A network using the communication services of other commercial carriers, using hardware and software that permit enhanced telecommunication services to be offered.
A third-party EDI service provider that enables network connections, message audit information, aggregation, access control and mailboxing services, between companies to facilitate the electronic exchange of business data/documents, e.g. Tradanet Service in the UK run by GXS.
an entity that provides electronic mailboxing and other At Parkview BMW, our exclusive selection of Pre-Owned/Certified Series BMWs offer you the same luxury, quality and performance as a new BMW
an online service that provides proprietary software to communicate with firms registered with the service. (p. 125)
A third-party supplier that receives EDI transmissions from sending trading partners and holds them in a "mailbox" until retrieved by the receiving trading partners. Other services are also often provided.
A system where a network leases communication lines from a communications common carrier, enhances them by adding improvements such as error detection and/or faster response time, and then allows others to use this service on those lines for a fee. This is often abbreviated as VAN
(1) Data transmission network that routes messages according to available paths. Assures that messages are received as sent; provides user security, high-speed transmission and conferencing among terminals. (2) Public data communications network that provides basic transmission facilities (generally leased by the VAN vendor from an interexchange carrier) plus additional enhanced services such as computerized switching, temporary data storage, error detection and correction, electronic mail service and packet switching.
A communications channel leased from a telephone company to offer customers with modems access to network services through a local or toll-free number.
VAN is also an acronym for virtual area network. A value-added network (VAN) is a private network provider (sometimes called a turnkey communications line) that is hired by a company to facilitate electronic data interchange (EDI) or provide other network services. Before the arrival of the World Wide Web, some companies hired value-added networks to move data from their company to other companies. With the arrival of the World Wide Web, many companies found it more cost-efficient to move their data over the Internet instead of paying the minimum monthly fees and per-character charges found in typical VAN contracts. In response, contemporary value-added network providers now focus on offering EDI translation, encryption, secure e-mail, management reporting, and other extra services for their customers.
n. A communications network that offers additional services, such as message routing, resource management, and conversion facilities, for computers communicating at different speeds or using different protocols. Acronym: VAN.
A network, often supporting EDI, providing services additional to those provided by common carriers.
A private network provider that offers various additional services to users.
A value-added network (VAN) is a specialized application service provider (ASP) that acts as an intermediary between trading partners sharing data or business processes. VANs traditionally transmitted data formatted as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) but increasingly they also transmit data formatted as XML. VANs usually service a given vertical or industry and provide value-added services such as data transformation between formats (EDI↔XML, EDI↔EDI, etc.).
