EXTOL Earns AS2 Interoperability Certification from Drummond Group

POTTSVILLE, Pa., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- EXTOL International, the mid-market-focused B2B integration solution provider, announced today that EXTOL Secure 5.4 has been certified AS2 Interoperable (AS21Q10) by Drummond Group. The certification ensures compatibility between companies conducting business-to-business (B2B) commerce across the supply chain.

EXTOL Secure is a standards-compliant solution for sending and receiving EDI, XML and other data securely over the Internet. Using encryption, authentication and non-repudiation methods, the solution protects communications with customers, suppliers, remote divisions, and other external partners.

"Our mid-market customers demand a solution that allows them to securely exchange information with their trading partners," said Jim O'Leary, vice president of product management for EXTOL. "With our proven AS2 technology, flexible integration capabilities, and industry-leading support, our customers can integrate a wide variety of business transactions with their business partners."

AS2 messaging is a standard for B2B users to securely and reliably connect, deliver, and reply to data across the Internet. This test marks the 10th year of Drummond Group's AS2 test and EXTOL's sixth consecutive year earning certification. EXTOL Secure also completed testing for filename preservation, passing both the MDN and FN-MDN optional profile tests.

EXTOL provides mid-market-focused solutions that simplify complex B2B integration, helping companies easily onboard new trading partners, integrate new supply chain partners and automate a wide range of manual transaction processes.

With a flexible and comprehensive solution, EXTOL enables fast reengineering of interfaces and business processes as system requirements, ERP and other large-scale software upgrades are made, or new business initiatives are implemented. EXTOL's modular design and flexible implementation model removes the complexity from mid-market integration, delivering a comprehensive integration solution set that's easy, fast and effective.

For more information about EXTOL, visit www.extol.com.

About EXTOL International

EXTOL makes it simple for lean mid-market businesses to connect and conduct electronic commerce with trading partners as well as efficiently manage internal application integration. Our comprehensive and easy-to-implement integration solutions generate results in a fraction of the time and with significantly less resource commitment than similar solutions. EXTOL offers mid-market companies that often struggle with limited budgets, resources and skills the same level of partner integration and performance that larger organizations enjoy – without the high cost or effort usually associated with integration solutions. The combination of EXTOL's leading-edge technology and team of industry experts ensures an effective solution for automated trading partner communication. At EXTOL, we simplify B2B integration for mid-market businesses. For more information about EXTOL, visit www.extol.com.

SOURCE EXTOL International