IBM Sterling Data Exchange

Overview

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:

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

Why choose IBM Sterling Data Exchange

MFT Software¹

45%

Faster onboarding²

99%

Less unplanned downtime²

Benefits

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.

Use cases

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 B2B integration software

Explore B2B integration SaaS

Case studies

Managed file transfer

Person at a bus stop with a leather bag over their shoulder looking at a smart phone

Nets

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

Looking up at a skyscraper in Hong kong business district

Scotiabank

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

Office worker sitting at a desk wearing glasses and looking at a smart phone in their hand

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

A virtual rendering of a futuristic semi-trailer truck

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.

Workers unloading pallet inside a food distribution warehouse

Coastal Pacific

Seamlessly migrates 3.5 million EDI transactions, delivers self-service capabilities and reduces administration requirements by 60%.

Testimonials

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

Resources

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