Automotive IT News and Facts
HP will host AVL’s SAP applications in a new hybrid cloud-based infrastructure. The US-based IT group said it has migrated a range of SAP applications used within AVL, deploying a cloud-based solution it says will boost the reliability of IT systems at the Austria-based company. AVL develops powertrain systems, markets engineering simulations and provides a [...]
General Motors, which is bringing the bulk of its IT operations in house, will hire 3,000 hardware and software engineers from HP. Under an agreement signed by the two companies last week, 3,000 HP employees who are already working on GM’s business will join the carmaker. The  US automotive group, which currently outsources as much [...]
Many companies fail to adequately test mobile applications, according to a survey on enterprise application quality. The World Quality Report, which is compiled each year by consultants Capgemini, software test specialist Sogeti and IT group HP, found that only 31 pc of 1,550 CFOs, CIOs, IT directors and quality assurance (QA) directors polled conduct tests [...]
Renault has selected HP to help develop telematics services for its growing electric vehicle range. The US based IT group said the French carmaker had chosen HP to host its European IT infrastructure and manage its technical applications. HP is providing a pay-as-you go financial model that will allow for frequent adjustment in the service [...]
Software providers and internet companies are the best performers in the global information and communication technology sector, according to a new study. An analysis of the world’s 50 biggest ICT companies by consultants Booz & Company found that software providers such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP and internet companies such as Google were realizing sales [...]
HANOVER — One thing was clear at the 2012 automotiveDAY conference: IT is quickly becoming one of the major differentiators in the competition between the world’s car brands. Until recently, IT was mostly seen as way to reduce costs and boost efficiency. But in addresses to the conference, IT directors outlined how the services they [...]
Hewlett Packard, reversing a decision made by its previous CEO, Leo Apotheker, said it will keep its personal computer division. The US based IT group said an extensive evaluation had concluded that its Personal Systems Group (PSG) should remain part of the company. “It’s clear after our analysis that keeping PSG within HP is right [...]
HP, one of the world’s largest IT groups, has appointed Meg Whitman president and CEO, replacing Leo Apotheker, who has been in the position for less than a year. In recent days, US media reported that the HP board of directors had turned against Apotheker, the 58-year-old former CEO of German business software maker SAP, [...]
BMW has extended by five years a multi-million-dollar network services agreement with HP, the U.S. based IT group said Thursday. Under the new agreement, the German premium carmaker will receive a range of higher value support services for the HP technology that provides a major part of BMW’s networking infrastructure. Among these is a next-business-day [...]
Hewlett-Packard has won a worldwide tender to provide a broad range of PCs and notebook computers to Volkswagen Group. The US-based information technology group said it would deliver to VW and its group brands in 25 countries desktop PCs and 12 inch and 14 inch notebooks. The deliveries will take place over three years. HP [...]
