DETROIT Compuware subsidiary Covisint has signed a data messaging service agreement with the Automotive Group of Johnson Controls, consolidating several third party valued added network services and replacing its old EDI system.
When deployment is completed, Johnson Controls a member of the six-company consortium that help develop Covisint Connect will use Covisint Connect to exchange data with its suppliers and automaker customers.
With Covisint Connect, Johnson Controls expects to reduce routing, delivery, mapping and support costs and streamline our supplier communications, said Sue Kampe, Vice President and General Manager of Information Technology Global for the Automotive Group of Johnson Controls.
Besides providing replacement for traditional EDI service, Covisint Connect can be used to share data of any type between disparate applications.
Covisint Connect was designed to significantly improve, and reduce the expense of, communications between companies in the automotive industry, said Bob Paul, CEO, Covisint. Together with our Covisint Communicate portal service, we provide our customers with a complete solution for industry interoperability. Covisint Communicate portal services are in heavy use throughout the industry and enable companies to share information and applications through an industry standard portal.
In February, Compuware bought the products and technology of auto exchange Covisint for an undisclosed sum. The month before, FreeMarkets agreed to buy the sourcing and services assets of Covisint, apparently paving the way for the Compuware deal.
