But business-to-business (B2B) integration and managed file transfer (MFT) capabilities are not new requirements, with technologies such as electronic data exchange (EDI) and basic file transfer protocol (FTP) having been available for many decades. IBM Sterling B2B collaboration, the focus of this study, was a pioneer in and continues to be a mainstay in B2B data exchange workloads. What is new is a fundamental shift where B2B integration middleware and MFT software are increasingly being used to serve a broader ecosystem of stakeholders, requiring broader visibility, intelligence, and collaboration among partners, retailers, institutions, and consumers.

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