Managed File Transfer and B2B Gateway Software for the Enterprise

nuBridges Exchange is a suite of software modules for digital information transfers within and across enterprises. The volume of eBusiness exchanges inside and outside organizational boundaries is growing exponentially. With nuBridges Exchange you get centralized control, secure transport, system-wide visibility and guaranteed delivery – speeding supply chains, protecting your data in motion, reducing transaction costs, and eliminating lots of integration and file transfer headaches for your IT team.

Getting the right information to the right people faster and easier can yield tremendous competitive advantage and squeeze out cost. nuBridges Exchange is an ideal choice if you need to:

• Implement Managed File Transfer for centralized, secure control of internal and external file transfers between systems, applications and people
• Establish a complete B2B Gateway that supports automated and ad hoc B2B file exchanges, a broad variety of protocols and robust trading partner management

nuBridges Exchange software modules can also help you with very specific requirements such as:

• Performing EDI over the Internet as the hub or as a spoke, without using an EDI VAN
• A secure FTP server and/or client – with SSL, SSH or PGP
• A secure HTTPs server or client
• A one-to-one file transfer connection with a specific partner
• Rapid and reliable connection to an EDI VAN – nuBridges Exchange Network or a 3rd party VAN
• Rapid and reliable connection to an AS2 trading partner network such as Walmart’s

Interoperable, Flexible, Blazingly Fast

nuBridges Exchange fits gracefully into your ecosystem. It supports the protocols you need: sFTP (SSH), FTPs (SSL), FTP with PGP, HTTPs, AS1, AS2 and AS3. It runs on the platforms you want: Windows, Solaris, HP/UX, Linux and AS/400. It supports any document type or size – XML, binary files (text, graphics, spreadsheets), EDI (X12, EDIFACT, ASNI X.12), Rosettanet and others. It handles transfers to and from mainframe, midrange and workstation endpoints. It’s designed to scale with your needs – even if you start small; support for unlimited file sizes, high performance and high availability are there when you need them.

Sample Use Cases

nuBridges Exchange is proven in production use for business-critical operations. For example, it:

• Replaced FTP batch transfers to a mainframe payroll system – over 150 Human Resources endpoints including benefit provider banks now exchange data with a mainframe application via nuBridges Exchange
• Replaced FedEx shipping and the manual process of sending extremely large clinical trial data on CDs– nuBridges Exchange provides a secure, instant, automated, guaranteed process for transmitting the data electronically
• Is the software behind B2B file transfer communities large and small
  • Connects 15,000 trading partners to the world’s largest retailer
  • Is the trading partner hub for the world’s largest e-tailer
  • Connects 1,000 trading partners to a pharmaceutical manufacturer
  • Enables thousands of businesses to make a required link with merchant banks such as Fifth Third Bank and others to securely exchange credit card settlement information (even as the banks tighten their connectivity requirements to require PGP or SSH – nuBridges Exchange has it covered)
• Handles internal large file transfer among 1,100 desktops for a Fortune 500 company

Customers use nuBridges Exchange software modules to conduct eBusiness among internal departments, divisions and subsidiaries; as well as with trading partners such as Walmart, Meijer, Lowe’s, Food Lion, Dollar General, SuperValu, Ace Hardware, Target, Do It Best, Kraft Foods, McKesson, Amerisource Bergen and Kmart.

Modular to Suit Your Specific Needs

nuBridges Exchange is modular so that you can license exactly what you need. Our technical experts will specify the right combination of modules for your platform, protocol, architectural and functional requirements.

Contact nuBridges to learn more – we’d be delighted to answer your questions, show you the capabilities of nuBridges Exchange, and propose a module set tailored specifically to your business needs and technology ecosystem.

NOTE:  In 2004, nuBridges acquired Trailblazer Systems, a leading provider of eBusiness connectivity software tailored for Internet-based information exchanges. As a result of this acquisition, nuBridges adds TrailBlazer's award-winning ZMOD Exchange to its product offerings. The combined company offers the highest performance, most scalable information exchange platform on the market, giving companies faster, more secure communications and integration with trading partners.