Making EDI and e-business easy for over 25 years
Foundational is the B2B integration division of Paragon Consulting Services — a Pittsburgh-area technology firm incorporated in 1996. We’ve been delivering fully managed EDI and e-business services since 2000, and our growth has been driven by one thing: extraordinary customer satisfaction.
Built on EDI expertise, grown on customer trust
Paragon Consulting Services was incorporated in June 1996, initially offering software development and EDI services. Our goal then, as it is now, was to bring together the best IT talent and provide our customers the greatest possible value.
EDI expertise has always been woven through the fabric of our company. In 2000, we launched our fully outsourced EDI service — what is now known as Foundational e-Business Services. The division has grown consistently because customers stay: reliable service, expert staff, and a platform that keeps up with changing partner requirements.
In 2002, Paragon expanded by acquiring Metalware — a company specializing in software for metal service centers and toll processors. That acquisition deepened our already strong expertise in the metals industry, which remains a core focus today.
EDI and B2B integration is all we do — not a feature of a larger platform.
Call us and you reach someone who knows your account and your trading partners.
We don’t hand you software and walk away. We run the whole thing for you.
Cost-effective for small implementations, powerful enough for large enterprises.
25+ years of satisfied customers
McNeilus Steel
North Side Foods
DF Stauffer Biscuit Company
Nucor Corporation
Enterprise-grade infrastructure built for mission-critical B2B
Your EDI and B2B integration data is business-critical. We treat it that way — with the infrastructure, redundancy, and security posture to match.
Hosted at Expedient Data Centers
All Foundational platform systems are hosted at Expedient, one of the most highly certified data center operators in the United States. Expedient facilities carry the following independently-audited certifications:
- SOC 1 Type II (SSAE-18) — controls relevant to financial reporting
- SOC 2 + HITRUST CSF Type II — security, availability, and confidentiality
- SOC 3 — general-use trust services report
- HIPAA compliant infrastructure
- PCI DSS compliant infrastructure
Certification reports are available to enterprise clients under NDA. View Expedient’s compliance page →
High Availability Architecture
Our platform is engineered for continuous availability. We run a high-availability configuration with real-time data replication between two geographically separate Expedient facilities. This means:
- No single point of failure in the infrastructure
- Automatic failover — no manual intervention required
- Real-time data sync between facilities keeps both sites current
- Maintenance and updates performed without service interruption
- 99.9% uptime target backed by enterprise-class infrastructure
Questions about our infrastructure for your security review? Contact us directly.
Backed by Paragon Consulting Services
Foundational is the B2B integration division of Paragon Consulting Services, Inc. — a premier IT consulting firm serving clients across manufacturing, metals, and distribution since 1996.
Paragon’s three divisions — B2B integration (Foundational), metals industry software, and broader IT consulting — work independently and in combination to provide comprehensive technology services to our customers. When you work with Foundational, you have access to the broader depth of Paragon’s expertise behind you.
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