DGI Certifies 7 New Software Applications for Global AS3 Interoperability.FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. -- Drummond Group Inc. (DGI DGI Direction Générale des Impôts (French: Department of Revenue) DGI Dirección General Impositiva (Argentina) DGI Danske Gymnastik- & Idrætsforeninger (Denmark) DGI Drummond Group Inc. ), the leading software and conformance con·for·mance n. Conformity. Noun 1. conformance - correspondence in form or appearance conformity agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and certification company, today announced that seven products recently completed the Drummond Certified(TM) AS3-2Q06 interoperability testing program. By certifying interoperability amongst a group of commercial software products, this program promotes the adoption of standards-based software for use in supply chains worldwide. Companies whose products passed the AS3 second quarter 2006 interoperability test include: Axway-Cyclone, Cleo Communications, Inovis, iSoft Corporation (a nuBridges Company), nuBridges LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and Sterling Commerce. AS3 is the draft specification standard by which vendor applications communicate EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. over the Internet using File Transfer Protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ) which provides digital security and receipt validation. "Drummond Certified products continue to facilitate efficient trading partner relationships and open communication with other B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business solutions," said Rik Drummond, DGI's chief executive officer. "The introduction of these software applications ensures the value of AS3 interoperability and delivers multiple products designed to meet the demands of today's supply chains, offers users greater flexibility in making the right choice for their business needs and reduces costly communication obstacles." Specific AS3-2Q06 results, final report and registration information for upcoming tests may be found at: http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/as3-companies.html For more information about AS3, please see: http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/as3.html About Drummond Group Inc. Drummond Group Inc. (DGI) is an independent, privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that works with software vendors, vertical industries, supply chains and the standards community to drive adoption for standards by conducting interoperability and conformance testing Conformance testing or type testing is testing to determine whether a system meets some specified standard. To aid in this, many test procedures and test setups have been developed, either by the standard's maintainers or external organizations, specifically for , publishing related strategic research and developing vertical industry strategies. Founded in 1999, DGI represents best-of-breed in the industry on linking horizontal infrastructure technologies, standards and interoperability issues with the needs of vertical industries such as retail, grocery, health care, transportation, government and automotive. For more information, please visit www.drummondgroup.com or email: info@drummondgroup.com. Editor notes: The list below reflects companies and their products that passed the AS3-2Q06 Drummond Certified(TM) interoperability test.
Company Product, Version
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Axway-Cyclone XFB Gateway 6.9 for XIP v3.1
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Axway-Cyclone Cyclone Interchange/Activator/Central
5.4 for XIP v3.1
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Cleo Communications VersaLex(TM) v3.0 tested in VLTrader(TM)
v3.0
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Inovis BizManager v3.1
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iSoft Corporation, a
nuBridges Company iSoft Commerce Suite Server v3.4
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nuBridges, LLC truExchange EDI-INT v3.2
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Sterling Commerce Gentran Integration Suite v4.1.1
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