Software provides connectivity between trading partners.
Press Release Summary:
WebSphere® Business Integration Connect v4.2.0 and v4.2.1 help accelerate transformation into on-demand business. They model and simulate business processes that can be instantly updated, and integrate people, processes, information, and systems throughout enterprise. Users can connect with customers and partners, monitor business processes using real-time data, and manage business efficiently by reviewing and analyzing processes and performance.
Original Press Release:
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Connect Offers New Functions
At a glance
WebSphere Business Integration Connect V4.2.0 and V4.2.1:
Enable community integration through connectivity between trading partners
Enable operational business to business (B2B) based on communities of trading partners
Connect to and integrate with communities of trading partners
Improve interactions with suppliers and customers
Derive more value from internal process improvements
Define trading partner interactions with an easy to use graphical interface
Rapidly enable partners with self-registration and manage the defined partners
WebSphere Business Integration Connect also provides:
Support for a wide range of industry standard protocols including RosettaNet, AS2, and XML
Support for trading partner interactions over transports such as HTTP(S), FTP, and SMTP
Support for multiple Security Standards including vendor certificate authorities from Verisign and Thawte, SSL support, and Non-Repudiation as required for full AS2 compliance
Complementary services covering a readiness review, deployment assistance, and operational support
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
Overview
IBM has enhanced the WebSphere® Business Integration portfolio of modular offerings with a new version of WebSphere Business Integration Connect to help lower the costs of integration and help speed time to value.
WebSphere Business Integration Connect V4.2.0 and V4.2.1 can deliver five key capabilities to help accelerate the transformation into an on-demand business:
Model and simulate business processes that can be instantly updated
Integrate people, processes, information, and systems throughout your enterprise
Connect with your customers and partners for an efficient business-to-business enterprise
Monitor business processes from start to finish, using real-time performance data
Manage your business more efficiently with the capability to review, analyze, and improve processes and performance
While V4.2.0 and V4.2.1 will offer common capabilities, V4.2.1 will offer additional platform coverage and globalization support.
WebSphere Business Integration Connect Advanced Edition and WebSphere Business Integration Connect Enterprise Edition V4.2.0 support the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server V2.1 platform.
WebSphere Business Integration Connect-Express V4.2.0 supports the Microsoft(TM) Windows(TM) 2000 platform.
Additional Platforms for WebSphere Business Integration Connect Advanced and Enterprise Editions V4.2.1 include:
Microsoft Windows 2000
Sun Solaris V8
AIX® V5.2
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server V8
IBM is also adding support for:
RosettaNet PIPs in WebSphere Business Integration Connect Advanced and Enterprise Editions V4.2.1; these are detailed in the Description section
SOAP over HTTP(S) proxy support
cXML
Globalization enablement
Additional Platforms for WebSphere Business Integration Connect-Express V4.2.1 include:
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server V2.1
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server V8
Key prerequisites
Refer to the Hardware requirements and Software requirements sections for further information.
Planned availability dates
September 29, 2003: Electronic delivery V4.2.0
October 24, 2003: Physical availability V4.2.0
December 19, 2003: Electronic delivery V4.2.1
January 12, 2004: Physical availability V4.2.1
Description
WebSphere Business Integration Connect V4.2.0 and V4.2.1 are products designed to enable community integration through connectivity between trading partners, whatever the B2B requirement of the partner, and whatever the preferred style of integration and connectivity. It is delivered to enable effective operational B2B based on communities of trading partners. WebSphere Business Integration Connect provides the connectivity needed to integrate these communities of trading partners. It will work with other components of an end-to-end solution, typically provided by other middleware products, such as WebSphere Business Integration Server, which provide functions such as transformation and process integration.
