https://rochanewton.github.io/tags/file-gateway/Recent content in File-Gateway on Newton RochaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Newton RochaMon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rochanewton.github.io/posts/sterling-b2bi-05-mailboxes-file-gateway/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rochanewton.github.io/posts/sterling-b2bi-05-mailboxes-file-gateway/<h2 class="relative group">The confusion I flagged back in Part 1 <div id="the-confusion-i-flagged-back-in-part-1" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-confusion-i-flagged-back-in-part-1" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>I called this out in <a href="https://rochanewton.github.io/posts/sterling-b2bi-01-overview/" >Part 1</a> and promised to come back to it: <strong>File Gateway is not a separate product competing with B2Bi.</strong> It&rsquo;s a purpose-built UI and routing layer sitting directly on top of B2Bi&rsquo;s mailbox and adapter machinery, built specifically so partner file exchange can be managed without anyone touching BPML directly. I still see people who&rsquo;ve run Sterling for years talk about the two as if they&rsquo;re alternatives you choose between. They&rsquo;re not — one is the foundation, the other is a way of working with that foundation without writing a Business Process by hand.</p>