| ant., the on-demand Supply Chain Management (SCM) | | | | existing users of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) |
| and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Company, | | | | and Value Added Networks this initiative could save |
| today unveiled its free to use, global value added | | | | them $m's, for companies contemplating the use of a |
| network service to customers. | | | | VAN or worried about security issues relating to AS2, |
| Supply Chain Exchange 2.0, harnesses all the leading | | | | FTP and P2P this is the answer". |
| attributes of competitive Value-Added Networks, | | | | "With AMR Research recently estimating that the |
| including security, robustness, scalability and | | | | SCM applications market will grow 7% annually for |
| traceability but offers users the ability to exchange | | | | the next five years, despite the gloomy economic |
| data and messages on an inclusive, free to use basis. | | | | conditions of 2008, it's plain to see companies will |
| The service is not only designed to be used in | | | | place an increasing reliance on interconnected |
| conjunction with Perceptant's SCMaaS (Supply Chain | | | | applications and services" says Tim Howden, Senior |
| Management as a Service) suite of supply chain, B2B | | | | SCM Consultant. "SCM vendors have historically |
| integration and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) | | | | hampered the growth of these initiatives by charging |
| solutions but also allows connections from | | | | customers based on data volumes and network |
| complimentary third party applications. | | | | usage or expecting companies to send sensitive |
| "Now companies not only have access to a | | | | information and data across unsecured Internet |
| trading-grid of World-class SCM and EDI applications | | | | connections. It's therefore refreshing to see |
| but also a Value Added Network ( that doesn't | | | | Perceptant has finally broken this mould and we |
| penalise them based on increased usage" says | | | | expect significant demand for their service". |
| Matthew Slinn, CEO and founder of Perceptant. "For | | | | |