ADP Dealer Services Announces Installation of ASP Solution in 71 Sonic Automotive Locations.Business Editors & Automotive Writers CHICAGO--(AutomotiveWire)--Oct. 29, 2001 New Technology Program Offers Delivery of Key Business Applications Over a Secure Network to the Nation's Second Largest Dealer Group The Dealer Services Group Of Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. ) announces today the completion of the installation of their ASP solution in 71 Sonic Automotive Sonic Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: SAH) is a fortune 300 company based in Charlotte, North Carolina and is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States. The company was founded by NASCAR track owner Bruton Smith. , Inc. (NYSE:SAH Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) Loss of blood into the subarachnoid space, the fluid-filled area that surrounds the brain tissue. Mentioned in: Cerebral Aneurysm ) dealer locations. ADP's ASP is a powerful new technology program that provides delivery of sales, service, parts and business applications and Internet access See how to access the Internet. to dealers across a secure network hosted in a professionally managed environment. Sonic has locations throughout the country connected together by their own private frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. network, SonicNet, which give their ADP(R) stores direct access to the ADP data center in Chicago. Because ASP is an offsite solution, it can be tailored to provide as much or as little information access and system management as the dealer needs. Therefore it can be scaled to handle a single location or several stores regardless of data volume. Instead of locating the system within the dealerships, ADP's ASP solution is "offsite" with the server and software located in a secure data center with 24/7 support. ASP provides each dealership location with a managed server strategy that connects manufacturers, systems, and dealers. These systems are protected by a world-class facility having fully redundant onsite power, temperature control and disaster recovery systems. The wide array of business applications offered through ADP's ASP solution all comes from the same single source vendor solving many integration challenges. By linking several dealership locations to a single system, dealers can gain efficiencies by consolidating the number of computer platforms and software versions that they use to meet various computing computing - computer needs. "There are several benefits we will derive from the move to ADP's ASP solution. First, we can leverage the resources of ADP for redundancy, security, and improved support. ADP maintains all systems, data, updates, and backups within its ASP solution. ASP solutions and outsourcing are the cornerstone of our Information Strategy Plan. We have now completed networking all of our dealerships nationwide on SonicNet, our wide area network, and the migration of all stores off their local servers to the servers in the ASP model. This supports our initiative for standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting of technology in our dealerships. This means we can deliver the best of breed in technology to our dealerships - large and small - with the higher quality than previously found at a typical dealership." states David Boatman, Chief Information Officer of Sonic Automotive. "ADP's ASP model will allow us to leverage the economies of scale as we continue our growth through acquisition, and ultimately we will realize cost savings from the corporate home office to the dealership. In the future we will gain even more efficiencies by consolidating information on finance and operations into a single data warehouse to support operations, eCommerce, and financial activities. This future is most probable with the use of ASP," adds Boatman. "We are extremely excited to be able to offer our ASP solutions to Sonic Automotive. We know that with ADP's ASP, Sonic now enjoys access to the best software and hardware without the installation and support headaches of the past," said Dan McCray, Vice President ASP Product Marketing for ADP Dealer Services. In less than four months, hundreds of ADP support associates across the country have completed the 71 Sonic installations of ADP's ASP solution. Today in the ADP Chicago data center Sonic is "renting" access to over 4,000 ADP Elite online connections. "We have been providing innovative services and solutions for Sonic Automotive since they became a publicly owned Publicly owned can refer to:
About ADP Dealer Services ADP Dealer Services provides integrated computing solutions to more than 16,000 automotive and truck dealers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada and Europe. ADP Dealer Services Group is the third largest business unit of ADP. ADP, with $7 billion in revenues and more than 500,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing services firms in the world. More information on ADP Dealer Services is available via the Internet at www.Dealersuite.com. About Sonic Automotive Sonic Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:SAH), a Fortune 300 Company and member of the Russell 2000 Index Russell 2000 Index An index measuring the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. The Russell 2000 serves as a benchmark for small-cap stocks in the United States. , is the second largest automotive retailer in the United States operating 165 dealership franchises and 30 collision repair centers nationwide. As a specialty retailer and service provider Sonic's diverse revenue model and disciplined acquisition strategy continues to fuel the company's success. We invite you to learn more about Sonic at www.sonicautomotive.com. ADP is a registered trademark of ADP of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Inc. |
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