Until the 2.0 version the Webswell Business Hub was available as an outsourced hosting service. With Webswell Business Connect 2.0 Webswell offers this solution also as a product that can be deployed and run on customer's site.
Key features of Webswell Business Hub 2.0 (the Hub):
- A node that forms a center of a network of nodes.
- Messaging functionality – the Hub supports AS2 and ebXML messaging (over http, https or smtp/pop3)
- Routing functionality – the Hub is able to route a business message between any two nodes connected to the network
- Transforming functionality – the Hub is able to transform a message during the routing. It is possible to transform the message either at the messaging type level (ebXMLAS2 transformation)
- Thanks to using a central gateway – the Hub - the number of mutual connection is minimized and messaging configuration is centralized – the cost of managing and maintenance is lower and is less prone to misconfiguration.
- Another advantage of the centralized approach is excellent reporting and statistics on the communication of the whole network.
The Webswell Business Hub is intended for:
- The companies that need to build a complex network of communicating nodes while minimizing the cost of configuration, change management and maintenance cost.
- The companies that need to build a network of communicating nodes (branches, divisions, distributors or suppliers) where each node can use different data formats or messaging protocol
- The companies that need to connect multiple nodes that act as a single node to an external node
