MicroD’s Exim Commerce Direct Software Receives AS2 Certification

Furniture World Magazine

MicroD announced that it has received AS2 certification for its Internet-based business-to-business communications software from the Drummond Group, the only authorized body to award this certification. Copyrighted under the brand name Exim Commerce Direct, this AS2 certified software will further add to the B2B communications capabilities already offered by MicroD to its customers. AS2 is one of the newest and fastest growing industry-standard protocols for EDI communications. Adopted by retail giants such as Wal Mart, Target, Liz Claiborne and others, it enables companies to conduct EDI over the Internet, eliminating the need for more expensive private VANs (Value Added Networks) to transmit and receive business documents of all types electronically. MicroD’s AS2 software was placed in the same testing pool as AS2 software from companies such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Web Methods and Cyclone Commerce and has been certified to interoperate with them. Exim Commerce Direct features a minimal, one-time connection cost and no ongoing transmission fees. Currently, MicroD is the only Business-to-Business communications service provider to the furniture industry who has received such a certification. Manoj Nigam, President of MicroD, states: “Our focus has always been to provide electronic communications and services at the most reasonable cost to our customers. Our investment in AS2 software and its certification is an important step in that direction because it will enable us to further reduce the cost of electronic communications. Looking forward, we are continuing to make new investments in software and technology with the objective of anticipating our customers needs and staying one step ahead of their requests”. MicroD, Inc. develops and provides Internet and desktop-based software products and services ranging from electronic catalogs and room-planning software to Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) communications software and services for a wide range of companies in the furniture, trucking and other industries. Copyrighted under the brand names of PreVue and Exim Commerce, MicroD’s products are the preferred choice of major companies such as Ethan Allen, Thomasville, Bassett Furniture, La-Z-Boy, Kittles Furniture, Boyles Furniture etc.. To learn more about MicroD’s products and services, visit their web site at www.microdinc.com.