Product uses for IBM Transformation Extendercustomers

If you already use IBM Transformation Extender, you can invoke your existing IBM Transformation Extender maps in predefined business processes for business-to-business (B2B) processing, or create new processes that use Sterling B2B Integrator functionality to address your specific needs.

As a B2B gateway, Sterling B2B Integrator provides:
  • Integrated communications
  • Trading partner management
  • Message enveloping and de-enveloping
  • Automated acknowledgment generation
  • A set of pre-defined EDI and B2B processes
Table 1. Sterling B2B Integrator Capabilities
Sterling B2B Integrator Capabilities Details
Security
  • Identity management, including authorization and authentication
  • Perimeter security at DMZ traversal
  • Role-based data access and system operation
  • Secured mailbox repository
Communications protocols
  • Web services (SOAP)
  • S/FTP/S client and server
  • HTTP and HTTP/S
  • SMTP
  • AS1, AS2, AS3
  • RosettaNet
  • WebDAV
  • Zengin TCP/IP
  • EBICS (France)
  • IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct®
Business Process Management
  • Graphical process modeling tool
  • Business process execution engine
Community Management
  • Manage and grow trading partner communities
  • Centralized visibility into trading partner communities
  • Digital certificates deployment
Application Extensibility and Customization
  • Web services: Support for SOAP, WDSL
  • Eclipse-based support for creating custom adapters and services
Connectivity and Adapters
A comprehensive library of more than 300 available adapters, including:
  • Oracle
  • Manugistics
  • PeopleSoft
  • Siebel
  • Vantive
  • JD Edwards
  • I2
  • IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct®
  • IBM® Sterling Connect:Enterprise®
  • IBM® Sterling Gentran®:Server®,
  • GXS
Mobility

Monitoring and management of Sterling B2B Integrator processes and status from a mobile digital device, including system status, database growth, and average business-process wait time.