Here are some articles related to open systems and integration issues. If you know of articles we should add here, please email us at dealerchoice@oxlo.com

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• Dealers: Reboot Saturn order
  Automotive News - 05 June 2006
  
  All the DCH Auto Group wants is the right to choose. The dealership group, with six Saturn stores in New Jersey and New York, wants to consolidate its stores on one computer system. That includes its 20 non-Saturn stores - subscription may be required.
  
  Comment: Any other dealers disappointed in this lack of choice, or is DCH unique?

• New Real-time Integration Expands Dealers’ DMS Options – Finally
  DealersEdge - 01 June 2006
  
  If your auto manufacturer isn't signed up with Oxlo Systems' integration technology, you could be losing money. What's Oxlo? Read on.
  
  Comment: Hyundai dealers discuss the benefits of greater choice, now that Hyundai has opened their integrated options.

• So Whose System Is It?
  Ward's Dealer Business - 01 January 2006
  
  Three top things I worry about are marketing, staffing and capital. The top three things my manufacturer asks about are inventory, warranty expense and customer satisfaction. It is curious but unsurprising that the sharpest tools in my dealer information systems (for which I pay over $100,000 a year) are for inventory, warranty expense and customer satisfaction, but don't drill down on staffing, marketing or capital.

• Dealers want secure connections
  Automotive News - 12 June 2006
  
  A dealership group recently discovered that more than 100 third-party vendors had unauthorized access to its Reynolds and Reynolds Co. computer system. The unauthorized access is not surprising – subscription may be required.
  
  Comment: Protecting dealer system integrity and ensuring only dealer authorized access occurs is critical, but that objective should not limit integrated third-party options for dealers. Let us know what you think?

• Access to dealer information is crucial, data miners tell Reynolds
  Automotive News - 05 June 2006
  
  Eight companies have formed a coalition to protect their access to data that they regularly pull from dealership computer systems.
  
  Comment: DMS vendors’ talk about tightening security prompts the creation of a coalition (Open Secure Access Inc.) seeking open access - subscription may be required.