Re: EDI for AS/400

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree about Harbinger/Premenos. I think they have the most mature
product in the market and very good support. I've heard good things
about Extol but have not used it myself. I've used Sterling's GenTrans
and found it to be very reliable. But I think it is a little behind the
Premenos product in terms of user interface and functionality. But it
works well.

Both Premenos and Sterlings products are batch oriented. You get a batch
of data and send one back. If you have any need for "real-time" EDI
these products will not work well. I know one company that is running
Extol along side Premenos just to provide better turnaround in this
situation. But Extol apparently requires more technical mining to
understand how to use and control it.

All three products seem to have good reliability.

My 2 cents....
Patrick


Bill Meecham wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> There are three major players in the AS400 EDI
> market:
> 
> Preminos  http://www.harbinger.com/
> EXTOL    http://www.extol.com
> Sterling  http://sterling.com
> 
> Preminos/Harbinger offers an excellent package
> that is used by the majority of the AS400 shops
> out there (first in stays in I guess)
> 
> EXTOL has the fastest translator on the market
> (proven many times).  It is very configurable, can
> handle proprietary standards and has some great
> features.  It's down-fall (so they say) is that it
> only has an "expert" mode. (which you become after
> using the product for a little while)  It has a
> GUI interface too.
> 
> I don't know anything about GenTran, the Sterling
> product other than it exists and has the lowest
> share of the market.
> 
> Hope this helps in your search.
> 
> ---
> 
> Bill Meecham
> Sr Project Leader
> 
> EXTOL Inc
> 474 N Centre St
> PO Box 1010
> Pottsville  PA  17901-1010
> Tel:  +01 717.628.5500
> Fax: +01 717.628.6983
> wm@extol.com
> 
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