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APPENDIX C:  COTS EDI PRODUCTS


This appendix contains a summary of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf EC/EDI Products that support the X12 and/or EDIFACT standards.

Product

Data Mail

Pro_EDI

EDI-ExCel V 2.07

EDI-Server

The EDI Business Partner Translator

Qualedi 4.01

DOC-U-MAP

CMA-EDI

EDI-Answer

MacEDI (V.2.1) for Macintosh, WinEDI for MS Windows

DEC Electronic Data Interchange (DEC/EDI) (V.2.0)

EDI/Entry, EDI/Developer; EDI/EDGE V 6.0

DAX-EDI

Visual/EDI

EAGLE and EAGLE for Windows

EDIeasy II

EDItran (Rel.4.2); EDIfast (Rel.2.1)

Easy-Connect

FORMULA-ONE

EDI*Asset

EDI*PC System (V.7.1) EDI*TRANSIT (PC-DOS & UNIX), EDI*Benchmark (mainframe)

Giant Office Software

OSItel/EDI

OSItel/EDI for Windows

EZ-EDI (PC), Fastran-PC, EDI-Total

Isotrade 800 Series

X-Change

TEL-EDI

EDI/36,38,400, EDI/e (Rel.8.0)

MULTINET/PC for DOS; MULTINET/PC for Windows

Radley-EDI (Rel.2)

OmniTrans

spEDI*tran(MS-DOS and UNIX)

GenTran:Director for Windows

STX

STX for Windows

EDI/Set SCK

TELINK 2.1, TELINK/lite

Desktop-EDI-Windows, Unix EDI- Midrange. EDI Series-Mainframe

EDI WINDOWS (V.4.0)

Trading Partner

Trading Partner Express

Trading Partner PC (Rel.4.01)

                         

Company

Advanced Communications Systems

Advanced Communications Systems

American Business Computers

American Business Computers

American Custom Software

APL Group

Birmingham Computer Group

Carmen, Michaels, Assoc.

Datacom Global Inc.

Digit Software, Inc.

Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)

DNS Associates, Inc.

Document Interchange Systems

EDI Able

EDI Integration Corporation

EDI Solutions, Inc.

EDI Solutions, Inc.

EDI Support, Inc.

EDICT Systems

EDS Canada (Electronic Data Systems)

GE Information Services

Giant Systems

GSI-Danet, Inc.

GSI-Danet, Inc.

Intercoastal Data Corp.

Isocor

Lloyd Bush

Piedmont Systems

Premenos Corp.

Quadron Software International (nee Blue Rainbow Software Intl Corp).

Radley Corp.

Release Management Systems (RMS)

St Paul Software (nee Patrick Franz Consulting)

Sterling Software

Supply Tech, Inc.

Supply Tech, Inc.

System Software Associates, Inc.

TELINK Systems, Inc (an EDI, Inc. Company)

Texas Instruments

Trinary Systems, Inc.

TSI International

TSI International

TSI International

                           

Point-of-Contact

Tom Palubinskas, mktg; Marjorie Townsend

Tom Palubinskas, mktg; Marjorie Townsend

Melissa Evola

Melissa Evola

Penny Ward

Bill Kugeman

Tom Genyk; MI

Rose Carmen

Courtland Wells (prev. conversation w/ Noelle Damico)

Johana Cross

MA

Rick Bureau

Steve West

Mary Triozzi

Dennis A. Brekhus

Don Anderson

Don Anderson

Bruce Bennett, NV

Mark Lawton

EDI Systems Group

Robin Corley

Michael Gallets

Rick Tifone

Rick Tifone

Dino Santelli

Norm Greenberg

Phil Grant

Chuck Cloer

Lori Aulds

Rick Brown

Wil Souter

Donald D. Hogan

Tom Grezek

Lori Peacock

Pat Boumansour

Pat Boumansour

Danette Anderson; Tech: Mike Mrha

Maria Ryan

Bob Bonnefil

Nancy Kirsch

David Domrese (PC Division)

David Domrese (PC Division)

David Domrese (PC Division)

                         

Mail Addess

25054 Lorain Road, NorthOlmsted, OH 44070

25054 Lorain Road, NorthOlmsted, OH 44070

24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, P.O. Box 305, Lobby B, Ann Arbor, MI 48106

24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, P.O. Box 305, Lobby B, Ann Arbor, MI 48106

2420 Fisk Road, Cookeville, TN 38501

644 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897

1471 South Woodward, Suite 275, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-0556

Indiana

Two Tower Center, East Brunswick, NJ. 08816

P.O. Box 1425, Silver Spring, MD 20915

Six New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803-5080

Dallas, TX

Great Valley Corporate Center, 20 Valley Stream Parkway, Suite 140, Malvern, PA 19355

Gateway International 1302 Concourse Drive, Suite 301, Linthicum,MD 21090

2051 Killebrew Drive, Suite 220 Bloomington, MN 55425

2051 Killebrew Drive, Suite 220, Bloomington, MN 55425

1619 Mardon Drive, Dayton. OH 45432

EDS Canada 300 Consilium Place, Suite 800, Scarborough, Ontario M1H3G2

401 North Washington St., Rockville, MD 20850-1785

200 Harrison St, Jamestown, NY 14701

1380 Old Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15328

1380 Old Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15328

129 Bankhead Avenue, Carrollton, GA 30117

908-251-1264, NJ; Main Office in CA

40 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004

4400 Silas Creek Parkway, Suite 300, Winston Salem, N.C. 27104

1000 Burnett Ave, Concord, CA 94520

180 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30339

19500 Victor Parkway, Livonia, MI. 48152

754 Transfer Road, St Paul, MN 55114

4600 Lakehurst Court, P.O. Box 7160, Dublin, OH 43017-0760

1000 Campus Drive, Ann Arbor, MI. 48104-6700

1000 Campus Drive, Ann Arbor, MI. 48104-6700

500 W. Madison, Chicago, Il 60661

19650 Club House Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20879

Dallas, TX

Farmington Hills, MI

Corporate Headquarters, 45 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT, 06897

Corporate Headquarters, 45 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT, 06897

PC Division: Bannockburn Lake Office Plaza, 2345 Waukegan Road, E100, Bannockburn, IL 60015-1501

                   

Phone

800-223-5424; 216-779-5424 x 410

800-223-5424; 216-779-5424 x 410

313-930-3200; Fax: 313-930-3201

313-930-3200; Fax: 313-930-3201

Mktg: 615-573-1545; Tech Spt: 615-537-6516;

203-762-3933

810-333-7300; FAX 810-333-0027

219-436-1647

800-EDI-X400 or 908-246-7000

301-593-8952; Fax 301-593-2201

800-344-4825; 508-493-5111

800-624-6354; 617-272-4252; Fax: (617)-272-5820

214-230-8888

215-644-1231; Fax: 215-993-0733

410-850-5051

800-998-4334; 612-858-1100; Fax 612-858-1150

800-998-4334; 612-858-1100; Fax 612-858-1150

702-786-5522

513-429-4288; Fax (513) 429-4309

800-263-7946; 416-290-2700

800-EDI-KNOW; 301-340-4000

716-664-3840

412-967-0834; Fax (412) 963-6779

412-967-0834

404-834-6469; Fax (404)-832-0538

310-476-2671

212-809-8560; Fax: (212)-809-8580

910-760-3620

800-426-3836; 510-602-2000

(800) 369-4334; 404-850-9260; Fax: (404) 850-6969

800-334-9934; 810-559-6858

313-462-1200; Fax: (313) 462-1628

612-641-0963; Fax: 612-641-0609

614-793-7471; Fax: 614-793-7092[Old #'s: 404-933-3778; alternate # = 614-793-7197]

810-879-1672 (Troy MI); Main # = 313-998-4000

313-998-4001

800-772-2727; 312-641--2900

301-670-0811; Fax: 301-590-9284

214-575-3538

800-377-9120; 313-442-8540

800-338-4194; 203-761-8600

800-338-4194; 203-761-8601

800-338-4194; 203-761-8600; X 592 for David

                       

Price

 

$1,650-$6,000

$7,995

$35,000

$2495 incl: Database Mngmt Syst. Import and Export Capabilities, Interfaces, On-Line Help, Report Generator etc.

Workstation: $2500; Front-End: $3200; Carrier: $1650; Service Bureau: $3900

$1900-$9800; ($2500 for one Trading Partner + $1000/TP for up to five trading partners

Depends on hardware and system configuration

$1950-$3450

$3,686-$108,085

$995 (Entry); $1,500 (Developer); EDI/EDGE: $2500

$5000 (DOS, OS/2, Windows), $7500 (LAN, $10,000 (Unix)

$300

$2,500

EDItran($14,000) and EDIfast); $60,000 (mainframe)

$1,995 and up

$995

$2,500-$3,100

EDI*PC: $495-$1695; EDI*TRANSIT - $6000-$40000; EDI*Benchmark: $30000-$35000

1500+ $500/1st Trading Partner; <$500/additional trading partner

$5,000-$14,000

$5,000

$1450 + $295/Trading Partner;

$2,950-$70,000

$595 to $1195

$1995-DOS(incl 1 Partner Pak); $5700 for UNIX, XENIX, Novell (inc. SMaRT tool kit for integration)

$7,500-$43,000 incl translation, network communication, mailboxing

$900-$4500

$3000-$$50,000

$2150 to $4795

$2700 for DOS; $4000-$16500 - for UNIX dependent on platform

$1,695

$2,495

$2,495

$8000-$50000 inc. translation software, network interface, intelligent mapping utlility

$750 Single Trading Partner incl. comm. and Trans.; $1500 for multiple trading partners + $300/add'l transaction set + 18% /year

Desktop-EDI: contact vendor. UNIX-EDI: $7500-$50,000 based on platform; EDI Series-$90,000 (inc. prod.tools, both)

$8,400-$32,400

$30,000-$90,000

$90,000-$140,000

$995

                           

Annual Maint.

$295 - $595

$795 - $1895

15% of Licesne fee

15% of License fee

variable, based on number of modules.

$475+. Incl Unlimited phone support, new documents as needed, new versions, updates, enhancements

Yes,

 

18% incl. software updates, sntdards updates and techical support

$400- $700 per yr. Incl technical assistance to updates

From $120/month- incl. telephone support, product updates, standards updates

$350 and up per yr.

 

20% of software charge. Toll free hot-line support, emergency 24-hr technical support, annual training, etc.

$360

15 % of license fee

15 % of license fee

$750, incl software updates and enhancements

300, unlimited tech support, transaction set updates, unlimited trading partners

$110-$440 per yr.

EDI*PC: None; EDI*TRANSIT: $1200 (DOS)-$$1800-$6000 (UNIX); EDI*Benchmark: $5000-$60000

Maint. fee 15% of license fee per yr.

15% of license fee per yr.

$150/qtr

 

None, Charge incl minor echancements and bug fixes

DOS based pkg: $400; SMaRT for DOS - $300, UNIX, XENIX, Novell: $875.

Maint. fee 15% of current purchase price per yr.

15% of current price - AS/400 and UNIX; 20% or Time and Materials for PC

Maint. fee 14% of purchase price per yr.

20% of purchase price

$600-$2250 (15% of core system). Hotline customer support

495 (15%- 18% of current license fee)

$55 per month.

$55 per month.

15% of list price Inc. helpline support, electronic customer support, software upgrades, standards upgrades

18%/year

Through customer subscription

Maint. fee 16.6% of purchase price after 1st yr.

Not Specified

Not Specified

Maint. fee $449 per yr.

                         

Site License

 

Yes

               

No

Yes

 

Not Specified

No, Volume Discounts

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

 

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Bulk discounts available for hubs

No

No

 

Yes

   

No

Yes

Yes

Not Specified

Not Specified

Not Specified

No

No

No

Yes

                           

Nbr Sold

 

1,000

1800+

 

800+

"Thousands" Literature identifies 45 customers incl Fortune 500

260

 

Not Available

60

Not Specified

3,000

 

Not Specified

Not Specified

Not Specified

350

100

Not Available

1700

Not Specified

 

50

50

250+

Not Specified

200+

Not available

3000+

132+ customers

50

925

20

1000+

12,000

Not Specified

Not Specified

1,400

Not Specified

Not Specified

100

10

4,500

                           

Rel. Date

 

1987

     

1984

< 1992

   

1989

1994

1986

 

New Release Oct. 1994.

Eagel for Windows: March 1, 1995

1993

1986

1988

June, 1991

1987

1992

 

1992

1992

 

1992

1985

 

1987

 

1991

     

1985

Not Specified

Not Specified

 

Not Specified

1993

1994

1993

1993

                           

Standards X12 (USA)Support

all

all

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes, including CIDX, AIAG, EDX, EIDX, VICS, tec.

Yes

Yes

Yes + subsets

Yes

Provides high-speed modem support and ANSI X12 V3020 transactions

Yes, all standards and subsets

Yes

Yes

Yes, includes 810 Invoice, 820 Remittance Advice, 824 Application Advice, 850 Purchase Order, 856 Ship Notice, 864 Administrative Message, 997 Functional Acknowledgement and 815 Cryptographic Service

Yes

Yes

Supports X12; multiple versions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes, (Receive POs, Send Invoices)

Yes

Yes

Yes, EZ-EDI supports Purchase Orders(850), Purchase Order Changes(860), Functional Acknowledgements (997), Invoices(810), and product transfer(849)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Provides document translation, mapping and communications bundled together.

Yes

Yes, starting with Version 002, Release 001

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EDI translation program. EDI is performed by pointing and clicking. Data can be passed between translation, communications and user systems.

             

ODETTE (Europe) Support

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

 

No

 

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

                           

EDIFACT Support

all

all

Yes, Release 90.1 and later

Yes

Yes

Yes, ('92)

Yes

No

Yes

Yes, and TRADACOMS (U.K. Standard)

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes, Purchase Order and Invoice

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes, (under development)

Yes

No

Yes

Yes + ODETTE

No

Transfers of EDIFACT messages between users of X.400; complies to X.435; Provides sets of libraries for File Programmable Interface.

No

Yes

Yes + UN/TDI

Yes and UN/TDI

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes, $395/set

                           

Industry EDI Standards

AIAG, TDCC, UCS, VICS, WINS, TALC, CIDX, PIDX, HIBCC, EIDX, EDX,

AIAG, TDCC, UCS, VICS, WINS, TALC, CIDX, PIDX, HIBCC, EIDX, EDX,

UCS, TDCC

N/A

AIAG, UCS, TDCC, VICS, CIDX, TALC, EDX

CIDX, AIAG, EDX, EIDX, VICS, TDCC, UCS, WINS

TDCC, SPEC-2000, VICS, WINS, HIBCC

Yes

Yes, VICS, TDCC

Yes, UCS/WINDS, TDCC, TRADACOMS

TDCC, UCS, WINS, binary

No

No

TDCC, UCS, WINS, VICS

No

VICS

Yes

Industry oriented subsets: GM Chrysler, Ford; TDCC

TDCC, AIAG, UCS, WINDS, VICS, EANCOM

Purchase Orders and Invoices Only

VDS Matrix Syntax

VDS Matrix Syntax

TDCC, UCS, WINS, VICS

N/A

AIAG, TCIF, TDCC, VICS, UCS, WINS 2000

TDCC, all subsets

UCS, VICS, WINS, TALC, TDCC, AIAG, FASLINK, EDX, EDIX, and CIDX

TDCC, UCS, WINS,

No

VICS, AIAG, TDCC

All major

UCS, TDCC, WINS

TDCC,

TDCC

UCS, VICS, AIAG, TRADACOMS, WINS

TDCC (motor, air, ocean, rail); UCS, VICS, WINS, RIGMAT

TRADACOMS

AIA; AIAG; CIDX; EDX; HIBCC; GSA; TALC; TCIP; TDCC, UCS and WINS

TDI

TRADACOM, Brokernet

Yes

                           

VAN Spt.

Yes, AT&T, BT Tymnet, GEIS, Haringer, IBM, Ordernet, Sears, Others;+ Business Source Network services @ $100/month + $100 Setup Chgs.

Yes, + Business Source Network services @ $100/month + $100 Setup Chgs.

Yes

Yes, IBM Information Network; GEIS; Sterling/Ordernet,; AT&T; Control Data; BT Tymnet; Sears et al

Compatible with all third party networks. VAR for Advantis VAN

AT&T; MCI; Ford; GEIS; Advantis; Kleinschmidt; Commerce: Network; Point-to-Point; Telecom Canada; Transettlements

Yes

 

All

Yes, AT&T, GEIS, Ordernet, BT Tymnet, Advantis (a partnership of IBM Network and Sears Network); Harbinger; Kleinschmidt; MCI; INS

Yes, all major

Yes, all major, direct connects

Yes has own VAN (customers in CONUS, Canada and Alaska)

Advantis and MCI.reseller; Conection to third-party VANS: AT&T, BellSouth; GEIS; Harbinger; Kleinschmidt; Ordernet, Telecom Canada and TranSettlements

Interface to VAN Communications including EIC-NET, EDI Integration's VAN. EAGLE includes interface to MED-E-VAN

Not Specified

No

Advantis and GEIS

Yes, all

All major VANs; supports multiple mailboxes/VAN

GEIS Network Service (EDI*EXPRESS), largest private packet-switched network in the world, accessabile in more than 100 countries; all 3rd party networks and direct connects

MCI and Advantix Network connections; other VAN connections at customer's request

No

No

Yes, for Advantis. Additional communications software needed for GE, Ordernet, Sears networks

Not Specified

All major

All major

Provides predefined communication scripts for connecting to VANs

n/a

All

All

All major

Yes, through Sterling's Commerce:Network or third party VAN

Yes

Yes

Yes, through EDI/SET and COTS Communications package

All major third party VANS, many private networks and direction communications

Most major

Any third party VAN;

N/A

No

Yes, Communication Scripts for major VANs are provided at no additional cost; Preconfigured Kits Available for trading with specified Hubs (usually Forture 500 Companies, like Wal-Mart, Ford, GM, etc.)

   

EDI Electronic Messaging/X.400 Support

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

 

No

No

Uses DEC's MAILbus X.400 based messaging protocols (P0 and P2 support); X.435;

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes, eleven X.400 interconnections; twelve additional interconnection in progress

No

Yes, with purchase of OSITEL/400, GSI-Danet's X.400 implementation

Yes, with purchase of OSITEL/400, GSI-Danet's X.400 implementation

No

Supports the X.435/Pedi EDI Message content protocol and the P2 Interpersonal Messages content protocol for EDI messaging

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No, separate product COMERCE: Mail for Windows provides X.400, SNADS, and SMTP protocol support

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Not Specified

Not Specified

No

No

                           

SQL and Database Support

No

No

No, Table Driven

No, Table Driven

No

No

   

Data Dictionary Customization Tool; Uses C-Tree for internal database

No

No

No

No

No

No

 

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Not Applicablle

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

   

No

No

No

No

None

None

None

                           

Async Comm.

No

No

Yes, via third party COTS software

Yes, uses third party COTS products

Yes

Yes, through VANs

Yes

 

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes, MNP recommended

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes, 14400 and 9600 bps

Yes, (XModem, YModem, ZModem, XModem1K, MNP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes

Yes, all asyn supported by VANs

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes, through 3 party COTS H/W and S/W

Yes, through 3 party COTS H/W and S/W

                         

Bisync Communications

No

No

Yes, through CLEO third party COTS software

Yes, uses third party COTS products

3780/2780 Emulation and 3270 SNA

Yes, through VANs

No

 

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes, 3780/2780 emulation

2780/370 Emulation

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes, 9600 bps

Yes

Yes, (EDI*Benchmark)

No

No

No

No

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes, all suppported by VANs

Yes, with CLEO

No

Yes, (2780/3780)

No

Yes

Not Specified

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Not Specified

Yes

Yes

Yes, additonal $295

                           

X.25

No

No

No

Yes, uses third party COTS products

No

Yes, through VANs

No

 

Yes, w/3rd party software

No

Yes

No

No

YEs

No

No

No

No

No

Yes, Dial-Up or Direct

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes, w/3rd party software

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Not Specified

Yes, w/3rd party software EICON(R)X.25

Yes, w/3rd party software EICON(R)X.26

Yes

No

No

Not Specified

Not Specified

No

No

                           

Point to Point Communications

No

No

Yes

Yes, uses third party COTS products

Yes

Yes, through VANs

Yes

 

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes

Yes, Trading Partner direct links

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

YEs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes, w/3rd party software

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes, Direct Connect

Yes, Direct Connect

Yes

Yes

Kermit, X-modem, TCP/IP

Not Specified

Not Specified

APPC

Yes

                           

Multilingual Capability

No

No

No

Yes, uses third party COTS products

No

No

No

No

No

No

Multinational character set support.

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

English, French

Not Specified

No

No

Not Specified

Not Specified

Not Applicable

No

No

Not Specified

Yes, for MULTINET/UNIX and MULTINET/PC

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Not Specified

Not Specified

No

No

                           

X12- EDIFACT Translation/Translator

No

No

No

No

N/A

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Provides an any-to-any translation for the electronic exchange and storage of business documents

"Any-to-any" translation

No

Not Applicable

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

N/A

No

No

No

                           

Platform

IBM PC/MS-DOS

IBM PC/MS-DOS; HP 9000/HP-UX; UNIX-SVR4; IBM RS/6000/AIX; HP 3000- MPE/iX or XL or V

IBM/PC Compatibles; IBM RS/6000/AIX; HP 9000/HP-UX; NCR 3000 & UNIX; Amdahl/UTS; IBM PC-486/Interactive UNIX; Sequent(dynix/ptx), Sun SPARC

IBM RS6000/AIX; HP 9000/HP-UX; Sun SPARC/Solaris;

IBM/PC Compatibles

IBM-PC/MS-DOS; Windows env. avail 1st qtr 95

IBM-PC/DOS and Windows + UNIX SCO environments; HP/MPE, DEC-VAX/VMS

Quanttel System

Stratus, IBM RS/6000, Sun, IBM PCs, AT&T Unix

Apple Macintosh and MS Windows

DEC VAX/OpenVMS VAX, OSF/1

IBM PC-MS/DOS LAN Version Windows Version 6.0 (Avail Oct 15, 94); IBM RS 6000/AIX; HP 9000/HP-UX(May, 95);

IBM-PC

IBM-PC and UNIX platforms

IBM PC/Compatibles

IBM PC/compatibles/MS-DOS; Windows Version avail. 1st qtr 95.

IBM 43XX, 30XX/MVS/OS, DOS/VSE; HP 3000/MPE; HP 9000 series/H-UX; DEC VAX/VMS; Stratus;

IBM S/36, 38, AS/400; PC-MS/DOS

IBM PC

PC-MS/DOS; AT&T UNIX System V; SCO UNIX; Sun/SunOS; IBM RS/6000/AIX; NCR Tower; Motorola; Prime/PRIMOS; DEC/ULTRIX; Unisys U6000; HP 9000

EDI*PC and EDI*TRANSIT: PC; EDI*TRANSIT: UNIX,; EDI*Benchmark: IBM mainframe

IBM/PC

MS-DOS and Windows, DEC VAX VMS, SCO UNIX; OS/2; IBM RS/6000, AS/400/AIX, OS/400;Sun/SunOS

IBM -PC/compatibles

IBM PC/Compatibles+ AS/400

IBM RS/6000/AIX; SCO UNIX; PC-MS/DOS; Sun SPARC Station/SunOS; DEC/ULTRIX; Sequent/Dynix/ptx; HP 9000/HP-UX; NCR/UNIX; Stratus; OS/2

IBM-PC and Compatibles

IBM PC and Compatibles; UNIX platforms

IBM S/36, 38, RS/6000, AS/400/SSP, OS/400, AIX; HP 9000/HP-UX

IBM RS/600, HP 9000, and other Unix platforms; IBMPC and compatibles

DEC VAX/VMS, OpenVMS, OSF/1; AT&T UNIX System V; SCO UNIX; IBM/AIX; DG/DG-UX

IBM-PC with SCO XENIX or SCO ODT; HP 9000 with HP-UX; IBM AIX/6000; Sun SPARC with Solaris; Silicon Graphics; NCR SVR4;

IBM/PC Compatibles; Unix platforms

IBM/PC Compatibles; GENTRAN family of EDI software proudcts run on IBM mainframe, midrange and PC systems including DEC and UNIX based systems.

PC-MS/DOS; IBM mainframe

PCs

AS/400, HP 9000, IBM RS 6000

IBM PC

Unix

IBM RS/6000/AIX; SCO UNIX; Sequent/PTX; Pyramid; Sun/Solaris; DEC VAX/VMS; DEC Alpha; HP 3000/MPE/iX; HP 9000/HP-UX

IBM/MVS, VSE

IBM/MVS

IBM PC/compatibles

                           

Environment

MS-DOS;

MS-DOS; UNIX SVR4; others

MS-DOS and Unix

Unix, SNA, Ethernet, TokeRing, and other networks

MS-DOS 3.0 and higher

MS-DOS, MS Windows

MS-DOS, MPE, VMS

Proprietary

Unix, Stratus VOS, AIX, Solaris 2, and DOS

Apple System 6 and above, and A/UX

VAX/VMS or OSF/1

MS-DOS, AIX and DEC VAX : Stand-Alone, Front-End Processor; or integrated environment with host application

MS-DOS

MS-Windows; UNIX

MS-DOS and Windows 3.1

MS-DOS

Multiple

Multiple

MS-DOS

Multiple

EDI*PC and EDI*TRANSIT: PC-MS/DOS;EDI*TRANSIT: UNIX,; EDI*Benchmark: IBM MVS/VSE

MS-DOS and OS/2

MS-DOS, Unix and DEC VAX/VMS

Windows 3.X

MS-DOS Version 3.3 or higher

Multiple

MS-DOS Version 3.3 and higher

MS-DOS, UNIX, XENIX

UNIX, IBM AS/400,

MS-DOS, OS/2 and UNIX

Multiple

Multiple UNIX environments

MS-DOS and UNIX

Windows 3.X, DOS 5.0 or later

STX(R) for mainframe (IBM MVS/VSE)

Windows 3.X

OS-400, HP/UX, AIX

MS-DOS and Windows

Desktop: MS Windows; Mid-range: Unix; Mainframe - proprietary

multiple

IBM mainframe

IBM mainframe

Windows 3.X

                           

RAM

640K

Depends on platform

600KB for DOS; 1 MByte for Unix

 

560 KBytes

640K for MS-DOS

 

Depends on host

2 MB for Apple Macintosh

Depends on host

640KB

Not Specified

Depends on host

4MB

640KB

500KB

500KB

Not Specified

640KB

512 KB

Not Specified

2 MB

2MB

640K

640 KB (DOS); 2 MB (UNIX)

640 KB

Depends on host

Depends on platform

Depends on platform

8 MB

12-16 MB (depends on platform)

Depends on host

8 MBytes

640 KB

640 KB

Depends on host

Not Specified

Depends on host

Depends on host

4 KB

8 KB

2 MBytes

                           

Disk Space

5 MBytes

5 MBytes

25-30 MBytes

45 MBytes minimum

 

2.6 MBytes minimum

10 MBytes for Software plus 10-30 MBytes for data.

Depends on host

Depends on host

Depends on host

MS-DOS: 40 MBytes

Not Specified

Depends on host

130 + MB

20MB

20MB

50MB

Not Specified

20MB

Not Specified

Not Specified

Not Specified

Not Specified

80 MB

10 MB

6 MB

Depends on host

60 MB

Depends on platform

15 MB

200 MB

Depends on Host

14 MBytes

3 MB

4 MB

Depends on host

Not Specified

Depends on host

Depends on host

Not Specified

Not Specified

4 MBytes

                           

Network Compatibility

Novell and other popular networks

PC LAN

None

SNA, Ethernet (TCP/IP), Novell, SNA, Token Ring

Novell compatible

 

MS-DOS Network, Communiation Initiation Module that allows connection to any network, unattended.

TCP/IP

 

DECnet

Novell; Banyan

 

Novell, Banyan, PC_LAN;

LANS

LAN version

None

None

 

Novell

None

PC Networks

TCP/IP

TCP/IP

Multiple

 

No

Novell

TCP/IP, UUCP, NFS, e-mail, FTP, and File System

TCP/IP, OSI/FTP

DECnet; TCP/IP

TCP/IP, NFS

TCP/IP

LANs,

Yes

Novell

TCP/IP, OFTP

Yes, LANS

TCP/IP

DECnet; TCP/IP

Via Separate Communications Module

Via Separate Communications Module

Not Specified

                           

Additional Equipment

Modem

Modem

Communications H/W and S/W

Communiations HW and S/W

Modem

Communication H/W and S/W

Communication H/W and S/W

Modem

Modem

Modem

Modem

Modem

Modem

14.4 Modem, and 80 column dot matrix or laser printer

Modem, analog phone line or direct network connection

Modem, or direct network connection

Modem

Modem

None

None

Modem

Modem

Modem

Modem

Isoplex 800,

Modem

Modem

 

Modem

Modem

Modem or direct network interface

Modem or direct network interface

Mouse, Modem

Modem

Modem or Direct network connect

Modem

Modem

 

CICS

CICS; VTAM

3rd Party COTS Hardware/Sofltware

                         

Hot-Line Support

24 hours - 7 days

24 hours - 7 days

Yes, 24 hr, 7-day/week

Yes, 24 hr, 7-day/week

8:30-4:30 pm (CST), Technical Support Representative

Yes, 8-8 live voice; 24-hour emergency assistance

Yes, 8 am to 6 pm EST M-F

24 by 7 voice, E-mail over the Internet

8 am - 8 pm (ET), Knowledgeable support staff

24 by 7 with guaranteed response time

8am-8pm (EST), live voice with knowledgeable problem solver

8am - 8 pm . Knowledgeable problem solver

Yes, 20-hours

24 hr by 7 day . Knowledgeable problem solver

24 hr by 7 day . Knowledgeable problem solver

8-5 Live Voice, technical support analyst to solve problem on first call

8am-6pm (EST) knowledgeable problem solver

1-800 hotline support from anywhere in Canada and United States

24 hours by 7 days. Live technical expert

Not Specified

Not Specified

Not Specified

   

9:30am - 6:30pm(EST). Expert problem solver

8am-5pm(EST)

Yes, 800 support manned 18 hrs/day. E-Mail support via Internet 24-hrs/day

Yes, 24-hr telephone support; Live Voice during office hours; 30-minute call back after -hours

8am-5pm (EST), M-F. Technical Support. No Phone Mail

8am - 8 pm (EST). Help desk personnel. Extended help desk hours available

Technical Support Administrator. Calls answered within an appropriate time frame

Yes, Help Desk 24 by 7 days. Knowledgeable problem solver

6am- 8:30pm (EST). 24 hrs emergency assistance available. Trained technician

6am- 8:30pm (EST). 24 hrs. emergency assistance available. Trained technician

24 hour, Electronic routing to dedicated personnel

9am-6pm (EST) Knowledgeable Problem Solver

10 hours/7 days

 

Yes, 800# Help Desk for implemenation support

Yes, 800# Help Desk for implemenation support

Yes, 800# Help Desk for implemenation support