[February 23, 2004] Integrated Business Systems & Services -IBSS- Sponsoring ``The Auto-It Hour'' on Internet's Business America Radio Integrated Business Systems and Services, Inc. (IBSS) (OTCBB:IBSS), inventor and marketer of Synapse(TM), one of the preferred platforms providing a framework for dynamic, distributed, real-time software applications, announced it is sponsoring "The BCCI Auto-IT Hour", a weekly Internet-based radio talk show on which host Mark Wellman and his guests discuss the ins and outs of bringing IT solutions to the shop floors of the Nation's automotive suppliers. Wellman, President of Business Computer Connections, Inc. (www.scanbcc.com), focuses on new and innovative uses of technology. "The Auto-IT Hour" can be heard Tuesdays at 6:00 pm EST (3:00 pm PST) exclusively on http://www.BusinessAmericaRadio.com. "We invited IBSS to associate with our show based on their impressive integration and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies and solutions," Wellman said. "IBSS offers proven expertise in integration, on-line transaction processing and wireless communications-based solutions; a unique Synapse(TM) methodology that lets businesses quickly and economically prototype, test drive, validate and deploy new ideas; and the proprietary Synapse(TM) technology, which gives customers a powerful, secure enterprise framework with which to handle tomorrow's challenges today." Don Futch, IBSS Vice President for Business Development, said, "IBSS is proud to sponsor the popular 'Auto-IT Hour'. Mark Wellman has attracted an enthusiastic audience from the broad automotive industry, providing IBSS with a valuable showcase for news of our mission critical products. Our emphasis is on helping businesses mitigate risk as they introduce new products, extend their software applications and systems, and improve the way they do business." One such product is offered in cooperation with one of the Company's strategic partners, USM Systems, Ltd. The NODETROL(TM) Basic Platform (NBP) is an effective way to track assets and people as they move through an environment. NODETROL(TM) is a passive (hands-free) system that combines the use of RFID tags and a patented USMS transmitter/reader system to follow targets as they move through "pinch points" such as hallways, doors or gates. Information acquired from each tag is immediately passed to a central computer where the data is monitored, reported and controlled by the customer, all in real time. Because it is based upon the IBSS Synapse(TM) software, the NBP system offers virtually unlimited flexibility and scalability, not only with respect to increases in the number of readers, tags and users, but also with respect to the unlimited number of legacy (existing) software interfaces the system can handle. Achieving six sigma levels of accuracy from RFID tracking systems in the harsh metal-laden facilities found in the automotive industry is difficult. NODETROL's unique low power, low frequency technology provides the reliability necessary for effective use of RFID within the automobile manufacturing industry. In one example of an IBSS automotive application, Midnight Auto, Inc. CEO Nicholas A. Cocco says the technology is critical to his building the All Night Auto(R) service franchise system (an alternative to auto dealerships), with extended hours, heavy use of customer relationship management (CRM) technology, and other consumer-oriented innovations. "They know how to solve the data integration challenge we're facing, and bring operating efficiency to every aspect of our business," he says. "We're dealing with multiple vendors, operating on varied platforms. Without IBSS and their Synapse(TM) technology, we would have to run a multitude of software systems. IBSS also enables us to flow real-time information to and from our franchisees, on inventory, deliveries, billing and training. They're delivering total, seamless and affordable data integration." [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]