IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Capabilities

Industry-Leading B2B Integration Capabilities

The IBM Sterling B2B Integrator solution is the answer for businesses that have a growing need for better trading partner and supply chain management.

It offers numerous capabilities and benefits above and beyond other EDI and B2B Integration solutions, including the following:

Securely and flexibly integrate your trading partners

Support for numerous communication standards, protocols, data formats and files	IBM Sterling B2B Integrator supports Web services (SOAP), S/FTP/S client and server, HTTP and HTTP/S, SMTP, AS1, AS2, AS3 and RosettaNet, WebDAV, Zengin TCP/IP, and IBM^® Sterling Connect:Direct^® Supports policy-based file transfer and multi-gigabyte file handling
Any-to-any data mapping and translation capabilities	A graphical data mapping tool and multi-purpose data transformation engine Supports traditional EDI (X12, EDIFACT, CII, TRADACOMS, and Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA)), XML standards (OAGi, CIDX, PIDX, and RosettaNet), Internet standards for B2B data exchange (RosettaNet RNIF, ebXML, 1SYNC, and EBICS (France)), and XSLT
World class security features	Digital certificate management Encryption Data transport security Role based data access Advanced authentication
Intelligent onboarding with partner self-provisioning	Reduces effort required for trading partner onboarding and management.

Extend internal business processes to external partners

A comprehensive library of more than 300 adapters	Adapters for enterprise applications (including JD Edwards, SAP, Oracle, Manugistics, PeopleSoft, Siebel, IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct®, IBM® Sterling Connect:Enterprise®, IBM® Sterling Gentran:Server®, GXS, IBM). Adapters for EAI messaging platforms (including IBM WebSphere MQ, Oracle AQ, BEA Tuxedo, TIBCO Rendezvous, and more) Adapters for other technologies such as Instant Messaging, CORBA, and JDBC.
Document conversion and processing	Provides routing, business rule validation, delivery, alerting, exception handling, and archiving for end-to-end process automation
A graphical process modeling tool and pre-defined process templates	Enables process modeling, execution, and orchestration
Configurable business rules	Enable consistent practices across trading partners and transaction types
Application extension and customization tools	With Web services, specially designed software development kits and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the solution simplifies any customizations you may need

Provide visibility into key IT and business processes

Centralized visibility and tracking of business processes	Provides tremendous opportunities to reduce error rates, isolate issues, and resolve them before they become serious problems
Mobile monitoring, management and tracking	Mobile tools provide monitoring for system status, database growth and average business wait time Enable administrators to run or restart any failed or halted business process Allow administrators to initiate or halt key functions such as logging
Dashboards and reports	Provide aggregate views of business documents and KPI management for you and your business partners

Your Partner for B2B Integrator Success

As a full service IBM reseller and services provider, we can deliver the IBM Sterling B2B Integrator solution from end-to-end, including:

Assessing and determining your B2B integration requirements
Procuring the business integration software
Assisting in hardware selection and procurement
Architecting and implementing the optimal integration solution
Streamlining solution implementation and enhancing capabilities with proven tools and frameworks
Onboarding and supporting your trading partners
Providing onshore technical support and managed services
And much more