ability. EDI software developers, including EDI-TIE, are therefore building products that offer the best of both worlds.
With EDI-TIE's Cyber Assisted Business EDI (known as CAB-EDI), users can choose between a VAN or the Internet, depending on how critical their business processes are. By using the Internet, customers benefit from easy data transfer and can store and
receive large quantities of graphically structured product information via Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTTP, or EDIFACT. By switching to a VAN, users can securely transfer sensitive data, such as orders or time-critical project information.
CAB-EDI can, for example, run behind a corporate Web server to convert filled-out order forms into EDIFACT messages. But instead of triggering the EDI process chain over the Internet, the program can switch to a VAN offering higher security, documented receipts, and quicker responses.
The Best of Both Worlds
