Activant, formerly CCITriad, is a leading provider of business management solutions designed for companies with complex products in high-service distribution. Activant is located in Austin, Texas and Livermore, California providing management and information systems, data, and services to the Automotive Aftermarket, Electrical, Hard goods and Lumber industries. The company's system offerings are enhanced by extensive information services featuring highly specialized database products and customer support and maintenance services. Activant provides services to IDEA for Industry Data Exchange and Industry Data Warehouse.

For more information, visit the Activant web site.

DATAgility is a leading data management services company that provides suppliers the means to successfully organize their information into standardized global and industry formats in order to gain the data intelligence they need to work successfully with their channel partners.

IDEA partners with DATAgility to offer a data sync program as a value added service to Industry Data Warehouse (IDW). The IDW Data Sync Program provides additional resources and tools to complete the data synchronization process between trading partners through data planning and preparation. The program is designed to measure how a distributor and manufacturer’s business information is aligned and to recommend ways to address trading partner data discrepancies. Once trading partners have sync’d their baseline data files through this new program, the IDW will be utilized to keep the data in sync and maintain data quality through continuous updates.

For more information, visit the DATAgility, Inc. web site.

Digital Business Architects is a premier technology consultancy with proven capabilities in delivering high-impact, collaborative software solutions. DBA's core service offerings include software application development, systems integration, and IT opportunity assessment. Digital Business Architects (DBA) performs the necessary software maintenance and development services for the Industry Retail Database (IRD) CERICOMX® application in order to maintain data synchronization compatibility with the 1SYNC Data Pool and enhance the software functionality based on customer feedback and GDSN requirements.

For more information, visit the Digital Business Architects web site.

Since 1992, FSI has been providing pay-per-use, transaction translation to and from EDI and any other data format. What do you do with faxed POs and invoices? Especially if you’re EDI-compliant? FSI’s automated FAX-to-EDI, using OCR/ICR technology, EDI-to-FAX, exAct© software with data import, catalogue software, web-based input, customized integration and outsourcing solutions allow your suppliers and your customers to become electronic trading partners, with everybody’s budget and technology intact.

IDEA partners with Faxinating Solutions to offer customers a Fax-to-EDI solution. The IDEA fax translation services, powered by exAct®, meet the needs of companies who perform low-volume transactions and do not have the technology at hand to send EDI data to trading partners. The service also allows EDI-compliant companies to send transactions to paper-based companies by fax, enabling all trading partners to become virtually 100% EDI-compliant.

For more information, visit the Faxinating Solutions web site.

NEMA BIS The Business Information Services (BIS) division of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) was established in 2001 and offers an extensive range of consulting services to facilitate business management decision-making.

Member Services
The true value of NEMA/BIS is recognized by NEMA members who have access to information tailored to their needs.

Public Information
NEMA/BIS provides the following information available to the public:

• Electroindustry Business Confidence Indices
• Electroindustry Stock Index
• Economic & Market Data
• Industrial Control Business Indices
• NEMA 30 Index

For more information, visit the NEMA BIS web site.

Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), helps customers thrive in a global economy by connecting their business communities, processes, people and technology. More than 30,000 customers worldwide – including 80 percent of the Fortune 500 – use Sterling Commerce solutions for business process integration, multi-channel selling, and supply chain fulfillment to improve profitability inside and outside their company walls.

Sterling Commerce provides IDEA with off-net gateway services that give Industry Data Exchange (IDX) customers the flexibility to exchange electronic documents with trading partners who use other VANs.

For more information, visit the Sterling Commerce web site.