Andy, No, not all US companies are charging on a per-partner basis. Several of the early providers do, but as more and more AS2 packages enter the market, the price and restrictions can be avoided.
Another factor we have here is the Drummond Group Certification. Some of the largest retailers in the US require their AS2 partners to use only AS2 packages that have achieved the very expensive Drummond Certification. Most suppliers that serve the retail market will sell to these retailers. Drummond Group Certification is arguably worthless, because AS2 either works or it does not. There is no reason for a software house to pay the exorbitant cost of certification. Obviously, others disagree. I use Softshare ECS as my communications executive. ECS includes AS2, as well as AS1 and AS3, at no additional cost. In other words, Softshare did not raise the price when they released the version with ASx. There are other providers in the states that also provide ASx functionality at a reasonable cost, albeit uncertified by Drummond Group, but using them to communicate with those particular TPs is risking the account. That is why some EDI users are constrained by the number of trading partners. Art Douglas Manager, eCommerce Systems PaperPak San Dimas, CA 909-971-5025 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy_Twigg Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 2:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Re: <Tech> Sears, Penney's AS2 usage Hi, This is my first foray into posting a message on this group. I've been reading (and chuckling at) some of the conversations over the past few months. I work for an EDI company in the UK and we developed AS2 for our main comms product about 6 months ago. My question is whether all the US companies are charging on a per- trading partner basis for their AS2 connections? - we currently have an unlimited connection scheme for our product, are we missing a trick? Regards, Andrew Twigg --- In [email protected], "Denise Tate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you looking at just retail companies using AS2? > I do AS2 with McLane, Meijer, and Wal-Mart. Target also does AS2 but I am out of licenses on my AS2 software and too expensive to add more people. > Denise > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jasper Abeyta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EDI-L] <Tech> Sears, Penney's AS2 usage > > > > Dear List, > > I've called my POC's at both Sears and JC Penney's as well as sent > e-mails to their help desk inquiring about their plans, if any, to start > using AS2. I haven't heard from either one yet. > > Does anyone from this group know what the answer is concerning these two > companies? > > Also, does anyone have a list of the major HUBS that are currently using > and/or planning to use AS2? I know Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Kohl's, AAFES, > and Goody's to name a few, but who else is doing AS2? > > Thanks, > Jasper Abeyta > > > > > > . > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L > > Yahoo! Groups Links . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h9vdk0n/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705005582:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122858720/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
