Business And Basis Of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Business And Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]

Business And Basis Of Presentation

(1) Business and Basis of Presentation

     GXS Worldwide, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("GXS Worldwide" or "the Company") are primarily engaged in the business of providing transaction management infrastructure products and services that enable companies to electronically exchange essential business documents. The Company's services and solutions enable customers to manage mission critical supply chain functions and financial transactions related to the exchange of goods and services. Customers and their trading partners do business together via GXS Trading Grid®, a globally-accessible, cloud-computing platform specifically designed for business-to-business ("B2B") e-commerce. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GXS Holdings, Inc. ("GXS Holdings"), its direct parent company, and is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GXS Group, Inc. ("GXS Group"), the ultimate parent company.

     On June 2, 2010, GXS Holdings acquired Inovis International, Inc. ("Inovis"), a provider of integrated B2B services and solutions that manage the flow of e-commerce information for global trading communities. Following the transaction, Inovis was merged with and into GXS, Inc. ("GXSI"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary and a guarantor of the Company's notes, and the Company became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GXS Group (previously known as Griris Holding Company, Inc.). Certain foreign subsidiaries of Inovis became wholly-owned subsidiaries of GXSI. The results of operations for Inovis are included in the Company's consolidated results of operations since its acquisition on June 2, 2010.