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RE: Using VANs or AS2?
Sometimes when we brag about AS2 and how some TPs want to do it and some
don't, we don't realize how much some of these big guys spend on the
VANs.
Did you know that the average Dept Store could spend as much as $100,000
or more per month in VAN charges?
So, yeah, when they can facilitate it, and make an executive decision to
move to AS2, they would have a very good reason to so just because of
the savings involved. Ask your CEO if he would not mind an extra
$1,500,000 p/year. Perhaps he would even consider putting it back into
IT budget? Yeah, right.
Seriously, I really admire if someone like Kohl's or Home Depot want to
do AS2. Imagine the amount of Testing their EDI and Network guys have to
go through just to make sure everyone's AS2 works? I am not talking
about a dozen or two of trading partners; I am talking about thousands
of them.
While I have nothing against AS2s, and I welcome it when one of my TPs
comes back with the plan to implement it, I do like VANs, and I do like
them a lot. Why?
1) Single point of contact. Don't have to call up all of your AS2
partners if you have a problem. You only call one VAN.
2) Added services (tracing, reporting, notifications etc). Can't go
without them when you have unreliable TPs, and a lot of funky traffic.
3) Stronger availability, backup, archiving, DR, flexibility and
expertise.
4) Cost. Believe or not, VAN costs are very low now, almost on the level
they can compete with AS2 costs.
Hope it makes sense.
Ilia.
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto: On Behalf Of
Scott
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:11 PM
To:
Subject: [EDI-L] Using VANs or AS2?
Hello All
I'm looking for input on your opinions and experiences in using VANs
and AS2.
Why do you choose one over the other, or use both? And if you are
using both, how do you determine which customers / suppliers to put on
what transport?
And while I'm asking, how do you think the VANs will survive IF the
market moves away from the services the VANs provide?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Scott Koegler
Editor, eC-BP.org
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