Hybrid Integration Platform

OpenText Business Network Cloud Foundation

Get access to enterprise grade B2B integration capabilities for any size business

58%
of SMB size companies cited a lack of staff bandwidth as the top challenge inhibiting successful B2B integration[1]

Overview

Learn about a tiered approach to business integration for any size company

OpenText™ Business Network Cloud Foundation empowers any size company to leverage powerful self-service tools, partner kits, and ERP adapters like Oracle NetSuite®, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP® S/4HANA, and IBM iSeries to rapidly onboard and integrate with trading partners. Business Network Cloud Foundation reduces the effort required for B2B projects, which is especially critical for SMBs lacking essential in-house EDI skills.

Why choose OpenText Business Network Cloud Foundation?

  • Truly scalable global B2B platform

    Offers an affordable point of entry for smaller projects which can scale easily to meet the largest and most complex B2B integration needs.

  • 30+ years of expertise

    Leverage more than 30 years of expertise in managing B2B Integration services of all sizes and complexity to augment existing IT delivery capabilities.

How Business Network Cloud Foundation can benefit business

Discover the advantages of using Business Network Cloud Foundation.

  • Streamline operations

    Automate B2B services and processes and digitize all trading partner transactions to gain efficiencies.

  • Lower operational costs

    Implement a long term, cost-effective approach to managing B2B integration projects.

  • Modernize infrastructure

    Access a future-proofed cloud integration infrastructure with the flexibility to scale according to business needs.

  • Scale integration resources

    Leverage additional services and increase the number of trading partners or data maps supported to meet changing business needs.

  • Augment existing skillsets

    Fill resource and integration skill gaps to allow IT to focus on other projects.

  • Improve transaction visibility

    Obtain rich insights based on data flows across the end-to-end digital supply chain.

Features

  • Self-service tools

    Quickly sets up businesses with AS2, SFTP, FTPS or HTTPS based communications and simplifies integration environment management. Accelerates new trading partner onboarding through self-service registration and configuration portal.

  • Trading partner kits

    Accelerates connectivity with important trading partners using pre-built ‘kits’ that contain the documents and communication protocol support typically required to trade electronically with a specific partner.

  • Messaging service

    Utilizes OpenText™ Trading Grid™ Messaging Service, a global value-added network (VAN), to exchange business information quickly and securely anywhere in the world.

  • Data translation

    Implements up to 100 document maps within the MS-Foundation environment.

  • Trading partner connectivity

    Allows point-to-point information exchange with up to 50 trading partners using a variety of communication standards, such as AS2, SFTP, FTPS and HTTPS.

  • Visibility and analytics

    Uses OpenText™ Lens™ to configure intuitive executive dashboards to monitor transaction flows across extended business environments for real-time document and transaction visibility.

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Deployment

OpenText offers deployment choice and flexibility for Business Network Cloud Foundation.

Professional Services

OpenText Consulting Services combines end-to-end solution implementation with comprehensive technology services to help improve systems.

Training

OpenText Learning Services offers comprehensive enablement and learning programs to accelerate knowledge and skills.

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Footnotes

Footnotes

  1. [1] IDG / MarketPulse, Taking a Managed Services Approach to Complex B2B Integration, 2021