viper:online>integrate facilitates end-to-end system integration - that is, the automatic transfer of data between separate computer systems that play a role in establishing and completing a freight services business transaction.

One of the main barriers to establishing viable system integration has been the cost and effort required to create multiple point-to-point interfaces between various systems.

Fulfilling the role of 'intelligent middleware' designed specifically for freight services transactions, the viper:online Information Hub allows each organisation - whether carrier, shipper, warehouse or receiver - to work with multiple business partners through a single integration interface.

'Road Train 2000', the freight operations management package from Prodata Solutions, has built-in viper:online integration functionality. Standard interfaces to other packages are developed to meet the requirements of specific organisations. Data passing between the systems can be delivered using an efficient proprietary message standard or an open standard message format such as EDI or XML.

Transactions processed via viper:online>integrate can also be viewed using the viper:online>accelerate web browser interface and the viper:online>collaborate thin-client terminal interface, adding further flexibility to the ways in which information can be distributed and utilised.