07/09/2007 : Babelway launch
The faces behind the product:
Mathieu Pasture and Francois Van Uffelen
We announce the launch of the Babelway data exchange hub.
Real-life deployment is underway with pioneers like eBay and Fund-X.
Dear friends, we talked the talk, now we’re walking the walk. August 10th marks the birth of Babelway 1.0, the first data exchange hub offered as ‘Software-as-a-Service.’ Babelway enables automated of data exchanges between business partners. Babelway can be accessed via the Internet and does not require the purchase or installation of new software. We believe that Babelway offers the simplest and most effective method for automated data exchanges with trading partners.
Our current priority is real-world deployment. We are currently offering interested parties the opportunity to use Babelway without restrictions until the end of the year.
Pilot projects are already under way. One is with Luxembourg based Fund-X. This company provides specialised expense management services to investment fund companies. Fund-X receives detailed daily financial data reports from their customers. These reports are generally in Excel or CSV format. Data is captured in the Fund-X internal application to feed the analytical tools. As part of this pilot project, incoming reports are routed to Babelway for automatic re-formatting and re-routing to Fund-X. The data can then be inserted directly into the Fund-X application. The protagonists are myself and Mathieu Pasture. Our goal is to save precious time spent on manual manipulation and data capture.
Another example is with auction platform, eBay. eBay invites professionals to use their website as a distribution channel. To enable professionals to automatically post new announcements, eBay developed an XML interface through a SOAP protocol. Although eBay used cutting-edge technology, their customers are not always able or willing to use it. Babelway suggested integration with eBay. The goal is to allow professionals to use Babelway to exchange data with eBay. This pilot project is currently in progress with results expected by early October.
The pilot phase expires early 2008. By this date, any Internet user will be able to register online and have his/her own private data exchange hub to integrate with trading partner applications via any data format or protocol. A big promise, but you have our word.
Babelway is participating in a conference organised by Technofutur on September 20th at 16.00.To join us, click on: http://www.technofuturtic.be/code/fr/detail.asp?ID=566.
