Jan, 2002 : Data Exchange Platform for Auto Dealerships Launched
📅 - EDS (eds.com), in conjunction with Sun Microsystems (sun.com), The Cobalt Group (cobaltgroup.com) and Killdara Corporation (killdara.com), today launched a new data exchange platform designed to address the issue of IT compatibility and data integration on automotivedealerships. EDS made the announcement at the 2002 convention of theNational Automobile Dealers Association in New Orleans.
A data exchange platform allows disparate systems and applications tocommunicate with one another through an online network. Called DealerSphere,the new data exchange broker creates a "plug and play" environment byenabling dealers, automakers and vendors to select products and smoothlyintegrate their data. Users gain access to a universal data and transactioninterface, enabling them to integrate any other DealerSphere-compliantoffering.
"From an IT management perspective, automotive retailing has become anoverly complex environment. Dozens, if not hundreds of new applications arethrust upon this market space each year," said Bill Gerould, group manager,automotive and discreet manufacturing worldwide for Sun Microsystems. "Yetinstead of increasing the levels of systems integration, we see a steadydegradation of systems or application integration at the dealership datalevel. DealerSphere is a comprehensive initiative to address this problem."
A data exchange platform allows disparate systems and applications tocommunicate with one another through an online network. Called DealerSphere,the new data exchange broker creates a "plug and play" environment byenabling dealers, automakers and vendors to select products and smoothlyintegrate their data. Users gain access to a universal data and transactioninterface, enabling them to integrate any other DealerSphere-compliantoffering.
"From an IT management perspective, automotive retailing has become anoverly complex environment. Dozens, if not hundreds of new applications arethrust upon this market space each year," said Bill Gerould, group manager,automotive and discreet manufacturing worldwide for Sun Microsystems. "Yetinstead of increasing the levels of systems integration, we see a steadydegradation of systems or application integration at the dealership datalevel. DealerSphere is a comprehensive initiative to address this problem."
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