Third Coast Media Selects Digital Motorworks to Provide Automotive Data Integration Services

    AUSTIN, Texas--Feb. 12, 2002--Third Coast Media has selected Digital Motorworks (DMi) to provide real-time web-based dealer management system (DMS) integration services and data harvesting to thousands of dealerships for some of Third Coast Media's existing products.
    Third Coast Media, a privately owned Internet software company, has created the automotive industry's most powerful and easiest-to-use dealership lead management system called CarClient.com(R). A true web-based tool, CarClient.com is built around Microsoft's .NET architecture, so it will function on Internet-connected PCs at speeds as low as 28.8K without any additional hardware purchases for the dealer. This "thin client" web application is already respected by industry leaders as the fastest, most scalable, most flexible web-based CRM (Customer Relationship Management) lead management tool on the market.
    DMi's InfoIQ(SM) solution aggregates previously inaccessible and inconsistent automotive data from virtually all DMS systems. It cleanses and enhances the data and delivers it as `transaction-ready' information to applications such as CarClient.com. InfoIQ will provide CarClient.com with the accurate, comprehensive and timely customer data that Third Coast Media clients need to implement effective lead management programs.
    "CarClient.com has quickly become the turn-key total store solution for many dealerships, but we wanted to provide our clients with the best resource for additional integration with legacy DMS systems. Every day, CarClient.com must manage workflow automation for a dealership's entire database along with all communication history and prospecting tasks. DMi was the logical solution for our company to utilize for the massive amounts of data polling and cleansing required by large dealer accounts and OEMs," said Stuart Lloyd, Third Coast Media CEO.
    Keith Jezek, CEO of DMi, commented, "DMi has been impressed with the stability and performance of Third Coast Media's web-based CRM software and its adherence to Microsoft's best practices for XML data integration. Our two companies will exchange data in real-time using the newest XML technologies, including web services. Ultimately, dealers will benefit from our ability to transform customer data trapped in the DMS into web-based, campaign-ready prospect information."
    Out of the box, CarClient.com can be customized to meet the needs of the smallest dealer or scale to meet the needs of the largest OEM with advanced features such as unlimited desk customization, automation rules, distribution rules, graphical email templates, DMS Integration and real-time XML web service data posts.

    About Third Coast Media

    Third Coast Media is an Internet software company that represents hundreds of national and local automotive clients including large dealer groups and OEMs. Third Coast Media has created the premier CRM application for the automotive industry with a web-based tool called CarClient.com that creates a closed loop selling system to manage every sales opportunity within a dealership. Third Coast Media is also known for its dynamic web site building tool called WebMakerX.com that allows dealers and OEMs to generate web sites in real-time using proprietary graphic rendering technology. All of Third Coast Media's products offer proactive customer support, DMS integration and user-friendly web-based tools. In addition, Third Coast Media's web applications are built using massively scalable, open architecture with "thin-client" technology that requires no hardware purchases and only a 28.8K Internet connection to function at any automotive dealership. Visit www.thirdcoastmedia.com to learn more.

    About Digital Motorworks

    Digital Motorworks provides information management solutions for the automotive industry. Offered through an application service provider (ASP) model, the company's InfoIQ solution collects, transforms and delivers business information for use in a variety of initiatives. Customers include market leaders such as General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Toyota, Nissan, Porsche, AutoNation, JM Family, GSMarketing, Cars.com and Autobytel. DMi was recently named one of the fifty fastest growing technology companies in Texas by Deloitte and Touche. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX with offices in Detroit, Chicago, Orange County, CA and Melbourne, Australia. For more information, visit www.digitalmotorworks.com.