Now is the time to review what still should be done as the end of the year approaches. Use our checklist to determine what you can complete before 2020. Onboarding new trading partners Ensure new EDI compliance requirements Update to your EDI software to latest version Update AS2 and SHA certificates Eliminate additional manual processes
Amazon is requiring that its trading partners update their AS2 security settings in order to continue exchanging EDI documents with them. Specifically, they require updating AS2 certificates to SHA256 2048. The deadline for making this change is October 15, 2019. If connections aren’t compliant by this date, AS2 EDI traffic between Amazon and your business
As the summer approaches, many organizations risk losing productivity as their employees take time off for vacations. With Data Communication Solutions (DCS), however, you can keep your business running at its fullest potential! Our remote support service will efficiently analyze and fix reported issues, eliminating costly downtime. Our remote support is also perfect if you have a
Target’s AS2 Public certificate will expire on November 2, 2018. It will be replaced on October 29, 2018 at midnight/CST. After October 29, 2018 at 12:01 am, your existing connection will fail unless you migrate to Loren Data VAN. In order to avoid any disruption in service, migrate your AS2 connection to the Target VAN, Loren Data,
No matter what kind of software you’re using for your business, it’s important to be sure that it’s up to date. This includes AS2. In recent years, many software companies have been making the jump from SHA-1 to SHA-2. It’s important to consider if your organization could be affected by these changes. In this article,
As the summer approaches, many organizations risk losing productivity as their employees take time off for vacations. With Data Communication Solutions (DCS), however, you can keep your business running at its fullest potential! Our remote support service will efficiently analyze and fix reported issues, eliminating costly downtime. Our remote support is also perfect if you have a
Spring training is underway! Major League baseball teams are deep in the process of evaluating their teams, ensuring that the right players are in place so that they can be competitive. Like professional sports teams, companies need to make sure they have the right players on their team to be successful. This is also true with
The Business Need Wholesome Sweeteners is a Texas-based producer of sugars, molasses, syrups, stevia, and honey. They had customers who were requesting EDI transactions including purchase orders, invoices, and advance ship notices. They turned to Data Communication Solutions (DCS) for help in setting up BizLink™ EDI to automate their order processes. Specifically, they needed help
DSCO, a company that specializes in Drop Ship automation, is dropping support for SHA-1. As discussed in a previous blog post, SHA-1 has a number of vulnerabilities. Now is a good time to look at updating to a SHA-2 certificate. Most AS2 software with a current patch can provide some sort of SHA-2 certificate. Data Communication Solutions
Amazon will be changing their public-facing IP address ranges on August 28, 2017 at 0:00 (midnight) PST. The change will apply to both AS2 and SFTP protocols. If you trade with Amazon and use a firewall to block any inbound or outbound traffic by IP, it’s important to consider how the change will affect your
