B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

As we close 2009, I've been catching up on some reading and stumbled across some Aberdeen Group research. The piece on supplier enablement across the world, was shocking. North America (34%) lags both Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) (36%) and Asia/Pacific (41%) in electronically processed purchase orders. Paper requisitioning versus EDI requisitioning is as follows across the regions...EMEA $42.90/paper order and $34.05/EDI order, North America $37.45/paper order and $23.83/EDI order, Asia/Pacific $23.90/paper order and $14.78/EDI order.

Thinkronization Newsletter - December 2009

Happy Holidays from REMEDI. Here is the third edition and December release of "Thinkronization", the thinking person's E-newsletter for business and data integration / synchronization professionals. The newsletter is for those who are focused on the integration of systems and collaboration with business partners. Published bi-monthly the content contains news, articles, research, trends, blog posts, and consulting service and placement pieces, related to Business-to-Business Integration (B2Bi) and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).

Reading the newspapers or watching TV can certainly make the employment outlook seem pretty bleak. Especially if you happen to be among the 1 in 10 U.S. workers seeking employment. While the unemployment rate for highly skilled information technology professionals generally runs about 50 percent of the general unemployment rate nationally, no sector in today’s market place has remained completely untouched by the downturn.

It is in the eyes of the viewer if our "Scenes from a Server" video clips were deemed “good”. However, feedback indicates people appreciated the series and analogy between business/data integration, and the problems the SYSTEM character had with integrating the DATA character throughout the videos.

In a survey conducted by Remedi recently, EDI professionals shared their perspective and experience about a range of topics including the skills most requested when contacted about projects. Here are the response details in regard to translation package, operating systems, and ERP preferences among companies seeking EDI professionals.