B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

This weekend it is time to spring ahead for many of us...time change.  It also usually means spring is just around the corner, but with 6 inches of snow outside the window we in the upper mid-west have our doubts.

This change of time not only means spring is on the way and the approach of another season, but it also means at least a weeks worth of resetting our internal clock...dragging out of bed and into work, and out of work to home, and then to bed.  Each season we change time it requires that we change our routine a bit to get rid of the fog associated with the process since the status quo is disrupted somewhat. 

Have you had a critical opening in your Integration department for weeks, months or perhaps over a year that you were struggling to secure the proper EDI skill set and expertise?  If so, your predicament is not uncommon in today’s marketplace. 

In my article archive, I found a blog post by Steve Keifer of OpenText | GXS from a few years back entitled The End Of Mapping (In B2B Integration).  Mr. Keifer states that maps are the most costly and most important part of a B2B Integration project.  He goes on to say that with all the artificial intelligence technology that already exists, we should be able to eliminate traditional maps and automatically map data based on intelligence and historical data.

As software resellers and implementation service providers, Remedi is typically involved with the migration or new implementation of a comprehensive integration suite from the beginning of a project.  As we go through months of software demos discussing features and functionality, an important part of the project sometimes gets overlooked.  Infrastructure.  There are many important decisions that need to be made regarding infrastructure that will directly impact costs, resources, and timing of a project.   

Earlier in the week one of our consultant Blog authors addressed the issue of Integration and EDI Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) and testing those plans in a simulated outage...Necessary Evils: EDI Disaster Recovery. 

The article struck a cord with many and prompted some discussion among our followers and here internally.  The discussion topics resulting from the Blog included...