Q2 2010 - Automotive Industries

level agreements for availability, performance and repair that are
unmatched by Public Internet solutions.
“Our customers have told us that integration of the European
and North American automotive communities is important and
would benefit them. ANX and ENX have partnered to provide this
global interconnection as a value-add to our existing customers
at no additional cost. We believe that merging the ANX and
ENX communities while maintaining our stringent requirement for
performance, availability and security creates tremendous value for
our customers,” said Rich Stanbaugh, president and CEO of ANX.
“The automotive industry has always been a leader in process
optimization, supplier integration and joint product development,
even between competitors. Industry standards such as ENX
facilitate such collaboration. Recent challenges and trends lead to
a new level of global collaboration among independent players of
all sizes. Providing them with a single unified networking solution for
all their applications - ranging from simple file transfer to advanced
real-time collaboration - is the objective of our cooperation with
ANX,” said Lennart Oly, managing director of ENX Association.
Other enhancements are being developed as part of ANX 2.0. ANX
customers will be able to use their private ANX access circuit to securely
connect to cloud infrastructure providers and 3G/4G networks. This
expanded capability will keep more eCommerce on the ANX Network
where it is secure and supported by end-to-end SLAs.
ANX has also leveraged its security expertise and private
ownership through One Equity Partners to strategically expand
its managed security offerings. Over the past four years, ANX
has acquired and integrated four innovative managed security
and VPN companies. The expanded ANX product portfolio now
includes B2B transaction management products for the automotive
aftermarket, PLM products for extended supply chain, broadband
and network services capabilities to the entire ANX product
portfolio and specialized managed security services. These include
cloud-based unified threat management services, monitoring and
full management of customer premises security devices, security
assessment services and compliance management services (PCI,
HIPAA, GLBA, SOX). ANX offers these solutions separately or
bundled with their ANX 2.0 connectivity service.
Automotive Industries asked ANXeBusiness Corp.
President and CEO, Rich Stanbaugh about the benefits of
the recently announced ANX-ENX interconnection.
AI: What is the significance of the ANX-ENX collaboration in
setting up a global automotive data communication standard?
Stanbaugh: The interconnection establishes the technical and
business framework required for secure collaboration between B2B
business partners across North America and Europe. Members
of the ANX and ENX can now use their existing infrastructure to
ENX announces the
interconnection of its network
with that of ANX.
securely collaborate with over 1,600 partners across North America,
Europe and other parts of the world. Keeping data on our networks
improves operational efficiency and prevents data loss and service
disruption caused by threats targeting the Public Internet.
Moreover, the interconnection of ANX and ENX further
strengthens the technology partnership between the industry’s
two most experienced private network overseers. This will lead to
further developments in B2B supply chain standards.
AI: Why is your partnership with the ENX Association important
to ANX and how will it impact your international presence?
Stanbaugh: The interconnection with ENX further establishes
ANX as a global eCommerce platform provider. ANX Network
customers can securely connect to over 1,600 companies across the
world on a high performance, private network at no additional charge.
AI: Tell us how critical your products and services are to
the automotive market. Please give us examples.
Stanbaugh: Our products and services are mission critical.
The automotive industry relies on the ANX Network to support
designing, engineering and manufacturing operations. Purchase
orders are approved, parts are received, payroll is delivered,
insurance claims are settled and credit applications are approved.
Partners use the ANX Network to exchange their most vital
intellectual property and their most time-sensitive data.
AI: What are some of the benefits of the ANX-ENX
partnership to the auto industry?
Stanbaugh: The value of any network is related to the number
of participants on that network. The interconnection of the ANX and
ENX networks nearly doubles the number of member companies
within this business-only community, giving them more opportunities
to share their most private and critical information within a trusted
environment while reducing cost and improving efficiency. North
American and European companies can securely connect to each
other using their existing private connections at no additional cost.
Moreover, the exchange of information is covered by stringent
performance SLAs. The interconnection also makes it faster and
easier to establish secure connections with new partners.
AI: What are some of the challenges ANX will face? And why
is it important for ANX to undertake this at the current time?
Stanbaugh: The global automobile industry must improve
efficiency and reduce costs to continue its worldwide recovery.
Product innovation is critical and reducing the time it takes to develop
new products requires high levels of collaboration. ANX and ENX
have provided their community members with more functionality at the
same cost. This integration expands the collaboration ready network
to hundreds of new potential partners. Our service allows partners
to easily establish secure connectivity so that they can focus on their
core mission of designing and building the best possible product. AI
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