RE: real life problem

[John Evdemon <jevdemon@vitria.com>]

On Monday, October 01, 2001 3:00 PM, Eric Limbeek wrote:
> 
> Customer has been told by supplier they will only do business 
> via EDI. (hvac industry). Customer does not want to sign up with an EDI
VAN but would
> rather come up with an XML based solution using the Internet. The only
> transactions to be performed are the standard purchasing ones ie order,
> acknowledgement, shipment etc.
> Is there a way to do this today without hooking up with an EDI VAN?.
> 
Eric,

There is no requirement to use a VAN when using EDI.  Many companies conduct
EDI transactions over secure Internet connections with standard protocols.
I assume that the VAN is not the only reason the customer does not want to
use EDI.  

The customer's desired solution can be accomplished using a variety of COTS
packages in a fairly straightforward manner.  Shoot me an email if you need
specifics.

Thanks!

John Evdemon
CTO - XML/Director of Engineering
Vitria
www.vitria.com
www.xmls.com