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Home:Company:Press Releases:September 3, 2007 Port of Dover connects with DataDirect for customs clearancePort Authority uses Stylus Studio and XML Converters to translate EDI standards to XML ready for EU message harmonisation. SLOUGH, September 3, 2007 – DataDirect Technologies has announced that the Port of Dover, Europe’s leading ro-ro port, has used its XML Converters to prepare for the alignment of customs clearance messaging formats. The XML Converters replace an internally developed EDI translator which was proving impossible to develop to meet new EDIFACT standards as part of the EU’s preparations for SAD Harmonisation. Lying at the heart of UK and Continental Europe’s cross-Channel transport network, the Port of Dover uses an internally developed customs clearing system called ClearWay to allow freight customers handling imports and exports to clear at Dover. The system interfaces to CHIEF, HM Revenue & Customs’ computer, for receipt and submission of messages and also sends print notifications to customers. Realising that the new message formats being sent out by HMRC would push what was already an unreliable EDI assembler/disassembler to breaking point, the Port of Dover began to look for a new translator to turn the EDI messages into the XML format it needed internally. Together with the XML Converters, Dover uses DataDirect’s Stylus Studio to create templates for the messages, saving hours of development time. Andy Allen, senior analyst programmer at Dover, said: “Once we’ve got the XML messages, it’s great, we can use our existing tools within our .NET framework and off we go.” He added: “We got fantastic help and support from DataDirect. That was one of the things that really swung it for us. They went out of their way to offer assistance and, quite frankly, many of the other suppliers that we looked at didn’t.” Terence Cooke, vice president of international sales for DataDirect said: “We are delighted that DataDirect’s XML Converters and Stylus Studio could provide the high performance, scalable .NET component and rapid development environment to help the Port of Dover meet the new EU messaging formats.” Diagram of the Port of Dover’s EDI architecture
About Dover Harbour Board www.doverport.co.uk Originally established in 1606, Dover Harbour Board is the owner and operator of the Port of Dover. The port operates right at the heart of the UK's and Continental Europe's cross-Channel transport network and has become one of today's busiest drive-on, drive-off terminals in the world. About DataDirect Technologieswww.datadirect.com DataDirect Technologies is the software industry’s only comprehensive provider of software for connecting the world’s most critical business applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging standards. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect® products to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBCTM and ADO.NET, XQuery and SOAP. More than 300 leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on DataDirect Technologies to simplify and streamline data connectivity for distributed systems and to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration. DataDirect Technologies is an operating company of Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS). For more information, visit http://www.datadirect.com/. DataDirect and Stylus Studio are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Java and all Java-based marks are trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Press enquiries Salli Roskilly, Saffron Communications Ltd Further information from:
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