cegedim.cloud, a subsidiary of the Cegedim Group, is an expert in service management and information security. cegedim.cloud has chosen the Axway B2Bi solution to meet the challenges posed by the massive exchange of sensitive data.
Read this customer testimonial to find out why cegedim.cloud made this strategic choice, and to discover the concrete benefits of the Axway solution.
Major data exchange challenges
cegedim.cloud’s bread and butter, as a host of sensitive data, involves massive flows of critical, even vital, data exchanges, particularly in the medical field. These flows need to be secure and must comply with certification and customer requirements.
In addition, the level of service is demanding, with SLAs sometimes less than 15 minutes.
A multitude of protocols: cegedim.cloud has to handle various protocols such as PeSIT, SFTP, FTPs, AS2 and AS4, while avoiding non-ciphered flows such as FTP.
The need for complete traceability: The traceability of data flows is essential to guarantee the reliability of exchanges and prove the correct receipt of data.
Preparing for mandatory electronic invoicing: cegedim.cloud, leader in B2B, must anticipate the obligation of e-invoicing between companies planned for 2026.
Axway B2Bi : a high-performance, customized solution
To meet these challenges, cegedim.cloud chose the Axway B2Bi solution.
Marc Fratacci, Director of Professional Services at cegedim.cloud, explains the reasons for this choice in a recent webinar with Axway (in French):
- Connectivity and security: Axway B2Bi makes it easy to connect with different partners and exchange data securely and extensively, thanks to its compatibility with a wide range of protocols.
- Streamlined flows: The solution offers simple automation and integration tools, making it possible to efficiently manage large flows and integrate them with customer applications.
- Responsiveness and performance: Axway B2Bi enables rapid response when a challenge does arise, and ensures short recovery times, which are essential for meeting strict SLAs.
Axway B2Bi use cases at cegedim.cloud
cegedim.cloud uses Axway B2Bi in a variety of ways: the company manages a large number of partners, with 629 already implemented, a thousand in the process of being migrated, and estimated annual growth of a further 100 partners.
The data exchanged is critical, and includes :
- Billing data
- Purchase orders
- Order acknowledgements
- Shipping notices
- Paying agent, payroll and HRIS information
- Payroll and HRIS management
- Various EDI flows
These exchanges require very high transaction guarantees in terms of reliability, security and confidentiality.
Data must be encrypted and signed, and receipt must be acknowledged, particularly for AS2 exchanges.
The volume of data being exchanged is substantial, with an average of 170,000 flows per day, peaks of 250,000 flows early in the month, and an estimated 220,000 flows per day for next year.
Partnership benefits and added value
The Axway B2Bi solution brings many advantages to cegedim.cloud:
- Resilience, stability and high availability: The solution is reliable and robust, guaranteeing continuity of operations.
- Multi-protocol: Axway B2Bi manages all the protocols required by cegedim.cloud, including French protocols such as PeSIT and international standards such as AS2 and AS4.
- Performance: The solution is capable of handling cegedim.cloud’s high data volumes, with peaks of 250,000 flows per day.
- Rapid partner integration: Adding new partners is quick and easy, facilitating collaboration with a constantly evolving ecosystem.
- Traceability: Axway B2Bi ensures complete traceability of flows, guaranteeing the security and reliability of exchanges.
- Scalability: The solution is scalable to support cegedim.cloud’s future growth.
Marc Fratacci underlines the importance of this partnership:
“As a cloud provider, with a lot of sensitive hosting and particularly focused on healthcare data, we needed to find a solution that could be easily deployed across all our data centers, capable of managing all our customer flows, which can be completely different from each other, with completely different protocols.
We had to be resilient and, as a supplier, we also had to talk finance and business, we had to remain economically competitive to be able to propose interesting offers. We had discussions with Axway to meet this challenge, and this was the case,” Frattaci concludes.
The Axway B2Bi solution is a key element in cegedim.cloud’s success, enabling it to manage its data exchanges reliably, securely and efficiently.
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