Digital Motorworks to Open Detroit Office in 2001

    AUSTIN, Texas--Aug. 7, 2001--Digital Motorworks (DMi), a leading provider of information management solutions for the auto industry, will open offices in the Detroit area later this year, according to CEO Keith Jezek.
    Located in Southfield's Town Center office complex, the new facility will enable DMi to expand its Detroit presence to include permanent sales and support staff.
    DMi is a profitable high-tech company that tripled its revenues in 2000. The company collects information from over 9,000 dealership systems -- or more than 40% of North America's dealers. Using its InfoIQ Solution, DMi customers also provide 95 of the nation's top 100 automotive e-dealers with the online data needed to support their e-business initiatives.
    Founded in Austin, Texas in 1995, DMi has developed a strong customer base in Detroit. DMi customers currently include Ford, General Motors, AutoNation, Cars.com and American Axle and Manufacturing.
    "DMi products and services enable automakers, automotive portals and major dealer groups to implement their e-business initiatives rapidly and thereby accelerate the returns on their investments," Jezek said. "The opening of a Detroit office will provide DMi with further valuable insight into the Detroit automotive community and enable us to respond rapidly to the needs of that market.
    "While the nature of our information management business does not require physical proximity to our customers in order to deliver the information they need, we are pleased to be opening the Detroit office to support our rapidly expanding business in the automotive sector."
    The company's headquarters will remain in Austin, which provides a ready source of technical talent and a central location from which DMi can easily travel to its customers throughout the United States.

    About Digital Motorworks:

    Digital Motorworks provides information management solutions for a variety of automotive companies, including OEMs, major dealer groups and portals. Offered through an application service provider (ASP) model, the company's InfoIQ service collects, enhances and delivers business information for use in e-business initiatives such as inventory management, customer relationship management and decision support. Customers include market leaders such as Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Cars.com, AutoNation and Aon Corporation. A profitable company, Digital Motorworks employs 100 people. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas with offices in Detroit, Chicago and Melbourne, Australia. For more information, visit www.digitalmotorworks.com.