Value-added network

A value-added network and value-added network (german value added network) is a company that offers on the basis of its own network services that provide additional value for customers.

The business idea basically is to provide a single customer of the network by connecting to the network the ability to communicate with multiple or even all other customers of the net. The responsible company ensures compliance with applicable rules and conventions in the network, maintains the infrastructure and is the contact for the customer.

Value-added networks have emerged even before the Internet, to provide companies with a network in the business news such as purchase orders and invoices could be exchanged electronically. Today, the value-added networks employ among other Internet infrastructure and standards in order to meet its business purpose.

If a company wants to go (Electronic Data Interchange) in electronic communication with other companies or organizations that you, the fundamental question of whether we even set up the links to the companies that want to communicate with them and operate, or to what extent a can operate value added network to link multiple communication partners with a single step. It is a case of balancing the flexibility of bilateral agreements with the Synergy by standards.

A so-called value-added network is an electronic clearinghouse for data, ie a network of third parties, which provides communication services in addition to the added value consultancy, training and knowledge to handle data. In addition, value-added networks offer the transformation of data between different EDI standards, automatic data backup, archiving for all mailbox content as well as error detection and correction services. Essentially, a value-added network functions like an electronic 24 -hour postal service, where transactions are received from a sender and stored in the electronic mailbox of the recipient. A value-added network thus acts as an intermediary between trading partners. Essential for the operation of value-added networks, the allocation of access rights and a high degree of data security. Encryption ( Cryptography ) provides this ensures that software, data and programs are protected from unauthorized access.

• Telecommunications
• IT services