Global eXchange and VeriSign Team Up for Trading Grid

VeriSign, Inc. (www.verisign.com) and Global eXchange Services (GXS) announced a partnership that extends the GXS Trading GridSM to support the use of Electronic Product Codes (EPC) and integration with the EPCglobal Network.

"With the emergence of RFID and EPC technology as a new standard in tracking key inventory, we have strategically aligned our Trading Grid services with a capable partner to deliver the best product for our customers," said Bobby Patrick, senior vice president of marketing at GXS

The EPC is the next generation of product identification that was uniquely designed and built to allow companies to share dynamic product information over a distributed network infrastructure.

"GXS is a recognized leader in B2B information exchange and VeriSign is pleased to be supporting integration to the EPCglobal Network through the GXS Trading Grid," said Brian Matthews, vice president of directory services at VeriSign.

The agreement will assist GXS to enhance the Trading Grid with Object Naming Services (ONS) from VeriSign, the exclusive provider of ONS services to EPCglobal. 

The ONS is a key component of the EPCglobal Network that helps companies quickly discover information such as the condition and location of products that move in a globally distributed supply chain.

As companies increasingly pursue real-time inventory visibility and government agencies require product traceability, highly accessible reference information is critical to business processes.

"The power of the EPCglobal Network depends on each company's ability to access information linked to EPCs, and our work with GXS will help enable this access for their customers."