March 2005
Intermediate to advanced
826 pages
17h 57m
English
book
B2B Solutions using WebSphere BI Connect Version 4.2.2
by Geert Van de Putte, Jeff Brent, Ronan Dalton, Rich Kinard, Benjamin Thurgood
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282 B2B Solutions using WebSphere BI Connect Version 4.2.2
11.1 Scenario overview
In a typical B2B environment, it is common that not all business partners can be
aligned along a single communication mechanism. While AS2-based solutions
are common and not that difficult to implement, there are always situations where
a business partner cannot implement an AS2 solution and for many reasons.
However, a B2B software product, such as WebSphere BI Connect, can handle
these situations.
This chapter considers the situation where Company E wants to extend its B2B
infrastructure to include a document exchange with Company F. However,
Company F is reluctant to jump quickly on a technology that is new to the IT
department of Company F. At the same time, ...