TO: Brad, XML-EDI Group
A good discussion of Brad's comments is found in an article in the 15 May
issue of CIO magazine. See
http://www.cio.com/archive/051500_revisit.html . Best regards.
Alan Kotok
Director, Education and Information Resources
Data Interchange Standards Association
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At 04:37 PM 6/1/00 -0400, Brad Berendt wrote:
>I agree. Has anyone heard the phrase, "if it ain't broke, don't fix
>it"? Many
>companies have spent plenty
>of money in their current EDI inftrastructure. And guess what? These
>are the
>"guts" of many integrated processing
>systems today. I believe XML has its strengths and applications but don't
>rule
>out good old EDI.
>
>Brad Berendt
>Sterling Commerce
>District Consulting Mgr - E-Commerce Solutions Microsoft
>Managed Services Division
>Office: 614-791-5782 Fax: 614-793-7045
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>Scott Shulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/01/2000 04:26:31 PM
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>cc: (bcc: Brad Berendt/Dublin-ISG)
>
>Subject: RE: Software - Objectivity
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>
>
>People, RELAX. Everyone thinks this XML thing is going to replace this thing
>called EDI, Just because this is the newest buzz word. What happened to
>CPFR, That was last year's buzz word. What happened to VMI, That was two
>years ago buzz word. We are still several years out before this thing called
>XML takes over the world.
>
>Scott Shulman
>Director of E-Commerce
>K-Swiss inc
>818-706-5203
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> > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 12:31 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Software - Objectivity
> >
> > Having recently completed a 5 month evaluation process of XML - B2B
> > Servers
> > and vendors, I have some relevant experience in the process of selection
> > to
> > share. We did the following:
> >
> > * Evaluated vendors according to their industry participation and
> > experience (Rosettanet in our case)
> > * Met with this subset of vendors
> > * Participated in 3 vendors' proof-of-concepts
> > * Scored each vendor according to a formal weighted scorecard
> > * Considered development plans and schedules
> > * Completed a subjective evaluation
> >
> > The last item, "subjective evaluation" is very important and I would like
> > to
> > expand on this. In the fast evolving software industry, products can
> > change
> > on a daily basis. During our recent evaluations we continually needed to
> > see the "latest" version of a vendor's product. Our "objective" scorecard
> > was likely obsolete even before it was finished. This reality led me to
> > recognize that the "relationship" with a vendor was even more relevant to
> > our needs than the "daily" feature list.
> >
> > The ability to cooperate in product development, future feature
> > development,
> > and priorities are more important to our company's B2B e-commerce success
> > than a particular list of features in any given day. A relationship, and
> > channel of communications with a vendor's decision makers is vital. The
> > B2B
> > / XML vendor relationship should not be that of buyer/seller, but that of
> > "partner". The B2B / XML solution vendor is a virtual extension of our
> > internal IT department. The vendor who recognizes this and delivers based
> > upon this relationship is worth serious consideration.
> >
> > 0============================0
> > | Kevin Benedict
> > | B2B E-Commerce Manager
> > | micronpc.com
> > | 208-893-1738
> > | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > | "The Process is the Product"
> >
> > 0============================0
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> >
> >
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