----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Walsh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "Paul McTeigue" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Re: Cloud platforms & EDI
> Paul McTeigue's answer cuts to the core. Very good. It gives me a better > understanding of capabilities > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul McTeigue" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:23 PM > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Re: Cloud platforms & EDI > > >> <<< The basic question (which has been answered) is that you can either bite >> the >> bullet and purchase a translator & the associated connectivity platform and >> do it all in house or you can "cloud" it out to a company (like an SPS, >> GXS/Inovis, DI Central, etc., etc., etc.) to do all the "heavy lifting" and >> just send you documents in neat and readable formats. >>> >> >> >> >> Or you could purchase a translator and run it on a shared host in the cloud. >> >> Or you could purchase a translator and run it on your own machine in the >> cloud. >> >> Or you could purchase a translator and run it on an instance on a platform >> in the cloud. >> >> Or you could have your home-grown software run on any of the above. >> >> Or you could be a renter of third-party software in a multi-tenant scenario. >> >> Or you could have your documents routed to a Web service that would perform >> the translation. >> >> >> >> What the cloud purportedly offers is: a team of experts that takes the grunt >> work of security, uptime, server configuration, file permissions, backup, >> redundancy, network configuration, power monitoring, et al off the backs of >> companies. >> >> >> >> I do not know what model makes the most sense for EDI, but I do know that I >> will never have email in-house again. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Paul >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> Paul McTeigue >> >> Icefan Systemhouse Inc. >> >> Montreal, Canada >> >> www.icefan.ca >> >> EDI - Bbx - Web Development - SQL Server - VB >> >> E-Mail: .............. [email protected] >> >> Cell: .................. (514) 262-9591 >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Craig Dunham >> Sent: December 6, 2010 6:55 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [EDI-L] Re: Cloud platforms & EDI >> >> >> >> >> >> Exactly. Most of the "big" players in the EDI world offer this - it's >> basically web-based EDI. >> >> Somebody asked about "safety" - how safe & secure the "cloud" may be. And >> it will be just as safe (or unsafe) as your current internet connection >> is/can be. Can it be hacked.? Sure. But what is the benefit to the hacker >> to get your EDI information.? Yes, there are some EDI transactions that >> will contain very personal information - like banking, real estate, >> education, and medical transactions - and maybe even a few others. But, for >> the most part, it's going to be information that a thief could care less >> about. Does a thief really care that some retailer is buying 3600 pairs of >> shoes from some manufacturer.? Not so much. >> >> The basic question (which has been answered) is that you can either bite the >> bullet and purchase a translator & the associated connectivity platform and >> do it all in house or you can "cloud" it out to a company (like an SPS, >> GXS/Inovis, DI Central, etc., etc., etc.) to do all the "heavy lifting" and >> just send you documents in neat and readable formats. >> >> Either are as safe as your connection. >> >> Craig Dunham >> >> Bear Necessities Computing >> >> EDI Sherpa >> >> Author/blogger >> >> <http://www.retailedi.com/> RetailEDI.com >> >> <http://editalk.com/> EDITalk.com >> >> Re: Cloud platforms & EDI >> >> Posted by: "Brian Lehrhoff" >> >> Sat Dec 4, 2010 10:58 pm (PST) >> >> EDI transaction processing has been doing the cloud thing for years, >> without the fancy name tag. 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