Electronic Messaging Services

As state governments across the country seek to "open up" the natural gas marketplace, the need for secure, reliable data file transfer between marketers, distribution companies and gas consumers becomes increasing critical - and complex. Multiple technologies, including the Internet, EDI, VANS, and encryption, are needed to facilitate increased messaging between market participants.

Latitude Technologies' Electronic Messaging Services provide a "one-to-many" solution to such messaging challenges, allowing natural gas distribution companies and marketers to communicate to multiple parties without the need to invest multiple messaging systems.

Latitude's Electronic Messaging Services feature:

• Simplicity - Latitude's file translation service (including EDI translation) provides a single interface to multiple message formats.
• Flexibility - Latitude's Electronic Messaging Services can be broadened, or narrowed to match transaction volumes, budgets, and system interfaces.
• Cost-effectiveness - By leveraging key system design and support technologies, Latitude provides electronic messaging services at a fraction of what it costs to develop "in-house" solutions.
• Security - Using technologies such as Latitude's exclusive Message Mailbox, systems are never open to "attack" from the Internet. Also, Latitude provides full encryption/decryption services.
• Reliability - Latitude provides 24-hour support, with redundant systems backed by uninterruptible power supplies.