About the IBM Sterling Synchronous B2B Process Service

The IBM Sterling Synchronous B2B Process Service provides the ability for you to send a document to IBM and while the connection remains open, a secondary connection is opened to the business partner. The document is delivered and then a return response document is received, and then that response document is delivered back to the original sender, all in the same HTTPS synchronous connection.

High Level Data Flow

At a high level, the data flow for the Synchronous B2B Process Service is as follows:

High-level data flow diagram for the Sterling Synchronous B2B Process service, as described in the steps below.
  1. You and your trading partners exchange messages using the Synchronous B2B Process Service using SOAP or HTTPS.
  2. The Synchronous B2B Process Service mediates synchronous communication between your company and your trading partner. The message is processed entirely by the Synchronous B2B Process Service, transforming requests and responses between the two parties, if required.