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The AMTrix System is a software system that enables applications to exchange data in standardized message formats, regardless of physical distance and hardware platforms.

In order to enable this application messaging, AMTrix performs several vital functions:
♦ Message conversion: This is usually done between an in-house format (for example, flat file or database) and an external, more standardized format (for example, EDIFACT or X12), although AMTrix can convert between any two message formats.

♦ Application connectors: These are a complete solution packages for the efficient implementation and integration of specific Applications into an enterprise infrastructure. The first application connector for SAP R/3 and fully certified as compliant was launched in October 1997. It acts as the interface with SAP R/3 systems, using either IDoc or ALE. This makes AMTrix a powerful support during SAP implementations, as it provides a unified method for integrating all non-SAP environments.

♦ Intelligent processing of messages: In addition to conversion between different message formats, AMTrix can validate data and make decisions based on the contents of a message.

♦ Message logging: AMTrix monitors the system and creates message logs so that users can see what is going on at present and what has happened in the past— enabling the retransmission of messages and retrieval of message information for report generation.

♦ Message transportation: In order to be able to reach applications located on other hardware platforms and/or retrieve data to construct messages, AMTrix features a number of different communication protocols and interfaces, for example, X.400, FTP, EMAIL, OFTP, WWW, and asynchronous.

The AMTrix System is constructed in a modular fashion, with message processing and communication modules connecting to a central message distribution engine (the AMTrix Router). The entire system is monitored and configured from a network client (the AMTrix Monitor).

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