Tradanet® Service is one of the Transaction Management Services on the GXS Trading Grid® for the UK. Tradanet enables you to trade business documents electronically in a fast, secure and reliable fashion. Tradanet:

• Mediates the technology and process differences between trading partners, shielding you from complexity and delivering value to 100 percent of the trading community
• Combines established and proven EDI capabilities and traditional private network connectivity with Internet technology and support for XML to deliver a complete electronic trading environment

Overview
Tradanet, designed specifically for the needs of UK companies, is a fast, reliable document-exchange service that helps your company achieve key business goals, including inventory management, efficient replenishment and procurement. By supporting electronic trade through various standards and communication protocols, such as AS2, EDI, XML and other industry-specific standards, Tradanet is a simple and effective way to electronically move your company's business documents. Added features such as audit trails, user-controlled access and local language support 24-hours-a-day help to ensure that your key business documents are protected in a secure environment.

Features

• High Performance Platform—Your documents are processed and made available to your trading partner in seconds. Furthermore, if your trading partner is accessing the Trading Grid using a real-time protocol such as AS2 or FTP push, Trading Grid delivers the documents to your partner instead of waiting for pickup.
• Any Document Format—Format flexibility enables you to exchange any type of document, whether it’s standards-based or in a proprietary format. These include XML (RosettaNet, ebXML), EDI (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, TRADACOMS) and proprietary formats (spreadsheets, SAP IDOCS).
• Reliability and Security—Robust backup and recovery capabilities coupled with ongoing monitoring and reporting, enable us to immediately address any issues and ensure that your documents continue to flow. Secure access, provided via the Internet or the private GXS Network, is available only to validated users.
• 24x7 Customer Service—Experienced customer-service staff, equipped with automated tools, ensure that your calls are answered quickly and completely on a 24x7 basis.