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Magma Integration Toolkit |
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Magma is Cindercone's leading edge integration solution for any business requiring a framework to link their internal systems to their trading partners - whether external (customer and suppliers) or internal (intranet based). |
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With the increasing movement of companies towards XML and internet based solutions it is important that a flexible solution is chosen to support all the existing and future integration needs. Magma has been designed to manage the internet based XML utilisations that most companies are adopting. By offering full support of internet based EDI to the BT Edinet and GSX (Tradanet) VAN's and support for the AS2 (Asda Walmart, Compass etc.) protocol Magma delivers the complete EDI / XML integration solution. In addition to XML and EDI, Magma also supports Microsoft Excel, CSV, Delimited, Labeled Flat File formats and direct database updates using SQL. By incorporating event driven processes and a listening service for both IP/Port (HTTP) and disc files (FTP) Magma provides a comprehensive toolkit covering almost any requirement for a companies' business integration needs. Reports and Messages not requiring Integration can be formatted into HTML or PDF documents and e-mailed to named recipients. This feature will be expanded further with our forthcoming Magma-Lite extension which will enable any transaction to be e-mailed to customers (i.e. Invoices) or suppliers (i.e. Purchase Orders) with extensive auditing. ComponentsMagma uses XML definitions and XSLT Stylesheets to manage all the data transformations and direct database updates. The Magma parser enables the use of XSLT Stylesheets for data transformation even when the source is not XML. This means that the same language can be used regardless of the document type. The GUI front end enables the set up and configuration of the following items:
All exceptions are audited and can be viewed within the application audit trail. Errors can be configured to be sent by e-mail to named recipients (including our own support desk). TechnologiesUsing a robust message management infrastructure Magma utilises and supports the open standards HTTP/SOAP, FTP and SMTP/POP3 (e-mail attachments) to send and retrieve data. Almost any data format can be managed by the Magma product. Formats are likely to be XML, EDI, CSV, Delimited and Fixed Width ASCII. Using the powerful Data Transformation Language - XSLT - along with the Magma parser, the incoming data can be converted from any of these formats to any other format, as required. Additionally extracts and updates can be undertaken direct to the database using SQL commands. Java native (JDBC) or ODBC drivers are available for all common databases. This SQL functionality adds great flexibility to the data mapping process. Magma supports internet based links to the EDI VAN's: BT Edinet and GSX (TRADANET) and support for the internet based AS2 protocol. Providing a single tool for all your EDI integration needs. System RequirementsMagma is developed using the platform independent SUN Java 1.3 (1.2 compatible) and will therefore run on all operating systems that have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) of 1.2 or later. Please note that for the GUI front end to operate the UNIX platforms must have their GUI support enabled. Users wishing to run Magma on the following operating systems can obtain a JRE from Sun's web site (http://java.sun.com/j2se/):
Many other operating systems support the SUN Java engine. A suitable JRE can usually downloaded from the internet site of the relevant operating system vendor. For more information please refer to the contact details on the Company Overview screen. Downloads
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