RE: EDI SNA Dialing and VANS

I was in the same boat (I jumped over board ;-)) check with

Ileana Valverde
EDI Enabling Support
T/F: 800-655-8865
ileana.valverde@xxxxxxx

HTH
Guy

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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.