of Edifecs’ industry-leading SpecBuilder™ schema authoring tool with the SEEBURGER B2B Gateway, a business integration platform used by many of the world’s leading manufacturers.

Under the partnership, EDI specifications created in SpecBuilder can be automatically imported into the SEEBURGER Mapping Designer via a new Edifecs export module. This will save time for map developers, reduce the risk of re-keying errors, and ensure that analysts and developers are in sync on EDI data requirements.

In addition, the use of SpecBuilder simplifies specification authoring, distribution and updating for manufacturers utilizing the SEEBURGER platform. Taken together, these tools will help speed the creation, editing, publishing, migration and analysis of B2B business document specifications for organizations around the world.

"Edifecs’ support for the Seeburger B2B Gateway provides customers with a powerful mechanism for building and managing complex EDI transaction sets," said Bill Metallo, SEEBURGER Vice President of Sales. "The combination of the two products enables customers to better capture, share and utilize information about their trading partner data requirements in order to build a connected business."

"Supporting the SEEBURGER B2B Gateway underscores Edifecs’ commitment to working with the leading e-business platforms and is in step with our vision of making SpecBuilder the de facto tool for all schema and electronic business message creation and management," said Sunny Singh, CEO of Edifecs, Inc. "This partnership further solidifies SpecBuilder’s position as the tool of choice for schema authoring and management."

Edifecs helps organizations achieve interoperability and return on investment by simplifying the adoption of standard electronic transactions and deriving business value from trading partner communities. Edifecs provides general industry product solutions for guideline authoring, data validation and partner enablement to manage, analyze and enforce the quality of transactional data being exchanged with a trading partner community.

The Edifecs Healthcare SuiteTM includes business performance management applications that automate and manage the full lifecycle of transactions; defining requirements, community enablement, testing and data validation, real-time transaction monitoring, repair and reconciliation, and providing transaction analytics. 2007 marks 11 years of Edifecs’ leadership and expertise in providing innovative technology solutions to over 1600 customers worldwide. Edifecs has over 200 customers and partners in healthcare that include 16 Blue Plans, 35 Medicaid, State and Federal Agencies, along with partnership arrangements with all leading middleware stack vendors. Founded in 1996, Edifecs is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. Company website: www.edifecs.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 7,000 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. 

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