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SNA is dead, long live TCP/IP! -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Urbanek, Marty Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:30 PM To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: EDI SNA Dialing and VANS Bryan, The Sterling Commerce VAN, Sterling Information Broker, supports SNA dialup. http://www.sterlingcommerce.com/Services/HostedNetworkSolutions/index.ht ml You should consider that, just as you've seen with your current VAN, IBM's direction is away from SNA. They have only committed to support SDLC (used for SNA dialup) on the iSeries through one OS/400 release after V5R3. You might get a few more years out of SNA dialup, but eventually you will have to switch. Marty Urbanek Sterling Commerce ------------------------------ date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:39:34 -0500 from: "Burns, Bryan" <burnsbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> subject: EDI SNA Dialing and VANS We've been put on notice that our EDI VAN, GSX (formerly ADVANTIS) which is part of IBM Global Services, will no longer support SNA dialing as of January 2006. Although they support EDI SSL FTP, we got a quote of $10,000 for a software package that does that. We're currently using INOVIS' TrustedLink software for the actual EDI. Are there other VANS that support SNA dial? Our company isn't cheap by any means, but the boss doesn't want to just spend the $10,000 without looking at all the alternatives. Perhaps we should change VANS to one that supports SNA dialing. Perhaps we're not even getting a competitive rate with GSX to begin with. Anyone ever change VANS to save money? How was the experience? Bryan Burns System Operator ECHO, Inc.
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