Chapman, One of the Top 50 Auto Dealerships, Selects ARKONA Dealer Management Solutions.Business Editors/Automotive Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2001 New Dealership in Chandler Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. , Ariz. Will Begin Business in May Using the Ensign Dealer Management Suite and Transition Remaining Stores in the Near Future ARKONA Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :ARKN), a technological leader in fully integrated dealer management solutions, Wednesday announced that Chapman Automotive Group, one of the top 50 multi-location dealerships in the world, has selected ARKONA's Ensign Dealer Management Suite to fully integrate and manage their newest dealership in Chandler, Ariz. The newly constructed dealership is expected to be operational the first of May and Chapman plans to transition their remaining dealerships to the ARKONA system as their present contracts expire. Chapman is a family-owned business known for hard work and superior customer service. They have won numerous customer satisfaction awards over their 30 years in auto retailing. More than 40 percent of their business comes from repeat customers or through customer references. Chapman will serve as a member of the ARKONA Dealer Advisory Council that meets several times a year to help direct ARKONA's product evolution. "ARKONA is a company that is on the forefront of technology," said Eddie Davault, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Chapman. "We need new technology to hold our costs and overhead in check and be competitive. "ARKONA gives us that advantage, plus their flexible technology allows them to respond to needed changes from us very quickly. During our evaluation we mentioned specific features and screen displays that would be advantageous to our business and their engineering team had them implemented a couple of days later. This is not possible with other systems." Because Chapman is known for very high quality customer service, it was very important for them to be able to mine their customer data quickly and easily. Vehicle data linked to a customer is readily available for follow-up sales and service promotions from the sale forward. With ARKONA's solutions the data is always accessible and any data can be viewed on the screen with a couple of keystrokes. "The Ensign suite is absolutely a totally integrated package built on new technology -- not old technology that has been added to so many times that performance and functionality are affected," said Buddy Rice Buddy Rice (born January 31, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an auto racing driver best known for winning the 2004 Indianapolis 500 as part of Rahal Letterman Racing. Early career Buddy's racing career started in 1996, when he dove in one U.S. , fixed operations manager See datacenter manager. , Chapman. "Other systems we have used have even lost data when replicating it from one department to another. All the data in the ARKONA system is in one central database that can be accessed from any department. It is definitely state-of-the-art technology." When the entire project is complete, Chapman plans to have as many as four IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) iSeries (AS/400) servers at different locations with as many as four stores accessing each system over the Internet. With the iSeries server in the new Chandler store, Chapman will have the ability to host their own email services See Internet e-mail service. and Internet connectivity. It will be possible for everyone in all of the dealerships to access email and the Internet on any PC at any dealership, something that was not possible with their previous system. Chapman also chose the Ensign Dealer Management Suite because of their expertise and upcoming innovations in mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings solutions for the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. . For more information on ARKONA's Dealer Management Solutions, please call 866/478-6364, or go to www.arkona.com. About ARKONA Founded in 1996, ARKONA is a public company and a leader in integrated information management and data distribution solutions for the automotive industry. ARKONA's Ensign Dealer Management Suite leads the market in technologically superior e-business solutions for automotive dealers that fully integrate back office systems with a retail Web presence. In this market ARKONA is one of the first premier Application Service Providers (ASP). For more information visit the ARKONA Web site at www.arkona.com. This release may contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. as well as historical information. Forward-looking statements, which are included in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. with the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, may involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the company's actual results and performance in future periods to be materially different from any future results or performance suggested by the forward-looking statements in this release. Such factors include the risks that demand for our Ensign Dealer Management Suite will not continue to grow. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. The company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements found herein to reflect any changes in company expectations or results or any change in events. ARKONA is a registered trademark. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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