Trust me. I've got a million transactions a day of it running through our systems. ;) Its one of many things we do.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:rkingsla@;cox.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Biztalk > > > Point(s) taken. Thanks for the correction, Roger. I wasn't > aware that > EDI was still so 'alive and kicking'. > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of > > Roger Seielstad > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:22 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Biztalk > > > > > > That's a fairly accurate description, although there are some > > other parts to it. > > > > EDI is alive and well, and actually still a growth market, in > > large part because of the dot crash companies like Ariba and > > CommerceOne who sold a sold a bill of goods that couldn't be > > delivered. There are traditional strongholds for EDI, such as > > manufacturing, automotive and petrochemical, but healthcare > > is still seriously considering it as it provides a lot of > > cross platform opportunities. In addition, it is as secure as > > you want to make it. We regularly traffic EDI for companies > > that require end to end encryption and authentication via EDI. > > > > I completely concur, however, that no solution is > > z:\setup.exe <next> <next> <next> <finish> when it comes to > > HIPAA compliance and the larger picture of EAI or B2B data > > management. This is one where rolling your own solution might > > be a bit more than you want to bite off. > > > > Roger > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:rkingsla@;cox.net] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:31 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Biztalk > > > > > > > > > Hahaha! Boy, are you in for a REAL shock! Justin, you're > > > poised on one > > > really TALL cliff! > > > > > > Cool technology, but one does not just drop in the CD, > click a few > > > buttons, connect A to B, then begin the transactions. > > > > > > Given your tagline, I suspect they are wanting to look at > > it for the > > > HIPAA module(s) that MS offers to do transactions in lieu > of EDI - > > > which isn't as ubiquitous (or nearly as secure) as the > > > medical/insurance industry needs it to be. > > > > > > At a 50,000 foot level, BizTalk is Microsoft's server for > creating > > > business logic and rules in XML, and allowing it to > > communicate across > > > the common communication verbs that is XML, SOAP, etc. > > > > > > With all due respect, Justin - (there may be one here, I > > > don't know) you > > > need to find an expert on BizTalk and the medical industry. > > > This one's > > > a REAL toughy! I'd run away very fast if at all possible. > > > > > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > > > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > > > Associate Expert > > > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@;mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of > > > > Salandra, Justin A. > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:08 PM > > > > To: ActiveDir (E-mail) > > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] Biztalk > > > > > > > > > > > > What is Biztalk used for? My CIO asked me to look at it and > > > > I have never used it before. Does anyone use it out there? > > > > If so what do you do with it? > > > > > > > > Justin A. 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