Tuesday January 26, 7:30 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Intelispan Releases a Secure Business to Business Electronic Commerce Solution TradeSPAN Version 2.1
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1999--Officials with Intelispan (OTC BB:IVPN - news) announced today the commercial availability of TradeSPAN(tm) version 2.1, a secure business to business electronic commerce solution.
TradeSPAN v2.1 enables trading communities and business partners to securely exchange business-critical information over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, including the Internet. TradeSPAN v2.1 can be deployed to co-exist with legacy systems without disrupting established communications flows, providing an easy migration path to IP networking from older, non-IP networks.
TradeSPAN v2.1 seamlessly integrates with existing EDI translation packages, allowing companies to migrate EDI transactions off of expensive value-added networks (VANs) and onto economical IP services. By eliminating the traditional kilo-character charges associated with EDI transactions over traditional VANs, TradeSPAN v2.1 can save companies over 60% off of their typical network transport charges. Developed in Java, TradeSPAN v2.1 is platform independent, giving all trading partners the same interface and features, regardless of the different types of operating systems found within the environment. The new economic model of TradeSPAN v2.1 allows the inclusion of low volume trading partners into the trading community by removing the previously unavoidable high costs of implementation and ongoing management and usage.
''The real power of the solution is that it does not require a wholesale change in the way a company and its trading partners currently transact business, but provides a smooth migration path for legacy applications to move over to secure IP networks,'' said Ron Loback, COO of Intelispan. ''Unlike other industry solutions, TradeSPAN v2.1 does not require companies to face the overwhelming prospect of having to totally cut the lifeline to existing VANs while they upgrade their infrastructures to 21st century technology.''
Intelispan offers TradeSPAN v2.1 as either a shrink-wrapped product or as a bundled application with its IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) service, exSPANd(tm). When bundled with exSPANd, trading communities can deploy an unlimited number of TradeSPAN v2.1 clients among all of their trading partners with no up-front investment costs. Intelispan's exSPANd offers secure and economical transport over an IP network separate from the Internet, with over 300 points of presence domestically and 45 countries internationally.
''With the release of TradeSPAN v2.1, Intelispan is positioned to act as a secure IP VAN, facilitating transactions and transporting documents across our network in addition to acting as a gateway for legacy VAN traffic,'' said Loback. ''By eliminating the per-transaction costs, Intelispan can deliver dramatic savings to our customers.''
TradeSPAN v2.1 is positioned to take advantage of the growth in the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Supply Chain Integration (SCI) marketspace. Certified by CommerceNet, TradeSPAN v2.1 provides Internet EDI (EDIINT) capabilities and is interoperable with other CommerceNet certified products. Additional features now available as part of TradeSPAN v2.1, include support for Secure HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTPS), the ability to communicate with any S/MIME application, and a built-in dialing utility to automatically connect to a service provider.
Intelispan is a Scottsdale-based company that provides and distributes this group of secure, high-value business communications solutions through a network of Network Integration companies and VARs (alliance partners). Intelispan has shares listed for trading on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board (OTC BB:IVPN - news). For more information, visit Intelispan on the World Wide Web at www.intelispan.com. |
