That's a fairly accurate description, although there are some other parts to it.
EDI is alive and well, and actually still a growth market, in large part because of the dot crash companies like Ariba and CommerceOne who sold a sold a bill of goods that couldn't be delivered. There are traditional strongholds for EDI, such as manufacturing, automotive and petrochemical, but healthcare is still seriously considering it as it provides a lot of cross platform opportunities. In addition, it is as secure as you want to make it. We regularly traffic EDI for companies that require end to end encryption and authentication via EDI. I completely concur, however, that no solution is z:\setup.exe <next> <next> <next> <finish> when it comes to HIPAA compliance and the larger picture of EAI or B2B data management. This is one where rolling your own solution might be a bit more than you want to bite off. Roger ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:rkingsla@;cox.net] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Biztalk > > > Hahaha! Boy, are you in for a REAL shock! Justin, you're > poised on one > really TALL cliff! > > Cool technology, but one does not just drop in the CD, click a few > buttons, connect A to B, then begin the transactions. > > Given your tagline, I suspect they are wanting to look at it for the > HIPAA module(s) that MS offers to do transactions in lieu of > EDI - which > isn't as ubiquitous (or nearly as secure) as the medical/insurance > industry needs it to be. > > At a 50,000 foot level, BizTalk is Microsoft's server for creating > business logic and rules in XML, and allowing it to communicate across > the common communication verbs that is XML, SOAP, etc. > > With all due respect, Justin - (there may be one here, I > don't know) you > need to find an expert on BizTalk and the medical industry. > This one's > a REAL toughy! I'd run away very fast if at all possible. > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of > > Salandra, Justin A. > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:08 PM > > To: ActiveDir (E-mail) > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Biztalk > > > > > > What is Biztalk used for? My CIO asked me to look at it and > > I have never used it before. Does anyone use it out there? > > If so what do you do with it? > > > > Justin A. Salandra, MCSE > > Senior Network Engineer > > Catholic Healthcare System > > 914.681.8117 office > > 646.483.3325 cell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jasalandra@;chcsnet.org> > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
