Secure and reliable integrated messaging has become essential in the successful operation of enterprises and organisations. Reliable communication of messages such as invoices, statements, student and employee records, agreements, contracts, medical claims etc. between partners such as banks, industry, government organisations, academic institutions such as schools and universities, and pharmacies, doctors and medical aid administrators is no longer feasible using traditional methods such as post, fax and even email as these simply do not provide the reliability, security and speed demanded.

With the utilisation of the internet and modern XML standards for creating business documents such as quotations, orders, invoices, statements, contracts, financial instruments, medical claims etc., secure and reliable integration of business processes both within and between business partners becomes an efficient streamlined process.

The Flame Message Server (FMS) is a multi-protocol secure business message server providing the middleware for communicating business messages over industry standard protocols conforming to the ebXML (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language) and the RosettaNet specifications.

FMS provides the critical middleware in the implementation of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) between heterogeneous business processes.