How EDI is jumping through new hoops

Dexsal · Nov 30, 2004, 08:12 PM

In the age of the internet, surely EDI is a concept whose time has gone? Not so, there's life in the old dog yet as it finds ways of getting on with the XMl puppy.

Rumours of the death of electronic data interchange (EDI) have been greatly exaggerated, said a recent report from IT analyst Forrester Research.

In spite of numerous supplier predictions that the emergence of competing web-based standards, and in particular extensible mark-up language (XML), would herald a mass migration of users away from the older, proprietary technology, EDI has survived.

Not only that, but it continues to grow. "EDI standards remain the dominant protocols in the B2B world and EDI-related network traffic volumes increased between 5% and 10% during the past year," said Ken Vollmer, analyst at Forrester Research. That trend, he added, is set to continue for at least the next five years.

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Dexsal Space Monocerotis Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aust Posts: 1,401 Rep Power: 0	How EDI is jumping through new hoops In the age of the internet, surely EDI is a concept whose time has gone? Not so, there's life in the old dog yet as it finds ways of getting on with the XMl puppy. Rumours of the death of electronic data interchange (EDI) have been greatly exaggerated, said a recent report from IT analyst Forrester Research. In spite of numerous supplier predictions that the emergence of competing web-based standards, and in particular extensible mark-up language (XML), would herald a mass migration of users away from the older, proprietary technology, EDI has survived. Not only that, but it continues to grow. "EDI standards remain the dominant protocols in the B2B world and EDI-related network traffic volumes increased between 5% and 10% during the past year," said Ken Vollmer, analyst at Forrester Research. That trend, he added, is set to continue for at least the next five years. read more