ADP Links 23 UnitedAuto Group Dealerships on Single Millennia3 Server.HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1998 Next Generation Hardware Platform Provides 1,200 sales and service personnel, faster access and storage to customer information The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. , Inc. (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. ), the largest automotive computing services firm in the world, today announced the installation of its Series 9300 Millennia3 server for UnitedAuto Group, Inc. (UAG UAG amber codon, one of the three stop codons. ), the nation's second largest publicly-traded automotive retailer. This unprecedented installation will seamlessly link 23 of UAG's Connecticut, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and New Jersey dealerships, providing simultaneous network access for up to 1,200 sales and service personnel, for faster access and storage to customer information. "With the open architecture, scalability and Advanced Distributed Processing power of ADP's Series 9300 Millennia3, we are now able to network several Connecticut, New York and New Jersey dealerships through one hardware platform rather than using multiple servers," said Ron Dubin, senior vice president, for UAG. "This translates into significant cost savings and provides our dealerships with more efficient computing power to access and store information, and manage mission-critical applications including large databases and multimedia." ADP's Series 9300 Millennia3 is the cornerstone of ADP's Advanced Distributed Processing model, a new approach to integrating automotive dealerships information technology (IT) based upon advanced network-centric computing standards. Through the application of this computing model, ADP can help dealerships extend their current system's environment and maximize their investments in information technology. "The open architecture provided by our Series 9300 Millenna3 will enable dealers to extend their current system's environment and experience significant time savings from its advanced distributed processing power," said Dante Terzo, president, North America, ADP Dealer Services Group. "The Millennia3 Series maximizes dealer's investment in information technology while providing access to one of the most powerful microprocessor technologies in the industry today." Accommodating between 350 to 1,700 users, and using Digital Equipment Corp.'s (DEC) 64-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. Alpha microprocessor technology, the ADP Series 9300 system supports each dealership's core 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. ) solutions, and can run on UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Windows NT operating systems. UnitedAuto Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UAG), is the nation's second largest publicly-traded automotive retailer, operating franchises in Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Puerto Rico, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Tennessee, and Texas. UnitedAuto dealerships sell new and used vehicles and market a complete line of aftermarket automotive products and services through UnitedAuto Care. The Company also owns UnitedAuto Finance Inc., formerly Atlantic Auto Finance, a finance company engaged in the purchase, sale and servicing of primarily prime credit quality automobile loans. More information on UnitedAuto Group is available via the internet at www.unitedauto.com/. ADP Dealer Services Group provides turnkey solutions to over 18,000 auto and truck dealers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America. ADP Dealer Services Group is the third largest business unit of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE:AUD AUD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Australian Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), which with over $4 billion in annual revenue and more than 400,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing service firms in the world. More information on ADP and ADP Dealer Services Group is available via the Internet at www.adp.com/. -0- ADP is a registered trademark of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Alpha is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are products of their respective companies.
CONTACT: ADP Dealer Services,
Roxanne Szczypkowski, 847/397-1700
rszczypkowski@hoffman.ds.adp.com
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