Inovis and Crossgate Partner to Broaden Product Offerings and Geographical Support

ATLANTA on 15 December 2008

Inovis and Crossgate, Inc today announced a partnership under which Inovis will resell Crossgate’s e-Invoicing service and Crossgate will resell access to the Inovisworks for traditional Value Added Network (VAN) communication services. Further, the combined offerings extend the market reach of both organizations across North America and continental Europe.

e-Invoicing mandates are becoming prominent in many countries including Mexico which in May 2009 will mandate the use of a government form or digitally signed EDI document to comply with the FEA “Firma Electronica Avanzada” legislation. With Crossgate e-Invoicing, organizations and their customers can meet government mandates in over 28 countries while eliminating paper invoices, which are slow and expensive, while aiding in the global movement of achieving “Green” friendly business processes.

Inovis selected Crossgate’s e-Invoicing service to support cross-border and country-specific e-Invoicing. The on-demand solution will include:

  • Back-end System Integration
  • Digital Signatures: Country specific security in 28 countries
  • Long Term Archiving for Invoices: 10 years for both customer and supplier
  • Country Specific Workflows: Including DEMAT in France
  • Validation & Presentment Portal: Compliance Monitoring & Audit Protection

Crossgate selected Inovisworks.net to provide traditional VAN support to its global customers and prospects. The service provides 99.995% availability by protecting data traffic quality, governance and security and will include the following functionality:

  • Event-driven and store-and-forward mailbox capabilities
  • Interconnect with all major public and private providers
  • Dashboard views of the status of your documents communicated over the VAN
  • Simplified pricing model to reduce complexity for organizations that want to consolidate VAN operations

About Crossgate, Inc.

Crossgate offers the world’s first Business-Ready Network, guaranteeing 100% integration of business partners, clients and suppliers. A single connection to the Network means electronic data exchange with any business partner regardless of their technical capability. In addition, Crossgate’s B2B-360° Services powered by SAP provide clients direct access to all integrated business partners in the B2B transaction network via their SAP systems. With its legally compliant eInvoicing Services, Crossgate also provides an innovative and 100% secure solution to cover the entire process of incoming and outgoing invoices, including signatures, global compliance monitoring, and secure automated long-term archiving. More than 40,000 business partners, representing over 10 industries, currently exchange documents and data via the Business-Ready Network.

Crossgate is represented at four sites in Germany, with operations in Atlanta, London, Milan, Paris, and AsiaPac. For more information, visit http://www.crossgate.com/

About Inovis

Inovis provides the most reliable software and services platform for managing business communities. We help buyers and sellers transact, synchronize data and manage exceptions with their business partners, reducing the complexity and cost of doing business electronically. Each day, over 20,000 companies across the globe rely on Inovis to reliably send and receive orders, lower supply chain costs and get products to customers faster. Founded in 1983, Inovis is based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.inovis.com.

Inovis is a trademark of Inovis, Inc.