SALT LAKE CITY, May 25, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- ARKONA Inc. (OTCBB:ARKN), the emerging leader in dealer management solutions for automobile and powersports dealerships, today announces the certification of its dealer management solution with Isuzu's dealership factory communications system. This new integration provides the more than 360 Isuzu dealerships with a more robust and a more cost-effective alternative to managing and exchanging information with Isuzu corporate.
ARKONA's powerful and user-friendly solution includes a full range of reporting capabilities and features necessary for dealerships to maximize customer satisfaction and dealer profitability. The software is one of the most comprehensive dealer management solutions available.
"Our history with ARKONA has been very positive, and we are excited about ARKONA's new Isuzu integration," said Homer Cutrubus, dealer principal, Cutrubus Auto Group. "Our employees will now have access to a system that simplifies their workload and shortens the amount of time they spend on OEM warranty, financial, and parts communications."
Dealers can now receive and send data using Isuzu's specified communications interface. ARKONA solutions are always engineered with simplicity in mind. Data entered by the user is only entered once and is then automatically shared throughout all applications. With the ARKONA dealer management system, Isuzu dealers will now have the following capabilities:
-- Parts Order -- Repair Order -- Financial Statements -- Delivery Reporting
Isuzu and ARKONA have been working on this integration for months to ensure that data is accurately transferred to and from Isuzu's corporate systems. Dealers now have immediate access and current information about their parts, accounting, and service business through the ARKONA solution.
The list of major automobile manufacturers with whom ARKONA is integrated is growing quickly and currently includes Ford, GM, BMW, Daimler-Chrysler, Honda, Isuzu, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Lincoln-Mercury, Acura and Suzuki.
About ARKONA Inc.
Founded in 1996, ARKONA is a public company and a leader in automotive and powersports management solutions. ARKONA's Dealer Management System also leads the market in technologically superior e-business solutions for automotive dealers that fully integrate back office systems with a retail Web presence. In this market ARKONA is the premier Application Service Provider (ASP). For more information visit the ARKONA Web site at www.ARKONA.com
This release may contain forward-looking statements as well as historical information. Forward-looking statements, which are included in accordance with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, may involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the company's actual results and performance in future periods to be materially different from any future results or performance suggested by the forward-looking statements in this release. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. The company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements found herein to reflect any changes in company expectations or results or any change in events.