ADP Dealer Services Announces New Enhancements to Its Third-Party Access Program.New Additions Further Enhance ADP's ability to deliver Open, Secure and Integrated Access to Dealer Management System for Auto Dealership Third-Party Providers HOFFMAN ESTATES Hoffman Estates A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 49,700. , Ill. -- 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. ) today announced significant additions to its Third-Party Access Third party access policies require owners of natural monopoly infrastructure facilities to grant access to those facilities to parties other than their own customers, usually competitors in the provision of the relevant services, on commercial terms comparable to those that would Program, each of which are now tested and in production. The program provides a robust set of APIs and system functionality for third parties to access dealership data. ADP's new additions to the Third-Party Access Program consist of the following: * VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. Access - With dealer approval, ADP's VPN connection for those vendors who require network access to ADP dealers. ADP's VPN provides vendors secure, point-to-point network connectivity to the ADP Dealer Management System (DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. ). * Vendor Programming Access - Provides DMS access for vendors whose needs are currently not met by the ADP Third Party Vendor Integration program. With dealer approval, Vendor Programming Access provides third parties flexible programming-level access to the DMS. This offering provides the dealer with an additional layer of security and authentication (via an RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. token) to know which vendor is accessing its data. * Integration Access - With dealer approval, delivers to a third-party vendor full service data integration products including: bi-directional (read/write) and real-time capabilities, data on a scheduled batch or real-time basis in the format designated by the data integration product, and an online tool that gives them information on all dealers enrolled in their program and outstanding issues or communications between ADP and their dealers. "ADP has always understood that dealerships own their data and enjoy having choices on how best to share and utilize that data. With these enhancements to our already robust and successful Third Party Access Program, ADP can continue to provide varying levels of security and access allowing dealers and third parties to choose the option that best fits their needs," says Dan McCray, vice president of Product Marketing for ADP Dealer Services. ADP currently has over 100 third-party providers participating in its programs providing ADP dealership clients the following benefits: * Elimination of double data entry * Approved VPN Internet access See how to access the Internet. between the vendor and the dealership DMS * Support for approved vendors by ADP Dealer Services * Reduction of headaches dealing with third-party "hostile" interfaces ADP's Third-Party Access Program has recently added additional participants to the 100+ existing members including ImEX Systems, OE Connection, RGIS RGIS Rural Geospatial Innovations , Wrenchead and XTime. For more information please email ADP Dealer Services at thirdpartyaccess@adp.com. About ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc., with nearly $8 billion in revenues and approximately 585,000 clients, is one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions. Leveraging more than 55 years of experience, ADP offers the widest range of HR, payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions from a single source. ADP's easy-to-use solutions for employers provide superior value to organizations of all types and sizes. ADP is also a leading provider of integrated computing solutions to auto, truck, motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealers throughout the world. For more information about ADP Dealer Services, visit the company's Web site at www.DealerSuite.com. ADP is a registered trademark of ADP of North America, Inc. |
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