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GE Information Services

Electronic Commerce SolutionsElectronic Commerce Solutions

Lee BatulisAccount ExecutiveNovember 5, 1998

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GE and GEIS GEIS Offerings Electronic Commerce EDI & the Internet Standards ANX

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The General Electric The General Electric CompanyCompany

The General Electric The General Electric CompanyCompany

GE CAPITALGE CAPITAL

CORE PRODUCTSGE Aircraft EnginesGE AppliancesGE Power SystemsGE Lighting

CORE PRODUCTSGE Aircraft EnginesGE AppliancesGE Power SystemsGE Lighting

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICESGE Electrical Distribution & ControlGE Industrial Control SystemsGE Transportation Systems

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICESGE Electrical Distribution & ControlGE Industrial Control SystemsGE Transportation Systems

TECHNOLOGYPRODUCTS & SERVICESGE Medical SystemsGE Information Services

TECHNOLOGYPRODUCTS & SERVICESGE Medical SystemsGE Information Services

MATERIALSGE Plastics

MATERIALSGE Plastics

BROADCASTINGNBC

BROADCASTINGNBC

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Historical PerspectiveHistorical PerspectiveHistorical PerspectiveHistorical Perspective

Strong Heritage of Providing Valued Services

`70s Global Networking and Beginning of EDI• Created World’s Largest Computer Network

`80sDesk Top Computing Revolution• Business Applications• Electronic Commerce Services

`90sSupply Chain Solutions• Internet-based Services• Vertical Industry Focus

`60sGE Founded the Computer Services Unit• Invented the "BASIC" Language with Dartmouth• Time Sharing of Mainframes

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What We Do for a LivingWhat We Do for a LivingWhat We Do for a LivingWhat We Do for a Living

COMPANY

MANUFACTURERS

DISTRIBUTORS

SUPPLIERSBANK

DISTRIBUTORS

CUSTOMERS

Link Companies with Trading Partners to Increase Productivity, Improve Quality, and Reduce Costs

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Why GE Information Why GE Information ServicesServices

Why GE Information Why GE Information ServicesServices

World’s LargestElectronic Trading

Community

Electronic Data Interchange

Supply ChainSolutions

Internet/Extranet

InterBusinessConsulting

35 Years Experience

GE Best Practices

Six Sigma Quality

GlobalPresence

Global Network

24 X 7Customer Support

DedicatedEnd UserSupport

CommunityManagement

SystemsIntegration

GlobalReach

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How we do itHow we do it

Electronic MarketplacesElectronic Marketplaces

ExtranetsExtranets

Electronic CommerceOutsourcing

Electronic CommerceOutsourcing

CorporateGateways,Internet

CorporateGateways,Internet

EDI, VANEDI, VAN

EXPANDED ELECTRONIC TRADING COMMUNITY

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“General Electric Information Services has jumped ahead of such companies as IBM, Microsoft and Netscape to lead the race into business-to-business Internet commerce.”

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Message broker Communications gateway Web-enabled SAP-certified

Internet-based Products and Services

Internet-based catalog for indirect purchases Internet-based procurement

First commercial Extranet Links legacy systems to trading partners

Web EDI Forms-based EDI Designed for small companies

GE Trading Process Network (TPN)

Internet Sales Channel Solutions (Sell Side Catalogs)

GE InterBusiness PartnerSM

GE Enterprise System

GE TradewebSM

GE Information Services has full Internet portfolio www.geis.com

NescapeSellerXSignal Segway Suite

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Electronic CommerceElectronic CommerceElectronic CommerceElectronic Commerce

"Electronic Commerce is the linking, integrating and supporting of business processes of an enterprise with their trading partner community by combining computers and telecommunications to achieve a competitive advantage."

EDI is structured messaging and one part of EC

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EDI EDI EDI EDI

The lack of common EDI standards and implementation costs have slowed the growth of EDI in the past

The widespread use of EDI formatted data by smaller trading partners is enabled by various forms-based EDI solutions

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EDI over the InternetEDI over the InternetEDI over the InternetEDI over the Internet

GE Tradeweb is a service that enables smaller trading partners with a computer, Internet Service, and a Web Browser to electronically access their customers’ EDI forms

GEIS also offers a Web Access Module with our Enterprise Gateway that enables forms based EDI over the Internet

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EDI over the InternetEDI over the InternetEDI over the InternetEDI over the Internet

It will complement, not replace current traditional EDI

Internet EDI will not replace traditional EDI VAN’s

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EDI over the InternetEDI over the InternetEDI over the InternetEDI over the Internet

Benefits include: Ability to add smaller trading

partners ease of use & implementation

Issues Security Reliability Speed of larger transmissions High volumes

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Internet StandardsInternet StandardsInternet StandardsInternet Standards

Internet Architecture Board(IAB) includes: Internet Engineering Task

Force(IETF) Internet Reseaerch Task

Force(IRTF)

IAB develops & describes procedures & processes Requests forComments(RFC’s) Standards(STD’s)

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StandardsStandardsStandardsStandards

EDI Transactions X12/EDIFACT Industry Specific Tradacoms/Odette/VDA

EDI Transactions(new) XML

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StandardsStandardsStandardsStandards

Transports SMTP HTTP MIME

Financial Financial EDI SET Digital Cash

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StandardsStandardsStandardsStandards

Security PGP SSL EDINT S/MIME X.509 Certificates

Directories LDAP

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StandardsStandardsStandardsStandards

Industry Extranets ANX GISB

Catalog & Procurement Consortia

– CommerceNET

– RosettaNet

OBI standards

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StandardsStandardsStandardsStandards

Objects CORBA and IIOP ActiveX/COM and DCOM Enterprise Java Beans SAP BAPI’s

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Role of Standards in ECRole of Standards in ECRole of Standards in ECRole of Standards in EC

Enable EC by providing: Ease of Use Security Reliability High Speed Interoperability

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View from the smaller View from the smaller suppliersupplier

View from the smaller View from the smaller suppliersupplier

EDI over the Internet provides a lower cost than traditional EDI but can be complex when their various customers implement different web-based solutions

Standards can help--industry implementations such as ANX are best bet.

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Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

ANX Primary Objective is to provide

the automotive trading community with a secure network at the transport layer.

GEIS will offer services at the

application layer such as:– client support

– application hosting

– application monitoring

– service level agreements

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Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

GEIS global TCP/IP network: Access 750 cities in 42 countries 75 PDN’s 3 Network Super Centers 45 mainframes, 200 UNIX

servers 30 TerraBytes of information Dial PPP access from 150 cities 1100 client site routers 24 Network Service Centers T1/T3 Frame Relay Backbone

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Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

GEIS intends to participate as a Certified Service Provider(CSP) with direct connectivity to the ANX

GEIS intends to participate as a value-added network connected to the ANX enabling trading partners to achieve ANX compliance

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Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

Automotive Network Automotive Network ExchangeExchange

GEIS products will become ANX Compliance with AIAG standards: TCP/IP based technology IPSec Internet security

protocol HTTP and SMTP application

layer protocols as recommended by the AIAG Message Routing WorkGroup

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RecommendationsRecommendationsRecommendationsRecommendations

Implement Forms-based EDI over the Internet for smaller trading partners

Support Industry groups (such as AIAG) that are

developing standard approaches such as ANX and have the critical mass to be successful

Consider suppliers who have the bandwidth to provide “one-stop shopping”

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GEIS ContactsGEIS ContactsGEIS ContactsGEIS Contacts

AIAG Mark Yader (301) 340-5466

ANX Gretchen Misner (301) 340-7640

GEIS Internet Site www.geis.com

Library of RFC’s & STD http://sunsite.auc.dk/RFC or Search for RFC2000