Edifecs Releases SpecBuilder 4.0
An Advanced Specification-Authoring
Software Solution for XML, EDI, and
other B2B standards
Bellevue, WA (June 04, 2001) --
Edifecs announced today the availability
of Edifecs SpecBuilder 4.0™,
a powerful upgrade to the SpecBuilder
line of B2B specification authoring
tools, adding XML support to a proven
set of EDI capabilities. SpecBuilder
enables businesses to dramatically
simplify and speed up the creation,
editing, publishing, migration and
analyzing of B2B business document
specifications. SpecBuilder contains
a highly extensible and open infrastructure
for supporting the latest B2B standards,
including RosettaNet, XML DTDs, SAP
IDOCs, and a wide range of EDI (X12
and EDIFACT) standards. Combined with
deep support for integration with
3rd-party mappers and translators,
SpecBuilder helps companies reduce
the time and costs of all aspects
of working with B2B business document
specifications by up to 70%. With
over 1000 corporate and industry consortia
customers, SpecBuilder is the most
widely deployed specification authoring
tool on the market today.
SpecBuilder was first introduced
in 1997 to address a clear need of
e-business analysts who lacked a powerful,
efficient tool for working with B2B
business document specifications,
said Sunny Singh, CEO and Founder,
Edifecs. SpecBuilder has been
designed from the outset to reduce
the manual steps needed in working
through all aspects of document specs,
for the B2B standards most in demand.
Now, with extensive XML support, SpecBuilder
brings all 4 years worth of experience
with B2B document standards to a whole
new set of potential users. It is
a key part of our goal to develop
a set of solutions for eliminating
the bottlenecks in building B2B trading
networks.
With the rise of XML standards, and
the continued popularity-and
diversity-of EDI standards in
use throughout trading partner networks
today, enterprises are faced with
exploding demands on their IT resources
to constantly create, modify, update,
and bring into compliance thousands
of electronic business documents in
a wide range of industry standard
formats. Edifecs meets their needs
through the release of SpecBuilder
4.0--delivering a robust and powerful
desktop solution for e-business analysts,
reflecting the combined feedback of
thousands of customers and 5+ years
of ongoing evolution and development.
SpecBuilder is the only specification-authoring
tool available that provides comprehensive
support for major and emerging B2B
standards across both XML and EDI.
Instead of using multiple tools (e.g.
one EDI browser, one XML author),
SpecBuilder fulfills all those needs
in one package, with an integrated
set of comprehensive, complimentary
functionality.
In use by thousands of corporations,
consultants, and integrators worldwide,
SpecBuilder is also the solution of
choice for over 30 industry associations,
standards bodies, and consortia for
standards development. SpecBuilder
builds upon Edifecs expertise
in B2B standards development and implementation
gained through leading roles with
key industry groups and consortia.
Edifecs SpecBuilder 4.0 functionality
includes:
· Extensive use of XML for
configuration and customization.
· Extensible conversion framework
for supporting integration with 3rd-party
integration and translation applications.
· Core engines allow for rapid
support for new B2B standards.
· Intuitive user interface
enables B2B analysts to create specifications
in a structured and consistent environment,
as opposed to error-prone, time-consuming
methods such as with a generic editor
or word processor.
· Complete B2B standards reference
library provides EDI standards in
simple electronic format, cutting
time of keying in the standards and
eliminating potential for error. Includes
X12, EDIFACT, TRADACOMS, HIPAA, VICS,
UCS, EANCOM, ODETTE, and more.
· Comprehensive support for
multiple standards, file formats and
integration with leading 3rd-party
B2B mappers, translators, and other
systems reduces need for multiple
applications. All-in-one design saves
time toggling between multiple applications
for a single task.
· Comprehensive import/export
and publishing capabilities: Import
includes gXML, SEF, all major EDI
formats, and more. Export includes
gXML, EDS/ECS, and DDF. Publishing
options include RTF, HTML, and printing
capabilities.
· Migration capabilities from
one EDI standard to another (Migrator).
SpecBuilder 4.0 is available in three
versions: Standard Edition, a free
downloadable tool for quickly viewing
and printing B2B specifications; Professional
Edition, a specification authoring
editor for creating, modifying, and
publishing specifications; and Enterprise
Edition, the complete, integrated
SpecBuilder solution for dramatically
simplifying all tasks around the creation,
editing, publishing, migrating, and
analyzing of specifications. All versions
support XML, EDI, flat, and proprietary
file formats.
SpecBuilder 4.0 Standard Edition
can be downloaded for free from the
Edifecs web site at http://www.edifecs.com.
About Edifecs
Edifecs (http://www.edifecs.com) delivers
proven B2B solutions to rapidly ramp-up
and manage trading partner networks.
Edifecs B2B products and services
are a powerful solution to the most
significant bottleneck currently holding
back B2B e-commerce: the manual, repetitive
trading partner enablement (ramp-up
and management) process employed by
most companies today. Our B2B solutions
encompass the CommerceDesk™
and SpecBuilder™ product families,
as well as a Professional Services
group with demonstrated expertise
in B2B standards --- all designed
to boost ROI while reducing cost and
time-to-market for companies building
complex trading partner networks.
Founded in 1996, Edifecs serves thousands
of customers including Microsoft,
IBM, Ingram Micro, Eastman Kodak and
Dura Automotive. The company partners
with numerous B2B providers such as
General Electric Global eXchange Services
and Peregrine Systems and is a technology
partner for more than 30 industry
consortia including RosettaNet, ebXML,
UN/CEFACT, CompTIA, and OBI. Based
in Bellevue, Washington, Edifecs is
privately held, with investment from
GE Global eXchange Services.
CommerceDesk and SpecBuilder are
trademarks of Edifecs.
All other company and product names
are the property of their respective
owners.
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Contact:
Edifecs
Kevin Briody
Senior Marketing Manager
425.895.3064
kevinb@edifecs.com
