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Oracle Application Server 10g is certified to support all leading business-to-business (B2B) standards, enabling organizations to easily comply with industry mandates required by companies such as Cisco, Intel, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe's. By enhancing support for standards such as EDI over the Internet-AS2 (EDIINT AS2) and RosettaNet, Oracle Application Server 10g enables companies in the high technology, manufacturing, retail and consumer packaged goods industries to instantly connect to business partners' supply chains using leading B2B standards. As a result, organizations can instantaneously meet integration mandates set forth by Cisco, Intel and Wal-Mart by using Oracle Application Server 10g's pre-tested connectivity tools and integration features. These components provide trading partner management capabilities that enable users with a single interface, to define individual trading partner's profiles, service level agreements, security requirements and preferred protocol for interaction. With comprehensive support for B2B standards, Oracle Application Server 10g can lower costs for supporting existing business partners while rapidly building online collaboration with customers and partners. By using B2B standards for supply chain and business partner integration, companies can move from expensive, proprietary programming skills to open, interoperable standards that can scale to meet changing business needs. Previously, business partners deployed non-scalable methods of interaction including EDI Virtual Private Networks, faxes and emails. With this announcement, Oracle continues to spearhead the definition and adoption of e-business standards. The company has active board members in key B2B standards bodies including RosettaNet, Web Services Choreograph Interface (WSCI) and Business Process Management Initiative Organization (BPMI). Additionally, Oracle Application Server 10g is certified to support key B2B protocols including EDIINT AS2, RosettaNet and HIPAA. "Extending our support of leading B2B protocols, Oracle enables customers to maintain relationships with a wide range of trading partners while decreasing overall integration costs and improving auditability," said Thomas Kurian, senior vice president for Oracle Server Technologies. "Oracle Application Server provides a single B2B Integration Platform that supports a variety of industry protocols enabling organizations to improve overall integration while meeting industry mandates." Availability These B2B integration capabilities ship with Oracle Application Server 10g Enterprise Edition, which is currently available for $20,000 per CPU. For more information http://www.oracle.com/solutions/integration .