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Virginia International Terminals, Inc to
use eFORWARDSM tpXchange
Rockville, January 30, 2001
Conrad Persels, CEO of Corvedia, Inc., a Rockville
based company with offices in the Maryland Technology Growth Center,
announced today that Virginia International Terminals, Inc. (VIT)
has signed an agreement to utilize Corvedia's eFORWARD tpXchange
Services. The eFORWARD tpXchange Service enables businesses to
exchange business data electronically (Electronic Data Interchange
or EDI for short) over the Internet. Persels noted that eFORWARD
provides an easy, secure and inexpensive alternative to traditional
3rd party EDI VAN Services.
VIT, a non-profit operating affiliate of the
Virginia Port Authority, operates four state-owned general cargo
facilities including Norfolk International Terminals, Newport
News Marine Terminal, Portsmouth Marine Terminal, and the Virginia
Inland Port in Warren County, Virginia.
VIT is a heavy user of EDI Services exchanging
EDI messages with members of the shipping community including
Ocean carriers, truckers, railroads and shippers. Don Seay, VIT's
Supervisor, Application Services, in discussing VIT's decision
to use eFORWARD stated that he expects eFORWARD to significantly
reduce VIT's EDI costs while providing an easy and secure way
for VIT to exchange EDI messages with members of the shipping
community.
eFORWARD (Patent Pending) is based on a sophisticated
communications protocol referred to as iDITM (instant Data Interchange).
iDI utilizes the underlying Internet technologies and pure Java
to implement an instant data interchange capability between diverse
computers. Business-to-business data (including standard EDI messages
and XML defined documents) can be instantly interchanged between
and among trading partners using eFORWARD.
Many businesses and product developers are trying
to use the existing Internet Transport Protocols (FTP, HTTP and
SMTP) to interchange business data. Persels states that these
protocols were not developed for that purpose and are not well
suited for business-to-business data interchange. eFORWARD has
been developed specifically to enable businesses to interchange
data and to integrate applications across the Internet.
In making the announcement, Persels noted that
VIT has demonstrated how easily businesses can integrate eFORWARD
into their existing EDI systems to reduce costs and extend their
trading partner relationships.
For more Information, contact:
Conrad G. Persels
CORVEDIA
9700 Great Seneca Hwy.
Rockville, MD 20850
www.corvedia.com
Main: (240) 453-8490
FAX: (240) 465-0346
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