Global Exchange Services Extends AS2 Capabilities to Reach Small and Medium Sizes Enterprises.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003 AS2 Comm Link Software is Pre-configured to Enable Transactions with the Largest Retailers in the World Global eXchange Services, Inc. (GXS GXS Global Exchange Services (GE) GXS Gun X Sword (anime) ) today announced the availability of a suite of AS2 Comm Link software solutions for suppliers of all sizes. This new offering complements the existing GXS AS2 offerings including AS2 Outsourcing and AS2 Enterprise Systems software. The expanded GXS portfolio includes AS2 software that is pre-configured to interoperate with a number of 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. translators and is available for a wide variety of AS2 Trading Partners, allowing for a quick and easy AS2 implementation. Whether using AS2 via the Internet or the GXS network, the AS2 Comm Link enables suppliers to connect quickly and easily connect with their trading partners in a real-time environment. Leveraging GXS' expertise in Internet-based transactions, security, scalability and reliability, AS2 Comm Links are ideal for suppliers of all sizes who need to communicate using AS2 with their retail customers. AS2 has been widely adopted by the retail industry to take cost out of the supply chain. Other industries are also considering the use of AS2 to exchange EDI or XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. e-commerce messages over the Internet or via the transaction services network. The AS2 standard combines the traditional benefits of electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI) to smaller companies, while reducing costs of online transactions for larger enterprises. GXS offers pre-configured AS2 Trading Partners designed for companies that want to trade with companies including: Wal*Mart, Food Lion Food Lion LLC is an American grocery store company headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina that operates approximately 1,300 supermarkets in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states under the Food Lion, Harveys, Bloom, Bottom Dollar, and Reid's nameplates. , Wells Fargo, Proctor & Gamble, U.S. Army/Air Force (AAFES AAFES Army & Air Force Exchange Service ) and others. For ease of customer use, the pre-configured Trading Partners have been formatted with all of the technical information of the trading partner to get you up and running as easily and quickly. "While not all retailers issued a mandate or a deadline for using AS2, most manufacturers will adopt AS2 primarily to satisfy their largest customers, with cost savings being an extra bonus," said AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research analyst Kimberly Knickle in the April 2003 report: Here It Comes Here It Comes is the third EP from Doves. It was the last release on the band's Casino Records label on August 2, 1999 on limited CD and 10" vinyl. Martin Rebelski, the unofficial fourth member of Doves, plays piano on the title track. : Embrace Internet-Based EDI With AS2. "Frequently used EDI documents, such as POs, acknowledgements, ASNs, and invoices, are the target for the first phase of AS2 implementation." "The availability of an AS2 Comm Link for our various applications gives us a well-rounded portfolio and enables us to reach 100% of the various AS2 community participants," said Jim Rogers, GXS VP of Integration Solutions. "In addition to supporting Internet-based data exchange standards and the associated cost savings for the suppliers and trading partners, the entire spectrum of suppliers, from the smallest to the largest, now have an AS2 option to meet their trading partners' requirements." About Global eXchange Services Global eXchange Services, Inc. (GXS) operates one of the largest B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. networks in the world, managing 1 billion transactions annually for more than 100,000 trading partners. With more than 35 years experience, GXS provides supply chain services and software to 60% of Fortune 500 companies. GXS is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md. 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