Covisint inks deals with Sun, Exodus
Exodus will run all of the auto exchange's Web operations globally, including facilities, security, storage and network services.
Covisint, which last month hired a chief executive after an 18-month search, picked Sun's Unix technology to run its Web sites, application and database servers in their data centers in the United States and Europe.
The exchange Covisint is building is expected to be a central marketplace for parts auctions and project collaboration among as many as 40,000 companies doing business with the automobile industry. These companies supply automakers with everything from office supplies to chemicals.
Covisint executives say that when fully operational, the exchange will handle up to $750 billion in annual transactions.
But the exchange has been slow to get rolling, mired with technological complexity, administrative bickering and a souring market for business-to-business exchanges. --Sandeep Junnarkar, Special to ZDNet News