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AS2 vs. AS4, Secure Data Exchange, EDI Protocol Comparison

Struggling to make choices between AS2 and AS4. This comprehensive guide walk through the features and benefits of each protocol for your business needs.

26 Jul 2024 Lahiru Ananda

FDA submission view in MFT Gateway

This feature will be available in next product release of MFT Gateway. Stay tuned for more updates!

24 Jul 2024 Lahiru Ananda

Comparison of AS2 and EDI - Simple Guide

Discover the differences between AS2 and EDI in this simple guide. Learn how AS2 secures and delivers the well-organized data formatted by EDI, crucial for efficient business communication.

22 Jul 2024 Rusiri Samarakoon

Benefits of AS2 EDI for Suppliers

Explore how AS2 EDI revolutionizes supplier communication by enhancing security, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency. This blog post highlights real-life success stories and demonstrates the concrete benefits of adopting this...

20 Jul 2024 Adheeb Shafik

Market Analysis and Projections for MFT Software

Delve into the market analysis and projections for Managed File Transfer (MFT) software, a crucial technology for secure, automated, and compliant data transfer across various industries, including BFSI, retail, and...

17 Jul 2024 Rusiri Samarakoon

Walmart’s EDI Requirements: A Guide for Suppliers

Discover how Walmart’s EDI requirements help suppliers streamline communication and transactions, ensuring efficient and automated business operations through secure digital data exchange and standardized documents.

15 Jul 2024 Indunil Rajapakse

Custom HTTP Header Profiles in AS2 Communication

In AS2 transmission, creating header profiles with custom headers can be essential for several reasons. In this article, let’s discuss what they are and how MFT Gateway can be used...

11 Jul 2024 Kumudika Rupasinghe

All You Need to Know About EDI in the Manufacturing Industry

The manufacturing industry is one of the most competitive and fast-paced industries in the world. Accuracy, efficiency, and speed have always been vital for the industry, and Electronic Data Interchange...

09 Jul 2024 Hirudinee Liyanage

Walmart Load Tender (204) EDI Testing for Logistics

If your company is onboarding with Walmart as one of their logistics partners, you must be EDI compliant with Walmart’s Retail Link system. This EDI compliance process usually involves three...

07 Jul 2024 Udith Gunaratna

Web-based EDI via AS2

The increasing adoption and application of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions are driving the demand for EDI platforms. These solutions are widely used in transport and distribution, administration, inventory management...

05 Jul 2024 Akila Ishani

A Guide to integrating MFT Gateway and EDI Generator

AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) are vital components in facilitating efficient business operations.

03 Jul 2024 Thanura Jayatissa

WebTrader vs AS2 : FDA Submissions

If you are engaged in the pharmaceutical domain in the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority will play a major part in your regulation and compliance process. Making...

03 Jul 2024 Janaka Bandara

Unlocking Efficiency: EDI Solutions for Small and Medium Businesses

Introducing our EDI solutions for small and medium businesses. Simplify your data exchange processes, reduce errors, and optimize your supply chain. Our user-friendly EDI systems are designed to meet the...

01 Jul 2024 Rusiri Samarakoon

How to create an FDA compatible submission archive

Making regulatory submissions to FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) includes a number of steps. One crucial step is to ensure that the final submission archive is in the expected...

27 Jun 2024 Udith Gunaratna

Choosing On-Premises vs. Cloud File Transfer

In today’s fast-paced and competitive environment, businesses encounter various security threats. To safeguard and reliably transfer their sensitive, business-critical data, it’s crucial for businesses to utilize a secure file transfer...

26 Jun 2024 Thanura Jayatissa

Enhance Cybersecurity with Managed File Transfer

Today’s organizations face a wide range of cybersecurity threats, each employing unique tactics and having various consequences. The most common categories of cyberattacks are described as follows.

25 Jun 2024 Sampavi Sriparan

The Role of Certificates in AS2

The AS2, or Applicability Statement 2, has turned into one of the most reliable, safe, and widely used methods of delivering and receiving data over the internet. AS2 certificates are...

20 Jun 2024 Indunil Rajapakse

AS2 vs. SFTP: Which is Better?

In the realm of secure business file transfer, AS2 and SFTP are two leading methods, each with distinct advantages. Selecting the appropriate solution hinges on understanding their unique features and...

17 Jun 2024 Lahiru Ananda

Why You Should Consider AS2 for Secure File Transfers

In a world where every aspect of life has become digital, sensitive data must be stored and transmitted securely and reliably through the internet. Regardless of the industry or size,...

14 Jun 2024 Hirudinee Liyanage

Considerations When Choosing a File Transfer Protocol

In the current digital environment, businesses need to thoroughly evaluate the choice of a suitable file transfer protocol. Choosing a file transfer protocol involves evaluating several key factors to ensure...

10 Jun 2024 Adheeb Shafik

Integrate AS2 with SAP Ariba in 3 simple steps

SAP Ariba, recently rebranded as SAP Integration Suite, is a highly popular choice for secure data exchange and file transfer across enterprises. Its network consists of several member organizations, and...

10 Jun 2024 Janaka Bandara

Data Security Solutions: How to Secure File Transfers

Introduction Data protection in transit is important as data is usually considered less secure while in motion. Hence, secure file transmission is a vital part of effective data protection of...

05 Jun 2024 Kumudika Rupasinghe

Navigating EDI Compliance: Standards & Regulatory Requirements

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) refers to the structured transfer of electronic documents or business data between organizations. The specific types of EDI documents exchanged depend on the business sector of...

27 May 2024 Udith Gunaratna

Streamlining FDA Regulatory Submissions: Leveraging AS2 for Secure and Efficient Data Exchange

In the heavily regulated realm of pharmaceuticals and healthcare, adherence to FDA (Food and Drug Administration) guidelines is crucial. Regulatory submissions to the FDA often entail the exchange of sensitive...

02 May 2024 Rusiri Samarakoon

Understanding AS2: A Protocol for Secure Data Exchange

In the world of digital communication, ensuring the security and reliability of data exchange is paramount. One protocol that has emerged as a robust solution for secure data interchange is...

28 Mar 2024 Rusiri Samarakoon

Guide to Obtaining an AS2 Certificate

In the realm of secure data exchange between businesses, AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) certificates play a pivotal role. These digital certificates are essential for authenticating and encrypting data transmitted over...

28 Mar 2024 Rusiri Samarakoon

Setting Up an AS2 Connection

In today’s interconnected business landscape, setting up secure data exchange channels is crucial for smooth operations and maintaining trust with partners. AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) provides a standardized method for...

20 Mar 2024 Rusiri Samarakoon

AS2 Certificate Expiration for Walmart EDI connection

If you have received an email similar to the following from GEM@wal-mart.com requesting you to update the AS2 certificates used to connect to the Walmart RetailLink EDI, this post will...

04 Mar 2024 Asankha Perera

Leveraging Azure File Shares for Seamless Deployment and Secure Data Access in the Pharmaceutical Industry

A pharmaceutical company compiles a set of documents as evidence of compliance to regulations and submits this documentation to a health authority. These regulations influence the drug manufacturing processes, the...

27 Feb 2024 Sampavi Sriparan

Deploying Pharmaceutical Applications on Azure - Secure Access to Private File Shares

The pharmaceutical industry operates in a highly regulated environment, where security, compliance, and efficiency are of utmost importance. Cloud computing platforms like Microsoft Azure offer robust solutions for deploying and...

27 Feb 2024 Adheeb Shafik

Top AS2 and EDI Best Practices for Smooth Operations

AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) play crucial roles in ensuring smooth operations for businesses. AS2 is a widely used protocol for secure data transmission over the...

09 Oct 2023 Adheeb Shafik

AS2 and EDI Security; Ensuring Safe Data Transmission

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a standardized technique for exchanging structured and computer-readable business documents such as purchase orders, invoices, and advanced shipment notices between organizations. AS2, which stands for...

09 Oct 2023 Sampavi Sriparan

How Does EDI Contribute to the Transportation and Logistics Industry?

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI has evolved as the preferred channel for logistics and transportation companies, enabling them to enhance operational efficiency, gain supply chain visibility, and strengthen customer relationships within...

19 Sep 2023 Thanura Jayatissa

In what way does EDI have a direct impact on reducing your carbon footprint?

Modern supply chains have long been implementing environmentally conscious measures, aiming to decrease the distances components travel prior to reaching customers and progressively adopting eco-friendly products and packaging. Today, businesses...

01 Sep 2023 Adheeb Shafik

Overcoming 5 Common EDI Implementation Issues

There are certain issues to be aware of during the EDI implementation for an organization. In this article we discuss how to overcome 5 of the most common such issues....

10 Aug 2023 Udith Gunaratna

Integrating regulatory submissions with the FDA ESG

If you operate in the healthcare domain within US jurisdictions, the US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) naturally becomes a vital part of your compliance process. Being able to perform...

27 Jul 2023 Janaka Bandara

EDI to JSON or XML conversion with EDI Generator

17 Jul 2023 Udith Gunaratna

Benefits of managed file transfer

What is Managed File Transfer? To meet compliance requirements, managed file transfer (MFT) allows enterprises to securely exchange electronic information between systems. These data flows might be either internal or...

06 Jul 2023 Indunil Rajapakse

How to choose the right AS2 solutions for your EDI needs

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the electronic exchange of business documents such as purchase orders, invoices, shipping notices, and more with trading partners. These can be suppliers, customers, carriers, third-party...

21 Jun 2023 Sampavi Sriparan

What is AS2 and how does it work

What is AS2? AS2 also known as Applicability Statement 2 is a secure file transfer protocol that enables secure and reliable exchange of electronic data, between organizations over the internet....

10 May 2023 Lahiru Ananda

6 Benefits of EDI in the logistics industry

Every day, supply chain stakeholders in the logistics sector exchange a large amount of information via piles of paper. So, having information in a better format that can be stored...

30 Mar 2023 Sampavi Sriparan

Why do small businesses need EDI?

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the computer-to-computer exchange of standardized business documents between companies. EDI has been around for decades and is widely used in a variety of industries such...

22 Mar 2023 Thanura Jayathissa

What are the advantages of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Digital transformation takes a great part in improving business processes in B2B organizations. As a part of digitalization, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) creates value addition in organizations in various industries...

24 Feb 2023 Kumudika Rupasinghe

What is the FDA ESG?

14 Feb 2023 Janaka Bandara

Making regulatory submissions to FDA with AS2

Making regulatory submissions to FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) includes a number of steps, and may require some custom implementations to ensure the correct structure and content of submission...

01 Dec 2022 Janaka Bandara

How AS2 Gateway stimulates the B2B file transfer process

Confidentiality, speed, accuracy, availability, and reliability of data are the paramount concerns in a business matter. Managed File Transfer(MFT) is a reliably used solution for high-level EDI and all types...

10 Oct 2022 Indunil Rajapakse

Must know facts on AS2

What is AS2? For those who want to know “What is AS2?”, AS2 is an abbreviation for Applicability Statement 2 - a secure B2B transfer protocol that allows businesses to...

30 Sep 2022 Lahiru Ananda

Why EDI over AS2 - instead of FTP?

Electronic Data Interchange or EDI is a virtual exchange of business documents or any other data using electronic formats between trading parties. In general, this exchange of documents or data...

28 Sep 2022 Janaka Bandara

How to send AS2 messages with an EDI trading platform

When the business involves lots of confidential data, security will be a major concern for all enterprises. Therefore, going for an EDI trading platform with a secure file transfer protocol...

28 Sep 2022 Kumudika Rupasinghe

Types of EDI

EDI or Electronic Data Interchange is a computer-to-computer communication mechanism for exchanging business documents such as purchase orders, and invoices in a standard electronic format, as an alternative to traditional...

18 Aug 2022 Kumudika Rupasinghe

MFT Gateway - Exchange Messages With SFTP

MFT Gateway, world’s first Serverless Managed File Transfer software implemented on Amazon Web Services (AWS) by Aayu Technologies LLC introduces, our latest message exchanging protocol for you. With the latest...

02 Aug 2022 Lahiru Ananda

Troubleshooting AS2 EDI transfer issues

Modern tools make it quite easy to get your EDI file transferred to your partner over secure protocols like AS2, but sometimes the same cannot be said about troubleshooting the...

01 Aug 2022 Janaka Bandara

Set up B2B Messaging on AS2 Gateway: The Complete Guide

This is the process that you would usually follow in AS2 Gateway (or any other AS2/EDI/MFT application) to exchange messages with your trading partners.

01 Aug 2022 Janaka Bandara

EDI X12 Data Types

25 Jul 2022 Udith Gunaratna

Why retailers should prefer AS2 over emails

When you are in the retail domain, either as a supplier or a buyer, you will need to exchange different documents such as purchase orders, shipping notices and invoices with...

05 May 2022 Udith Gunaratna

EDI in B2B e-commerce

Digital transformation is rapidly emerging and due to COVID-19, it’s rising exponentially. Because of the fast-changing market conditions and demands, the potential to create new revenue streams and the ability...

25 Feb 2022 Kumudika Rupasinghe

Managed File Transfer vs File Transfer Protocol

For any enterprise, sharing information from one party to another is a core business process. Users have been sharing information both sensitive and non-sensitive between many networks around the world,...

31 Jan 2022 Indunil Rajapakse

What is AS2 Restart and how it works

AS2 file transfer protocol defined by RFC 4130 is a secure file exchange protocol, widely used for business-to business data exchange. Its key features such as end-to-end encryption, digital signatures...

27 Jan 2022 Udith Gunaratna

What is MFT?

Businesses and companies are moving towards digitalization rapidly in the current global markets. With these rapid digital transformations, the need for adapting to exponentially growing streams of data has become...

05 Jan 2022 Hirudinee Liyanage

How to log into the MFT Gateway SFTP server from WinSCP SFTP Client

As we already discussed how we can log into MFT Gateway SFTP server from FileZilla SFTP client, here we’ll discuss how we can log into the MFT Gateway SFTP server...

29 Dec 2021 Kumudika Rupasinghe

How to log into the MFT Gateway SFTP server from FileZilla SFTP Client

SFTP is one of the 4 ways you can integrate your MFT Gateway account with other internal enterprise systems to send or receive files over AS2 protocol. When connecting to...

28 Dec 2021 Kumudika Rupasinghe

4 ways to integrate MFT Gateway AS2 with business workflows

Learn how to integrate your existing systems with MFT Gateway via Webhook, REST API, AWS S3 or SFTP to automate the file exchange over AS2 protocol

22 Sep 2021 Udith Gunaratna

Configuring EDI connections with Walmart

Introduction In our first article, we looked at the steps required to set up an AS2 connection with Walmart. In this article, we look at the steps required to get...

01 Jul 2021 Asankha Perera

SSCC-18 number generation for Shipping Containers

28 May 2021 Udith Gunaratna

AS2 Connection setup for Walmart RetailLink GEM

20 May 2021 Asankha Perera

EDI in Supply Chain & Logistics

EDI has become the driving force of business communications between trading partners. All kinds of stakeholders in a supply chain; buyers, suppliers, retailers, distributors, 3rd party logistics can benefit from...

20 May 2021 Kumudika Rupasinghe

What is EDI; A Guide to Electronic Data Interchange

EDI or Electronic Data Interchange is a communication technology of exchanging business documents like invoices, purchase orders, sales orders and advanced shipping notices, in a standard electronic format, as an...

16 May 2021 Kumudika Rupasinghe

File Transfer, MFT and Beyond: The Story of AS2

This is a work of fiction. The incidents portrayed herein may have taken place under different settings, in a different order, or even not taken place at all; however, it...

15 May 2021 Janaka Bandara

Benefits of a Cloud-based (SaaS) MFT

If you are looking for an alternative to your ad-hoc file transfer solution like FTP, HTTP and SMTP, to improve the productivity and efficiency of your file transmissions and to...

02 Feb 2021 Kumudika Rupasinghe

Avoid Mistakes When sharing Business Documents

Mistakes are inevitable at times, regardless of all technological advancements. While we expect technology to increase productivity, it follows with the basic requirement to find new ways of avoiding mistakes....

07 Dec 2020 Pamoda Wijesinghe

Making Sense of AS2 Connection Configurations

Most of the client issues we encounter on AS2 Gateway, the online AS2/EDI exchange, are due to bad partner/station configurations - either on AS2 Gateway itself, or on the remote...

16 Nov 2020 Janaka Bandara

MFT in Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Logistics is a wide area of business including supply chain management, distribution, production, and material movement that require movement of both tangible products and data. These data consist of documents...

12 Nov 2020 Pamoda Wijesinghe

REST API to Automate Message Workflows

MFT Gateway REST API is released! With the latest update 2.1.0, now you can automate your message workflows easily using REST API without depending on the MFT Gateway web console....

26 Aug 2020 Lahiru Ananda

MFT for Business Flow Improvements

Information is one of the most valuable assets in every business. The profit or loss of the business depends mainly on the information, consumer and partner management process. Therefore, all...

17 Aug 2020 Indunil Rajapakshe

Integrating SFTP for EDI messages over AS2

When sending/receiving a large number of documents over AS2, it’s better to use an integration mechanism like SFTP. SFTP can easily support bulk file transfers as well as large file...

14 Aug 2020 Kumudika Rupasinghe

AS2 Gateway Webhooks - Get Notified Instantly for your AS2 Messages

Buckle up, folks; it’s time to take your AS2/EDI integrations to the next level, with webhook support on AS2 Gateway!

14 Aug 2020 Janaka Bandara

Writing a Webhook

Webhook (HTTP) Request Handlers A webhook request handler is a program, web-app or piece of code that can accept, read and understand an incoming HTTP request; containing HTTP headers and...

17 Jul 2020 Janaka Bandara

Amazon S3 integration with AS2 Protocol

Why does your business need AS2 Protocol? Enables transactions with large enterprises that require AS2. Several large enterprises like Walmart, Amazon, Target, and Lowe’s now require trading partners to transact...

13 Jul 2020 Sudarshana Lakmal

Why Businesses Need MFT

Regardless of the industry, any business requires a secure and reliable exchange of information with business partners. This is where most large corporations go ahead with managed file transfer (MFT)...

10 Jul 2020 Pamoda Wijesinghe

Integrating AWS S3 for EDI messages over AS2

MFT Gateway has made the exchange of your EDI files simple and easy. One-click integration with AWS S3 and you will be provided with a pair of AWS credentials. Using...

03 Jul 2020 Hirudinee Liyanage

How to Send AS2 messages in Cloud-Based MFT Gateway

When it comes to transferring lots of confidential data, the value of computerized trading and automated, secure trade document exchange is a major concern for all B2B enterprises. Along with...

12 Jun 2020 Kumudika Rupasignhe

Why you NEED MFT - Managed File Transfer in 2020

Or, what the “Managed” part of MFT is all about Not to sound opportunistic, but the whole COVID-19 situation is leading online businesses to boom like never before (source: BBC)....

28 Apr 2020 Janaka Bandara

B2B EDI Exchange with AS2 Gateway REST API

What is AS2? All right. You have set up your local stations and trading partners on AS2 Gateway B2B Trading Platform - and successfully sent and received messages. Today, let’s...

10 Apr 2020 Janaka Bandara

Who has access to your documents?

The last thing you need is your letter to your loved one to be read by the postman on the way. Only because you need it to be delivered and...

03 Apr 2020 Pamoda Wijesinghe