myGLN is a suite of Electronic Business Interaction services based on Internet
technology. It provides a migration path from the traditional mailbox-based VAN
services to a Web Service based event-driven business interaction. Subscription
to the myGLN services platform guides you on a migration path from EDI to XML.
Features
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Responsive The myGLN architecture is based on web server technology.
Many years of research and development in this area has made web server technology a
stable and highly scalable foundation for a business interaction environment.
By reducing the number of intermediate queues, myGLN reduces the
overhead of intermediate context save operations and latency.
By using the integration capabilities of the Microsoft .NET architecture
combined with standard components such as Microsoft IIS6 and XSLT Descartes
offers an extensible and modular infrastructure that will allow you to do more
with your electronic business documents.
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Secure
Use of SSL and PKI in combination with the HTTP protocol provides a secure
alternative to the FTP protocol. Protocols like EDIINT-AS2 and ebMS
reduce the complexity of firewall configurations and provide
non-repudiation and protection of your business data. For participants that do
not want to use advanced protocols like AS2 or ebMS, the Simple HTTPs
Upload can provide you with the advantages of encryption and mutual
authentication without investment or complexity.
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Multi-translator
The myGLN environment encapsulates multiple document
transformation engines. This enables the reuse of existing mapping
specifications and reduces the time and cost of migration to the myGLN
environment.
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Self-service By using web applications, most of your trading partners will
be able to connect to your trading partner community themselves. Each
participant can test their scenario at their own pace and will not have to
wait on service desks or implementation consultants. By reporting syntax and
content errors as part of the response to the actual submission of the message, the
implementation cycle is reduced considerably, resulting in quick
and cost-effective connectivity. With a hyperlinked diagnostic report, analysis
is available to both your development and IT department.
All documents submitted to myGLN are assigned a unique document tracking number
(a.k.a. tid) that you use to track documents as they are being processed and
delivered.
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Unicode myGLN uses the Unicode alphabet to store and process
your documents. As the universal alphabet, the Unicode alphabet contains
virtually all possible characters.
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XML bridge myGLN aims to support all common EDI syntaxes.
In this way EDI can easily converted into XML-based business documents. Bridging an
existing document flow into enterprise applications such as the Descartes LNOS
suite is one of the prime objectives of myGLN.
If you like to know more about the limited release program for myGLN, please
contact Douwe
Tolsma at the Descartes Systems Group.