TORONTO –

DealerTrack Canada announced this week that it has added five new certified partner providers to its OpenTrack program in Canada.

OpenTrack is designed to allow systems that run in a dealership to integrate seamlessly and securely with DealerTrack systems and solutions in real time.

Signing on to the program in Canada are:

—Precursoft (Groupe PPP) for Maestro F&I (desking, inventory and customer relationship management)
—DealerMine, for multi-channel marketing
—A.D.N.T. Inc. (EasyDeal), a desking tool
—Paymate Software Corporation, an in-house software and hosted payroll and human resources solution
—ORIO Canada, Inc. (SAM), a service appointment management offering

“The support and enthusiasm from dealers and their OEMs for the OpenTrack Program in Canada has been overwhelming,” said DealerTrack Canada’s vice president and general manager Michael Collins.

“We are working closely with the OpenTrack-certified partners to deliver high-quality interfaces in a timely-fashion that help create an effective, easy and affordable integration platform for our mutual dealer customers,” he added.

Collins continued: “OpenTrack clearly reinforces our vision of an open platform approach which is designed to give Canadian dealers the maximum flexibility to use the solutions that best meet their needs and in both official languages.”

Explaining OpenTrack in more detail, officials noted that it debuted in the U.S. in 2009. It basically utilizes a suite of certified interfaces to support the integration of DealerTrack tools — like DealerTrack Dealer Management System and DealerTrack AAX as well as others — with third-party dealer systems.

Furthermore, DealerTrack Canada also utilizes various providers within in the U.S. OpenTrack program to help out Canadian dealerships.