Automotive IT News and Facts
With product variety on the rise, automotive suppliers are trying to cope with ever more complex production processes. Especially small and medium-sized companies are facing huge challenges. One solution is the digital factory. Automakers and their tier-1 suppliers have taken a leading role in introducing digital simulation technology. But, says Robert Kuttner, head of German [...]
German companies expect a strong increase in data volumes, according to a survey conducted by Steria Mummert Consulting. Of all German companies polled 44 percent say that ever more detailed capture of customer data and more indepth analysis is going to require more storage capacity to deal with the growing flood of data. While social [...]
Teradata said it has completed its acquisition of Aprimo, a maker of Cloud-based integrated marketing software. The US-based data warehousing and enterprise analytics company said the move will help it “drive the future of integrated marketing, enabling corporations to optimize marketing performance with more detailed, comprehensive insights from a universe exploding with big data.” Integrated [...]
Cloud computing is particularly well suited to deal successfully with the challenges and opportunities of the auto industry, according to an Accenture report. The consultants cited three business areas where Cloud computing can provide a major benefit: Handling multi-brand dealer operations, integrating new alliances and takeovers, and supporting the further development of in-vehicle infotainment. In [...]
In-house consultants are increasingly preferred over outside service providers, according to a study by Luenendonk, a German IT consultancy and market researcher. Luenendonk polled 19 German consultancy companies and four buyers of consultancy services in a study called “The status quo and positioning of in-house consulting units 2010.” “Companies’ internal consultants are turning into serious [...]
More than half of all midsized companies interviewed for an IBM-commissioned study late last year plan to boost their IT spending in 2011. Of the 2,112 companies polled, 53 pc projected an increase, which compares with only 20 pc in a similar study conducted in 2009. No change was budgeted by 31 pc of the [...]
inthinc Technology Solutions has been awarded a patent covering driving safety technology related to cell phone and text detection. The US-based telematics company said the patent will help it make products that combat distracted driving. The patent covers technology that detects in-car cell phone usage. The system then coaches the driver to refrain from using [...]
With the number of Cloud service providers growing rapidly, the Experton Group will shortly release a study that sheds some light on the differences between the various market players. In April the German consultants and market researchers will release “Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2011,” a study that compares Cloud service providers in the German market. Experton [...]
Frank Fabian is the Volkswagen group’s new compliance officer, the German automaker said Monday. Fabian, who is 44, also becomes head of the governance, risk and compliance department. He will report directly to VW group CEO Martin Winterkorn. “Volkswagen’s good name is our most valuable asset,” Winterkorn said in a statement. “There can be no [...]
HP announced a suite of new Cloud-based products and services that it said will address industry concerns about security, performance and availability. The California-based IT group said in a press release that Cloud computing has delivered benefits such as faster deployment of new services, reduction in IT headcount and a pay-as-you-go model. But it conceded [...]
