Axway Renews its Commitment to Developing Industry Standards

PARIS, France - Axway today announced it has become an IT Associate Member of Odette International. As an Associate Member, Axway will contribute its technology expertise to boost the effectiveness of European and global supply chains in the automotive sector. Going forward, Axway will participate closely in the forums and projects of the organization. Odette is a London-based non-profit organization of several automobile associations and bodies. It pursues the establishment of uniform standards for the automotive sector in the areas of logistics, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and partner management.

"For Axway, the Associate Membership was the next logical step," added Jay Morris, VP, European Marketing, Axway. "Axway has always been and will continue to be involved in developing and implementing standards across the industries we serve. Axway's participation provides a basis for the exchange between technology suppliers and companies from the automotive sector. It is precisely this exchange which allows us to develop solutions that address the requirements of our customers accurately, from a practical point of view."

Axway has been contributing expertise to the Odette workgroups since the beginning of the 1990s. Axway's main areas of commitment include XML, WebEDI and OFTP2 (Odette File Transfer Protocol). Axway has been speaking at Odette events and conferences consistently for several years — most recently with a presentation and live demonstration on OFTP2, together with BMW Group. Additionally, Axway's Synchrony™ solutions support Odette standards on a broad basis to provide secure and transparent data exchange, flexible organizational collaboration and rapid partner integration.

"The advantages of having IT providers as Associate Members of Odette are clear," said John Canvin, Managing Director, Odette. "We anticipate that they will provide the technological insight and experience that will greatly assist us in our work to improve the efficiency of the automotive supply chain. We also hope to encourage the software industry to develop even more solutions that support Odette standards."

About Axway

Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company — the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.

About Odette

Odette International is the not-for-profit organisation, formed by the automotive industry, for the automotive industry. The members of Odette are the national organizations, which in turn represent European motor manufacturers and suppliers. It sets the standards for the electronic communications and logistics processes that link the 4,000 plus businesses in the European motor industry with their global trading partners. For more information visit

www.odette.org

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