I agree. I would not take the company down that slope. You know, this is almost a 'crap shoot'. The costs I've been seeing for us to do what we want to do (go AS2 for our top 5 TPs and continue to use a VAN for the remaining TPs at a somewhat reduced rate) seems to be relatively in the same ballpark. If I look at those companies that have products that are DGI certified and add up the upfront costs, per-TP costs, annual maintenance and licensing costs, and reduced volume VAN rates then, for us, they all seem to come in around $6k - $7k for AS2-related stuff and $300 - $400 for 600 kcs/month.
Walter --- In [email protected], "James Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are talking about going down a slippery slope. > > If you lie to your customer in an official document you risk; being disqualified as a supplier, getting fired, possible fraud or other charges if anyone wanted to take it that far. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: w_cohen99 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:47 AM > Subject: [EDI-L] Re: Reducing/eliminating our EDI VAN > > > Well that is a good point. The survey requires you to list it. > Who's to say that listing something that you don't have/use is a > problem? Unless down the road if there are problems between you and > the tp and it is traced somehow back to your non-certified software > I wonder if the originator (or whomever wanted the certification) > would then have legal/monetary recourse. > > Walter > --- In [email protected], "Carl Galgano" <cgalgano2@> wrote: > > > > How is your TP going to know what software you are using? > > I for one think the who Drummond certification is a bunch of > crap. This > > reminds me of the uselessness added by the UCC a decade ago. I > have > > implement AS2 for many of my customers, and while the question may > be on a > > survey, is there any way for the TP to really know? If it works > then it > > works. > > cjg > > > > > > Carl J. Galgano > > EDI Consulting Services, Inc. > > 770-422-2995 > > www.ediconsulting.com > > > > 600 Kennesaw Avenue > > Suite 400 > > Marietta, GA 30060 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Earl > > Wertheimer > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:27 PM > > To: w_cohen99; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Re: Reducing/eliminating our EDI VAN > > > > Walter > > > > Wrong ;-) > > FreeAS2 is nSoftware IP*Works v7. > > http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/as2-companies.html > > <http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/as2-companies.html> > > > > They've renamed the 'certification' to 'ebusinessready.org' and > linked it to > > GS1. > > Realistically, how many organizations would be able to provide > > 'certification' > > that their software is compatible? As far as I know, Drummond (the > writers > > of the AS2 standard) is the only organization that do this testing > (for an > > exhorbitant amount of money). > > > > If you search www.ebusinessready.org, you will find > http://www.gs1us.org/ > > <http://www.gs1us.org/> Of course a search on GS1 for AS2 or > ebusinessready > > on their site results in no matches. > > This is yet another example of BS 'certification' that results in > no > > additional benefit other than confusion. > > > > PS: I am an independent EDI consultant, and receive no commission, > etc, etc, > > etc... > > > > > Freeas2 will not help me, as it is not compliant, a tleast not > via > > > Drummond Group. > > > > > > Walter > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L% 40yahoogroups.com> , > Earl > > Wertheimer <earlw@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Walter > > > > > > > > > My top 5 TPs state that I must buy a compliant (UCC / > Drummond > > > > > Group) EDIINT product in order to go AS2 with them and most > of > > > these > > > > > products are rather pricey. For instance Inovis BizConnect > is > > > > > $4,500 for up to 25 TPs and $900/yr maintenance plus $1k > remote > > > > > install. Anyone making use of any other 'reasonably priced' > > > EDIINT > > > > > products? > > > > > > > > http://www.freeas2.com/order.aspx > > > > <http://www.freeas2.com/order.aspx> > > > > 25 licenses (NOT TPs) for $999.00 > > > > > > > > the 1st is free ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > Some TPs may require 2 licenses. Keep that in mind. > > > > > > > > Earl Wertheimer > > > > earlw@ > > > > http://www.spe-edi.com <http://www.spe-edi.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject > prefix: > > > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > > > > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for > work: > > <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. > > > Yahoo! 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