Case Studies

EDI is a business process, iEDeX is a technology. iEDeX technology can be leveraged to fulfill EDI requirements.

Comparing the distinctions between traditional EDI technology and the iEDeX platform.

• Traditional EDI technology builds one-one connections; iEDeX builds many-many connections.
• Traditional EDI technology is documents-based; iEDeX is data element based.
• Traditional EDI technology requires system programming to facilitate an export into a proper format; iEDeX is non-invasive.
• Traditional EDI technology facilitate the exchange outside the firewall; iEDeX facilitate the exchange both inside and outside the firewall.
• Traditional EDI technology limits transparency to the sender’s side of the transaction; iEDeX provides transparency to the complete transaction.
• Traditional EDI technology cannot scale to meet other business requirements; iEDeX is flexible, scalable and agile enough to connect any network of disparate system.
• Traditional EDI technology requires significant IT resources; iEDeX requires minimal IT resources to use in its B2B managed, SaaS and PaaS service models.
• Traditional EDI technology works in a batch-based environment; iEDeX works in a near real-time environment.
• Traditional EDI technology requires additional hardware/software; iEDeX is an on-demand, cloud based platform requiring no additional hardware and software.
• Traditional EDI technology is cost prohibitive for supply-chain wide deployment; iEDeX is fast to deploy, fast to connect, delivering accelerated time to value while supporting supply-chain wide deployment initiatives.

EDI technology is typically delivered as a software solution.  iEDeX, an event based data exchange, is both an integrated process and a platform. UpNet's iEDeX is an innovative collaborative technology developed to facilitate data integration and data transformation.