PITTSFIELD, MA, July 2, 2002
-- Connective Commerce Corporation®,
announced today that it has chosen
Edifecs SpecBuilder™ product
to become an integral component of
the Any-to-Any business data mapping
services offered within their eBusiness
Integration practice. SpecBuilder
provides B2B document specification
authoring capabilities for XML, EDI,
and other B2B standards. Edifecs simplifies
and accelerates the creation, editing,
publishing, migration and analysis
of B2B business document specifications
and also provides machine-readable
document schemas for use by leading
integration and translation products.
According to Boyd Burton, President
and CEO, "Our clients realize
that the ability to understand and
rapidly process various EDI standards,
variants of XML and trading partner
specific formats is paramount to the
success of their electronic commerce
programs. This has resulted in the
increased demand for the services
offered by our eBusiness Integration
Practice as well as our B2B Outsourcing
Center and Trading Partner Management
Practices."
Tracey Sisko, Vice-President of Connective
Commerce's eBusiness Integration Services
practice notes, "Our Any-to-Any
Data Transformation services is the
foundation for all of the electronic
commerce projects that we deliver.
We needed to accelerate the implementation
of our translation 'hubs' to allow
our clients' enterprises to efficiently
transform business data from any-to-any
format. SpecBuilder offered the most
comprehensive set of standards and
tools. Our rapid implementations benefit
clients through improved response
time to trading partner requirements
and reduced training and resource
costs allowing our clients to focus
on their core business issues."
"Implementation guidelines and
schemas are the fundamental building
blocks for eBusiness integration.
SpecBuilder has become the premier
standards-agnostic tool for business
and technical analysts to develop
and manage such specifications. Edifecs
is excited about partnering with Connective
Commerce to service its clients with
their integration needs", said
Sunny Singh CEO of Edifecs.
About Connective Commerce
Connective Commerce is a leading
e-commerce consulting company specializing
in application integration, web services
development, managed and hosted solutions,
and business process consulting. Connective
Commerce has expertise in the Consumer
Packaged Goods, Automotive, Software,
Financial Services and Oil/Gas industries
and with both process and discreet
manufacturing companies. For over
10 years, Connective Commerce has
developed and maintained lasting client
relationships by delivering solid
solutions that provide real returns
With over 125 employees and headquarters
in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and with
offices in Virginia and Michigan,
along with employees throughout the
United States, Connective Commerce
can be reached by phone at 413-499-5232
or via the Internet at http://www.connectivecommerce.com.
About Edifecs
Edifecs (http://www.edifecs.com)
is the proven provider of solutions
for rapidly deploying and managing
today's trading partner networks.
The Edifecs 5 enablement solution
suite encompasses the CommerceDesk™,
SpecBuilder™, XEngine product
families -- all designed to reduce
cost and time-to-market for companies
building complex trading partner networks.
The "Edifecs 5 for HIPAA"
provides enablement technologies to
accelerate the implementation of HIPAA
and healthcare trading communities.
Founded in 1996, Edifecs serves an
installed base of more than 1,000
customers and partners with numerous
B2B providers such as GE Global eXchange
Services, Microsoft, Peregrine Systems,
Sterling Commerce and Tibco. Edifecs
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.
For further information contact:
Pittsfield, MA
Becky Pelletier
419-4995232 x 301
