What is SAP's strategy for XSI (Express Shipping Interface)?

We are investigating if we can use SAP XSI for parcel tracking with DHL. We like the idea of having an integrated tracking solution that we can call from SO, PO, delivery note and shipment. However, I found information on the internet related to XSI versus UPS telling me UPS is no longer supporting new implementations of SAP. Does somebody know why they stopped supporting XSI? See URL below for all details:
http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-log-sd/vtrc-xsi-and-interface-into-ups-3265707
According to this discussion XSI is not the direction SAP is going with transportation in the future. Event Management is the solution for tracking. Their recommendation is to use XML API's from carriers instead like e.g. TrackIT from DHL? Does somebody know whether this information is reliable or not?
Does somebody have information about SAP's strategy for XSI ? Is it worthwhile spending time on configuring XSI for DHL tracking or does somebody have better or other options?
We are aiming for as less custom changes as possible.
kind regards,
Angelique Heutinck
IFF

Dear Angelique,
ProcessWeaver u2018Global Enterprise Centralized Shipping (ECS)u2019 solution certified by the SAP and DHL.
Advantages:
- No middleware required.
- SAP Certified
- Around 25 parcel carriers certified including FedEx, UPS and DHL.
- You can track shipments directly within SAP
We are happy to provide demo.
Best Regards,
Prasad
Edited by: ProcessWeaver Inc on May 29, 2010 4:17 PM

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