B2B management (Trading Manager)

The IBM Sterling Transformation Extender Trading Manager is an optional B2B management component. It is a client/server product for managing and processing electronic commerce data that provides the capabilities for managing and controlling the Business-to-Business (B2B) integration of partner relationships and message flow. Trading Manager users can audit, control, monitor, and view the entire B2B integration environment across the extended enterprise with secure data exchange fully integrated with back-end systems. The Trading Manager consists of the following components:

• Partner Manager

  Partner Manager is a graphical administration environment used to trade partner profiles and relationships. Partner Manager also provides runtime monitoring, auditing, and reporting functions.

• Message Manager

  Message Manager is a runtime subsystem that uses trading profiles maintained by the Partner Manager to automate document exchange among e-commerce partners.

For more information about Trading Manager and its components, see the Trading Manager documentation.