The Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) is offering technical training for the i·SHOP standard.
The i·SHOP Boot Camp will be hosted at Hunter Engineering's world class training facility in St. Louis on July 20-21, and will orient application developers with the functional and technical requirements of the i·SHOP specification.
According to AAIS, i·SHOP is the standard for interoperability of shop management systems with information servers and back shop diagnostic equipment and systems. Developed by a consortium of leading automotive equipment and software providers in cooperation with AAIA, It integrates products from various suppliers into a network that increases accuracy and efficiency in a modern service shop by utilizing the latest, platform independent, XML and Web services technology.
The Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) is offering technical training for the i·SHOP standard. The i·SHOP Boot Camp will be hosted at Hunter Engineering's world class training facility in St. Louis on July 20-21, and will orient application developers with the functional and technical requirements of the i·SHOP specification. According to AAIS, i·SHOP is the standard for interoperability of shop management systems with information servers and back shop diagnostic equipment and systems. Developed by a consortium of leading automotive equipment and software providers in cooperation with AAIA, It integrates products from various suppliers into a network that increases accuracy and efficiency in a modern service shop by utilizing the latest, platform independent, XML and Web services technology. Training will be presented by the chief application developers of several current i·SHOP participants – ALLDATA, Garage Operator and Hunter Engineering. Additional presentations will be made by AAIA's Scott Luckett and Joe Register, Prescient Technologies, the architects of the current i·SHOP specification. Instruction will be delivered by lecture and presentation followed by hands-on development sessions, demonstrations and group discussions. Separate tracks will allow developers of shop management software, information servers and diagnostic equipment to work in teams to develop specific i·SHOP Web Services and understand the underlying technologies. "In addition to application developers and system architects, we encourage IT executives and product managers to attend the Boot Camp to learn how i·SHOP can be used in their products as a differentiator and added value feature," says Luckett, vice president, technology standards, AAIA. "The current automotive market conditions represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape the automotive service environment. We want to provide the training that will lead to the products that will revolutionize and modernize the automotive service experience." It is not a requirement to be a current subscriber to the i·SHOP software developers kit (SDK) to attend the Boot Camp. But to derive the maximum value from the training opportunity, developers are encouraged to attend with the i·SHOP SDK installed on a computer in their development environment, AAIA states. Those who do will walk out of the training with sample code of their own making, and the beginnings of their own i·SHOP application. The cost of the training seminar is $295 for two full days on July 20-21 and includes lunches and training materials. Lodging is available for $70 per night at the Marriott Hotel, Bridgeton, Mo., one mile from Lambert St. Louis International Airport. Lodging reservations must be made through the i·SHOP Boot Camp registration page for the rate to apply. Registration is available online at www.aftermarket.org. For more information about i·SHOP, visit www.ishopstandards.org.Training will be presented by the chief application developers of several current i·SHOP participants – ALLDATA, Garage Operator and Hunter Engineering. Additional presentations will be made by AAIA's Scott Luckett and Joe Register, Prescient Technologies, the architects of the current i·SHOP specification. Instruction will be delivered by lecture and presentation followed by hands-on development sessions, demonstrations and group discussions. Separate tracks will allow developers of shop management software, information servers and diagnostic equipment to work in teams to develop specific i·SHOP Web Services and understand the underlying technologies.
"In addition to application developers and system architects, we encourage IT executives and product managers to attend the Boot Camp to learn how i·SHOP can be used in their products as a differentiator and added value feature," says Luckett, vice president, technology standards, AAIA. "The current automotive market conditions represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape the automotive service environment. We want to provide the training that will lead to the products that will revolutionize and modernize the automotive service experience."
It is not a requirement to be a current subscriber to the i·SHOP software developers kit (SDK) to attend the Boot Camp. But to derive the maximum value from the training opportunity, developers are encouraged to attend with the i·SHOP SDK installed on a computer in their development environment, AAIA states. Those who do will walk out of the training with sample code of their own making, and the beginnings of their own i·SHOP application.
The cost of the training seminar is $295 for two full days on July 20-21 and includes lunches and training materials. Lodging is available for $70 per night at the Marriott Hotel, Bridgeton, Mo., one mile from Lambert St. Louis International Airport. Lodging reservations must be made through the i·SHOP Boot Camp registration page for the rate to apply. Registration is available online at www.aftermarket.org.
For more information about i·SHOP, visit www.ishopstandards.org.
