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VinSolutions/AutoTrader.com Keeps Track of Over a Million Cars With Centerprise Automated ETL
技术
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 数据管理平台
适用行业
- 汽车
服务
- 系统集成
挑战
VinSolutions, a subsidiary of AutoTrader Group, was tasked with the challenge of integrating data from hundreds of dealership management systems into their core system. This included critical data such as the list price, along with various other pieces of metadata that determine how the vehicle should be listed. With listings on more than a million cars requiring updates every day, the scale of the challenge for VinSolutions approached big-data territory. The company also had to integrate its software into the dealership management system (DMS), the core software applications that automate car dealerships. This was a significant challenge as each dealership used their DMS in different ways, and VinSolutions had to work with a variety of DMSs, including custom-built ones.
关于客户
The AutoTrader Group is a billion-dollar operation that offers extensive market data on new and used automobiles. It deals with over 5000 car dealerships and includes companies such as AutoTrader.com, Kelley Blue Book, and automotive data management subsidiary VinSolutions, among others. VinSolutions is the data service middleman between car dealerships and Internet car marketing companies like AutoTrader.com and Cars.com. The company not only manages the data integration, but it is also responsible for integrating its software into the dealership management system (DMS), the core software applications that automate car dealerships.
解决方案
VinSolutions decided to automate its homegrown ETL process and get out of the custom development business. After evaluating several data integration software solutions, the company chose Centerprise Data Integrator because it provided all the functionality needed, including automated ETL, and the easy-to-use interface enables business users in the implementation department to work with the software. The software has dramatically reduced the need to custom code the integration into each dealer’s DMS. The company is currently looking to take its ETL process to the next level with real-time data integration via REST Web services. This form of integration is highly dependent on whether a given DMS supports the specific APIs.
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