Dominion Dealer Solutions Be Back Mobile App Wins Award for Most Innovative Dealership Solution of 2011

Norfolk, VA and Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) November 01, 2011

Dominion Dealer Solutions Be Back Mobile App has been named the winner of the Most Innovative Dealership Solution of 2011 in the DrivingSales Innovation Cup Awards. The Be Back Mobile App was selected by a panel of dealers from a competitive field of solutions at the Third Annual DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES), held at the Bellagio Las Vegas. Dominion Dealer Solutions is a division of Dominion Enterprises.

DrivingSales (http://www.drivingsales.com) created the Innovation Cup Awards, presented annually at the DrivingSales Executive Summit, to recognize solutions introduced or enhanced whose innovative approaches have produced significant results for dealers.

Its an honor for Dominion Dealer Solutions to be recognized as the 2011 Innovation Cup recipient, said Glen Garvin, group general manager of Dominion Data Solutions. This shows the continuing effort Dominion Dealer Solutions is making to move the individual brands to a unified, more innovative offering. The Be-Back App shows a commitment to be front and center in new automotive product initiatives by placing our focus on dealer-consumer engagement. The DSES conference boasts a literal whos who in cutting-edge automotive retail. We are so pleased to be in attendance and humbled by the award.

The Be Back Mobile App from Dominion Dealer Solutions can be downloaded through iTunes and is available for both the iPhone and Droid devices. The app is currently in development for the iPad as well. The Be-Back app is branded for each specific dealership. Once downloaded by the consumer, the application stores many useful pieces of information like the vehicles VIN numbers, mileage, service history and book valuations. The Be Back Mobile App notifies customers of inventory recalls or specials, and allows car buyers to view service schedules and owners manuals. Through both the iPhone and Droid, drivers can schedule service appointments with DMS integration, find local gas stations, and get parking spot reminders and loan calculators. The Be Back App truly becomes a consumers vehicle management tool complemented by the dealerships branding.

The local dealership owns this white-labeled application on the car buyers most important and useful asset their mobile device. Contact information in the application, service schedules and appointment setting increase fixed operations at the dealership. An equity alert shows the consumer how valuable their trade-in could be and alerts the dealer to the consumers interest in its equity.

The DrivingSales Executive Summit is designed to inspire dealers to push the envelope on innovation and to help them collaboratively uncover the actionable solutions and strategies that will move their dealerships forward, said DrivingSales Founder and CEO Jared Hamilton. The Innovation Cup, a centerpiece of the DSES, raises awareness of the vendor solutions that are moving the needle forward in dealerships across the country by allowing those who know best auto dealers to decide the finalists and winner. Clearly, the Be Back Mobile App is already making its mark and has impressed the hundreds of progressive dealers who attended the summit. Congratulations to Dominion Dealer Solutions and to each of our finalists!

Dealership solution-providers submitted applications online with vendor names removed, and a panel of dealers assessed each application. The Innovation Cup Award finalists presented their solutions onstage at DSES, with a panel of dealer judges scoring each solution. As the highest scorer, the Be Back Mobile App by Dominion Dealer Solutions won the Innovation Cup for Most Innovative Dealership Solution of 2011.

Each finalist and winners solution will also be profiled at DrivingSales.com and in the DrivingSales newsletter, and will be featured in a video interview at DrivingSalesTV. For more information about the Driving Sales Innovation Cup Awards, go to: http://www.drivingsalesinnovationcup.com/.

About Dominion Dealer Solutions

Dominion Dealer Solutions helps car dealers attract, retain, and service customers for life. Dominion Dealer Solutions products include: lead generation, reputation management, online service scheduling and customer relationship management tools through Autobase; web sites, SEO and PPC through Dealerskins; and specialized data aggregation, management, and reporting services through Dealer Specialties, Cross-Sell, The DataCube, and DataOne Software. These businesses serve more than 60 percent of auto dealers nationwide. Learn more at http://www.DominionDealerSolutions.com or follow us at http://www.twitter.com/dominiondealer.

Dominion Dealer Solutions is a division of Dominion Enterprises, a leading marketing services company serving the automotive, enthusiast and commercial vehicle, real estate, travel, apartment rental, and employment industries. Please see http://www.DominionEnterprises.com.

About The DrivingSales Executive Summit

The DrivingSales Executive Summit is a uniquely collaborative event modeled after the best practices and information-sharing among dealers and auto industry professionals on DrivingSales.com. The third annual event brings together the most progressive dealers in the country and world-renowned speakers, all focused on pushing the auto industrys innovation boundaries and translating the latest trends and business realities into solid 2012 action plans for every dealership department.

Unlike other automotive industry events, the DrivingSales Executive Summit is 100% dealer driven and designed specifically for the most advanced dealer principals and dealership executives in the industry. The exclusive event has a vendor-neutral policy, meaning no vendor influence on presentation selection and adherence to a strict dealer-to-vendor ratio.

For more information, visit http://www.DrivingSalesExecutiveSummit.com or contact dses@drivingsales.com.

About DrivingSales.com

DrivingSales is the auto industrys fastest-growing, most influential trade media property focused on delivering actionable profit-building information to auto retailers and industry professionals. DrivingSales media network includes flagship property DrivingSales.com (http://www.drivingsales.com), the worlds largest car dealer social network where thousands of dealership professionals collaborate and share best practices in a 20-group style setting; DrivingSalesTV (http://www.drivingsalestv.com), an interactive web channel which helps car dealers and auto professionals keep tabs on their industry and emerging technologies 24/7; DrivingSales University, an on-demand training platform where dealerships learn the latest web strategies from top e-commerce experts; DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES) the industrys leading conference where progressive dealers collaborate and learn from world renowned experts, and DrivingSales Dealership Innovation Guide, a quarterly free publication featuring case studies of the industrys most innovative dealerships, solutions and best practices.

DrivingSales encourages innovation and excellence in the industry with its annual Dealer Satisfaction and Innovation Cup Awards, whose winners are determined solely by the dealer community. Founded by Jared Hamilton, a third generation car dealer, DrivingSales won a Top 25 Under Five award from the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF), which spotlights outstanding entrepreneurs and start-up companies in Utah; was named a 2011 Fast 50 Emerging Eight company by Utah Business magazine, which recognizes the entrepreneurial spirit, innovative business tactics and revenue growth of Utahs fastest-growing companies, and received an Interactive Media Award (IMA) in 2011 for Outstanding Achievement in the Automobile website category. Additionally, DrivingSales was named one of ten social media gambits for 2009 by Automotive News and o

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Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) September 07, 2011

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ATI Announces 2011 Summer SEAL Participants

Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 07, 2011

The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a nonprofit unit of The University of Texas at Austin, announced the kick-off of the 3rd annual Student Entrepreneur Acceleration and Launch (SEAL) program today to follow-up on the successes with previous participating startups Mutual Mobile, Solavicta, Wibole, Ordoro and SpectraPhase.

In both 2009 and 2010, five startups participated and several went on to be successful startups. Mutual Mobile has garnered millions of dollars of revenue, Solavicta won MOOT Corp 2010, Wibole and SpectraPhase are spinning out UT Austin IP and are members of ATI, and Ordoro is also a new member of ATI and has ramping revenue.

This summers SEAL program includes the following early-stage ventures:

Azotergon delivers a novel waste treatment process that generates high-value nitrogen compounds. MedMa has a SaaS solution to help nursing homes prevent medication errors.

The Body Browser offers a 3D body surface scanning technology initially targeted at fitness tracking in health clubs. Vectralux provides an optical transceiver vendor that enhances signal performance over multimode fiber. Virtegrity is a novel security software startup tackling the difficult virtualization market.

Kyle Cox, the new ATI - On Campus Assistant Director, said this 2011 SEAL class is extraordinary in terms of their technical sophistication and focus on solving specific, well-defined problems with technology-based breakthroughs.

Recently at UT Austin, there has been increased interest in entrepreneurship spurred on by several new programs like the Idea to Product Competition (I2P), the Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition, 3 Day Startup and the Hatchery Class. Courses, competitions, student organizations and UT departments serve students as they progress through the first three stages of a startup: develop innovation, light-touch market validation and business validity. However, as a student progresses through the entrepreneurial process, the last step of making the decision to significantly invest in the new business does not have institutional support at UT Austin, but ATIs SEAL program does just that.

Each summer, ATI hosts the SEAL program, a two month accelerator for five select UT Austin student-led startups, sourced from other student entrepreneur programs at UT, to make the Go / No-Go decision. In order to determine whether their business can develop into a successful startup and to look at the possible roadblocks, the five SEAL teams participate in multiple strategy sessions, interview prospective customers and partners, create financial models, write a high-level pitch, and develop leadership and organizational skills along the way. At the end of the program, each team delivers their Decision Day pitch to an audience of potential angel investors, venture capitalists, UT Austin faculty and members of the Austin startup community.

This years Decision Day is set for August 2, 2011 at ATI, located at the West Pickle Research (WPR) Building, 3925 West Braker Lane, Austin, Texas 78759. ATI is currently looking for mentors and sponsors for the event.

Bart Bohn, ATI IT/Wireless Director and Founding Director of the SEAL program said, the continuing evolution of the SEAL program is critical to sustaining the momentum of student-led innovation and entrepreneurship.

SEAL program partners include 3 Day Startup and the Hatchery Class.

3 Day Startup (3DS) is a program to help students start a technology company over the course of three days. Students from numerous backgrounds - MBAs, computer science, design, engineering, neuroscience, law, etc. are given guidance through the early stages of the startup experience. Over one intense weekend, 3DS participants brainstorm ideas, conduct market validation, devise business models, build prototypes, create branding, and pitch to investors and successful entrepreneurs. The result is an experience that challenges participants to innovate, build and launch real companies.

Some SEAL participants have taken the From Innovation to Entrepreneurship class or Hatchery Class, supervised by Engineering Professor Sriram Vishnawanth. The class helps establish the commercial potential and patentability of graduate student research. The class teams law students, business students, and engineers/scientists, who work together to define a commercialization plan and draft patent application for student-generated science and engineering innovation at UT Austin. The class offers lectures about patent writing by a partner from a leading Austin IP law firm and lectures by industry veterans addressing topics including market validation, potential consumer acquisition, channel determination, and fund raising.

About the Austin Technology Incubator

The Austin Technology Incubator is a nonprofit unit of The University of Texas at Austin that harnesses business, government and academic resources to provide strategic counsel, operational guidance and infrastructure support to its member companies to help them transition from early stage ventures to successful technology businesses. Since its founding in 1989, ATI has worked with over 200 companies, helping raise close to $ 750 million in investor capital. ATI is a key program of the IC2 Institute at UT Austin. For more information, visit http://www.ati.utexas.edu.

About Student Entrepreneur Acceleration and Launch (SEAL) Program

As part of the ATI On Campus portfolio, the Student Entrepreneur Acceleration and Launch (SEAL) program assists students in addressing the last major decision to go all in with a new business. The SEAL program provides facilitated contact with the industry by delivering coaching and mentoring by ATI directors and advisors, structured problem solving with an ATI senior associate and an enforced timeline and clear deliverables. The student teams breakdown business issues into specific analyses, perform primary research through facilitated introductions with industry and technology experts by ATI leadership and relevant industry advisors, as well as vet conclusions and recommendations with industry insiders and members of the ATI team.

Contact:

Kyle Cox

ATI - On Campus

kcox(at)ati(dot)utexas(dot)edu

(512) 305-0011

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New York, NY (PRWEB) June 08, 2011

MyMathLab Algebra I and II, Pearsons online homework and assessment program, is the winner of the 2011 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Award for Best Mathematics Instructional Solution.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards honor outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. Nominated products undergo an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and other respected authorities in education technology. This years 30 education CODiE winners were selected from more than 425 nominations.

Pearsons MyMathLab Algebra I and II features e-Courses by award-winning author Elayn Martin-Gay. The groundbreaking online math program provides a wealth of learning tools and resources for students of all levels, including personalized study plans; homework, quizzes and tests with immediate feedback; a fully interactive eText; more than 1,500 videos per course; and a Student Organizer for help with note-taking and practice.

MyMathLab has delivered proven results for millions of students around the globe, with an online environment that offers a personalized, engaging learning experience, said Bill Barke, CEO of Pearson Arts and Sciences. We are honored that MyMathLab has been recognized by the technology and information industry with a CODiE Award in the highly competitive Best Mathematics Instructional Solution category.

MyMathLab is used by more than 3 million students and 60,000 educators at over 2,000 schools, colleges and universities. Last year alone, more than 97 million assignments were graded in MyMathLab. Colleges and universities using MyMathLab have improved student performance by up to 30 percent, while achieving cost savings of nearly 30 percent over traditional lecture courses. In the high school environment, MyMathLab Algebra I and II is a classroom favorite of teachers around the country as they strive to ensure that all students build the foundation in mathematics necessary for success in college and careers. To watch a video about MyMathLab, click here.

MyMathLab Algebra I and II is one of three Pearson products earning prestigious 2011 CODiE Awards. Also honored this year were Hospitality & Tourism Interactive, an online experience for exploring careers in the hospitality industry, and Words Their Way Online Workshop, an interactive professional development tool.

About Pearson

Pearson, the worlds leading learning company, has global reach and market leading businesses in education, business and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO).

For more information, press only:

Lisa Wolfe, L. Wolfe Communications, 773-227-1049, lwolfe(at)lwolfe(dot)com

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