Gas Standards Board Certifies Transaction Product

The Gas Industry Standards Board has certified IPNet eBizness Transact, IPNet Solutions Inc.’s transaction management product. The board’s electronic delivery mechanism certification standards specify the Internet communication protocol used to exchange files electronically. The Gas Industry Standard Board standard ensures secure EDI over the Internet using HTTP, an improvement that accelerates electronic commerce.

The Gas Industry Standards Board develops and maintains voluntary standards governing electronic communications for business transactions within the natural gas industry. The organization's focus is on practices where trading partners transmit data electronically in order to replace the traditional, paper-based methods of doing business.

The board’s secure Internet EDI protocol, electronic delivery mechanism, has been adopted as a standard by the gas and electric utility industries.