IBM® Sterling® Data Exchange
Modern and reliable B2B data exchange solutions built for demanding workloads
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B2B solutions built on extensive customer experience

Many organizations struggle to keep up with the volume and diversity of new customers and suppliers they do business with. To combat these challenges, IT leaders need to power business workflows using modern technologies that provide secure and always-on data exchange to prevent disruptions and avoid –or quickly react to– breaches.

IBM Sterling Data Exchange is a portfolio of the latest reliable B2B data exchange solutions built for demanding workloads and developed by IBM experts with decades of deep domain expertise.

Primary use cases:

  1. Managed file transfer: includes the ability to share documents and files of any type in a secure, reliable, and timely way.
  2. B2B integration: focuses on workflow orchestration that accompanies the exchange of data, including data transformation into variety of B2B standards and protocols with validation.
#1

MFT Software¹

 45%

Faster onboarding2

 99%

Less unplanned downtime2
Connectivity

Wide range of standards and protocols, data translation and validation.

 Visibility

End-to-end data insight at document, transaction, and business levels.

 Partner management

Rapid onboarding and efficient management of customers and partners.

 Flexibility

Hybrid cloud, on-premises, and SaaS capabilities to support self-managed, vendor managed or custom deployments.

 Resiliency

Secure, scalable, and reliable solutions for diverse range of demanding workloads.

Domain expertise

Tap into IBM’s long-standing experience in EDI and MFT business data exchange.

Managed file transfer Share documents and files of any type in a secure, reliable and timely way on a unified file transfer platform across your enterprise and trading partner network. Explore IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
B2B Integration Focus on workflow orchestration that accompanies the exchange of data, including data transformation into variety of B2B standards and protocols and validation. Explore IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Explore IBM Sterling B2B Integration SaaS
Managed file transfer Nets

Communicates seamlessly with trading partners by relying on IBM Sterling B2B Collaboration solutions.

 Scotiabank

Creates a centralized, future-ready payments hub to stay ahead of the competition with shorter time to market by embracing agile development.

 Western Union

Reduces recovery time objective from hours to minutes, ensuring critical files are always transferred on time with IBM Sterling Global Mailbox.
B2B integration Hendrickson USA

Fuels real-time transactions with the new B2B API, a hybrid approach to connecting customers made easy within a single business network.

 Saint-Gobain Abrasives

Automates supply chain processes to eliminate manual paper-based tasks and drive efficiencies, resulting in 92% cost savings per line order.
To me, more important than the IBM logo are the people. They get it. They understand it. And that’s the thing that has made us very successful. George Muller Senior Global IT Director C.H. Guenther & Son LLC As a manufacturing company, we don’t have the IT expertise to match the volume we’re expecting. When we have new customers in the future, we can hand it over to IBM to do the API mapping on our behalf to meet the customer’s requirement for a particular ASN. Senthil Kannan IT manager, Demand and Distribution Applications Hendrickson USA IBM offers us the robust B2B integration capabilities we need to keep millions of files flowing smoothly every month, and the scalability, flexibility and availability we need to continue our international growth. Ove Kolstad Technical Lead Manager for Managed File Transfer Nets Getting all of that data to all the right places, to our clients and customers in the right format, was bcoming unmanageable. Thanks to IBM, this is no longer a challenge for us. Ellen Agostino Application Service Manager PNC Financial Services Group Inc. We had a great implementation team from IBM ... How many projects can you truthfully say come in on time, on budget and to the original scope? And we did it with no disruption to our business. Phil Catlin Application Development Manager Formica Group
IDC reports

The IDC report, Driving Strategic Value with IBM Sterling Supply Chain Business Network, discusses why leading enterprises have chosen IBM Sterling Supply Chain Business Network for their EDI solution.

 Business value

The IDC report, The Business Value of IBM Sterling B2B Integration and Managed File Transfer Solutions, focuses on the fundamental shift of B2B integration middleware and MFT software being used to serve a broader ecosystem of stakeholders.
Next steps

Schedule a one-on-one consultation with an IBM consultant who can help you modernize your B2B data exchange solutions for demanding workloads.

1 IDC Worldwide B2B Integration Middleware and MFT Software Market Shares
2 IDC The Business Value of IBM Sterling B2B Integration and Managed File Transfer Solutions