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ArticleBMW on track with efforts to reduce energy consumption in plants
At BMW's Spartanburg plant, more than 80 production units and robots have smart meters (Photo: BMW)BMW is on track with efforts to lower the amount of energy it needs to build cars, with energy consumption per vehicle dropping 31 percent between 2006 and 2013. By 2020, the Munich-based premium ...
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ArticleEMC acquires 3 cloud companies
(Photo: EMC)EMC has acquired three cloud technology companies in a move to further strengthen its core product offering. The US-based IT group said it has bought The Cloudscaling Group, Maginatics and Spanning Cloud Apps. EMC said the acquisition will help enable it to provide better hybrid cloud services. Cloudscaling ...
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ArticleFord Motor's Fields to deliver keynote at 2015 CES
Ford's Fields (pictured) and Daimler's Zetsche will be top auto-industry speakers at CES 2015 (Photo; Ford)Ford Motor CEO Mark Fields, further increasing the automotive presence at the International CES, will deliver a keynote address at the Las Vegas consumer electronics convention January 6. He will join Daimler CEO Dieter ...
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ArticleMarcy Klevorn to become CIO at Ford Motor Jan 1, 2015
Marcy Klevorn (Photo: Ford Motor)Marcy Klevorn will take over as CIO at Ford Motor Jan 1, 2015, overseeing all information technology services globally at the US automaker. Klevorn succeeds Nick Smither, who is retiring.The announcement of Klevorn's new role coincided with news that Ford of Europe CEO Stephen Odell ...
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ArticleHandelsblatt Conference: Zetsche cites autonomous potential for trucks
MUNICH -- Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said autonomous driving technologies may have even bigger potential for trucks than for passenger cars."In trucks it's not a nice-to-have, but it's a must," Zetsche told the Handelsblatt Auto Summit. He said autonomously driven trucks can enjoy a 5 percent reduction in fuel consumption, ...
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ArticleHandelsblatt Conference: Winterkorn sees growth potential in digitalization
MUNICH -- New automotive technologies and the increasing digitalization of all aspects of the car business are providing growth opportunities for the auto industry, Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen Group, said Thursday.In an address to the Handelsblatt Automotive Summit, the head of Europe's biggest automaker also said he didn't fear ...
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ArticleBCG study finds innovation in automotive companies lagging
Tesla's strong showing in the poll may reflect its new approach to mobility (Photo: Tesla)Automotive companies aren't as innovative as they used to be, according to a survey of 1,500 senior executives who were asked about the state of innovation in global business by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).The ...
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ArticleIn PLM move, Siemens to acquire Camstar
Siemens aims to strengthen its PLM activities (Photo: Siemens)Siemens plans to acquire Camstar in a bid for leadership in products that help companies digitize all areas of their business.The Germany-based diversified engineering group said its Siemens PLM software division will broaden its portfolio of product development and production automation ...
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ArticleDaimler sells stake in Tesla
Daimler acquired a 9.1% stake in Tesla in 2009 (Photo: Daimler, Tesla)Daimler has sold its 4 pc stake in Tesla Motors but said the cooperation between the two companies will continue.The German premium car maker, which is using Tesla's battery technology in its new Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive, said ...
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FeatureInterview: Opel's Neumann is committed to affordability
Neumann became CEO of Opel in March, 2014 (Photo: GM)With a new CEO, a revamped strategic plan and a strengthened commitment from parent General Motors, Opel believes it is on the road to a sustained recovery. The European GM brand has for years suffered losses and weak sales, but ...
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ArticleIBM, SAP to cooperate on cloud-based business services
SAP will use IBM data centers to offer business services to its customers  (Photo: IBM)IBM will start offering SAP infrastructure services to companies as part of a new strategic partnership between the US IT group and the German business software company.Under the pact, IBM will become a provider ...
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ArticleGerman R&D platform for smart data innovation launched
The new platform hopes to turn big data into smart data (Photo: KIT)A German research institute has launched a "Smart Data Innovation Lab" to develop tools to handle large amounts of data. The venture, led by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), is supported by industrial companies Bayer, Bosch, ...
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ArticleStudy: Industry 4.0 mobile apps not meeting requirements
Mobile applications are key for Industry 4.0 and users are particularly keen on solutions for tablets (Photo: Fraunhofer IGD)Mobile computing is becoming ever more important in manufacturing, but many so-called "Industry 4.0" apps aren't meeting the needs of their users. That's one of the conclusions from a study conducted ...
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ArticleBosch-Siemens' Sturm to become CIO of ZF
Sturm (pictured) is succeeding Peter Kraus, who is retiring (Photo: ZF)Juergen Sturm, currently CIO of the Bosch-Siemens domestic appliances joint venture, will become CIO Â of ZF Friedrichshafen at the end of the year.Sturm, 51, will succeed Peter Kraus, who is retiring.The Bosch executive joins ZF at a time ...
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ArticleSalesforce expands offering, provides more integration with Microsoft
This year's Dreamforce gathering has 140,000 registered participants (Photo: Arjen Bongard)SAN FRANCISCO -- Salesforce.com opened its annual mega-convention here with a series of announcements that underscored the business software group's determination to continue to grow its business sharply.The company announced at its Dreamforce event here how it plans to ...
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ArticleTomTom cites big fuel-efficiency improvement at Toshiba fleet
TomTom's Webfleet dashboard lets fleet managers monitor a wide range of data (Photo: TomTom)A UK-based Toshiba division has improved its fleet fuel efficiency by 27 percent using a TomTom telematics solution, the Amsterdam-based navigation specialist said in a press release.TomTom said Toshiba’s TEC European retail and sales and service ...
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ArticleDaimler's Zetsche to keynote CES 2015
Zetsche is pushing autonomous-driving technologies at Daimler. He also spoke at the CES in 2012 (Photo: Daimler)Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, keen to affirm the his car company's connectivity credentials, will deliver a keynote address at the 2015 International CES consumer electronics fair in Las Vegas in early January.Zetsche will ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: Daimler CIO's personal agenda
Daimler's Gorriz says a new and improved customer service offering is very high on his agenda(Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Daimler CIO Michael Gorriz provided some insight into his personal agenda Tuesday, when he told the annual carIT Congress here what the priorities for his department are."Providing the best customer ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: HP executive warns for energy crunch
HP's Bahnssays future local storage options will help provide more data security (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- A senior HP executive warned Tuesday that the internet of things, which includes cars as participating devices, may consume more energy than the world can muster."In five years, there will be 30 billion ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: VDA president confident in German connected-car leadership
VDA President Wissmann says he's not afraid of Google (photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Germany is catching up in the area of connected cars and hopes in coming years to assume a leading position globally, the country's automobile association (VDA) president, Matthiass Wissmann said at the annual carIT Congress here.But ...
