All Digital Leaders articles – Page 25
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ArticlePoint of view: A need for connected logistics!
Hilmar Dunker is editor in chief of automotiveIT, GermanyThe manufacturing industry, including the world's automakers and suppliers, has been putting in a lot of effort to improve production processes through the introduction of new, connected, technologies. "Industry 4.0," which involves the networking of machinery and processes, is on track ...
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ArticleCisco names Chuck Robbins next CEO
Chuck Robbins (Photo: Cisco)Cisco said Chuck Robbins will succeed John Chambers as CEO July 26, marking a change at the top of the US-based technology group for the first time in 20 years.Chambers, who took over as CEO in 1995, will become executive chairman when Robbins assumes his new ...
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ArticleOpinion: How to attract female engineers
GM's Mary Barra is the only female CEO of a major carmaker (Photo: GM)One of the bigger challenges IT and other technology-driven industries have faced for decades is how to attract more female engineers.Efforts to boost the relatively low number of women in engineering companies remain largely unsuccessful. The ...
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ArticleEMC study: Companies struggle to adapt to digital future
The EMC survey shows how companies are adapting their businesses to changing customer demands (Photo:EMC)MUNICH - Companies are introducing new digital technologies, mining more data and getting a better handle on changing customer demands, but their executives feel  progress is slower than required to meet changing market demands.That's ...
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ArticleCAR Management Briefings - Traverse City
(Photo: CAR)The Center for Automotive Research will host its annual Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, August 3 to 6.The gathering features a series of briefings and presentations focusing on some of the top issues facing the auto industry. This year, these include manufacturing, connected and automated vehicle ...
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ArticleIAA - Frankfurt
(Photo: IAA)The Frankfurt auto show, which takes place every second year, will officially open September 17. On the two preceding days, Sept 15 and 16, there will be two press days.The world's biggest auto show will have as its theme "Mobility Connects," a reference to the biggest change sweeping ...
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ArticleNokia: no plans for new phones
Nokia's Lumia phones are being rebranded Microsoft (Photo: Microsoft)Nokia, commenting on media speculation, said it doesn't have any plans to get back into the smartphone market."These reports are false, and include comments incorrectly attributed to a Nokia Networks executive," the Finland-based network equipment and mapping software maker said in ...
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ArticleAnalysis: VW struggle reflects wider auto-industry dilemmas
Piech (l), Winterkorn and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in more harmonious times (Photo: VW)The resignation of Ferdinand Piech late Saturday as chairman of the Volkswagen Group's supervisory board doesn't just mark the end of a tumultuous and expansionist chapter in the history of Europe's largest carmaker. It also highlights ...
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ArticlePiech resigns as VW Supervisory Board chairman
Ferdinand Piech (Photo: VW)Ferdinand Piech resigned Saturday as head of the Volkswagen Group supervisory board, seemingly bringing to an end a two-week battle over who's in control at Europe's largest automotive group."The members of the Executive Committee have unanimously determined that in view of the background of the last ...
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ArticleSurvey: Cloud security moves up the priority list
Policy violations often lead to security breaches (Photo: Netskope)Security concerns are growing over cloud-based applications used by industrial companies and other businesses, according to a new Netskope survey.The cloud security specialist said that, following recent security breaches at major corporations such as Sony and JP Morgan, a growing number ...
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ArticleVW board committee confirms Winterkorn as CEO
Martin Winterkorn (Photo: VW)Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is "the best possible chairman of the board of management," the Executive Committee of the carmaker's Supervisory Board said in a statement Friday.The announcement comes after Supervisory Board Chairman Ferdinand Piech last week expressed reservations about Winterkorn's leadership. Piech is head of ...
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ArticleGerman companies under (cyber) attack
(Photo:Symantec)More than half of all German industrial companies have been the object of industrial espionage, sabotage or data theft in the past two years, according to a study by the country's high-tech association, Bitkom.The study, which polled senior managers at 1,074 companies, found that car companies are most frequently ...
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ArticleWho would buy Nokia's HERE mapping unit?
Maps will be more important for autonomous cars (Phote: Nokia)Nokia is considering the sale of its mapping unit, HERE, following its announcement of plans to acquire Alcatel-Lucent.The Finland-based telecommunications equipment maker said in a statement that it had "initiated a review of strategic options, including a potential divestment" of ...
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ArticleNew US industry group calls for smarter transportation
The coalition says smarter transportation can address infrastructure proboems (Photo: US Administration)A newly formed group of industry executives called on the US Congress to step up efforts to forge a smarter transportation infrastructure in the country."For the United States to stay competitive in today's global economy, it is critical ...
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ArticleNokia, Alcatel-Lucent to create new connectivity mega-player
Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent see demand for combined product offering (Photo: Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent)Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent, citing complementary product portfolios, said they are planning a merger that aims to create a new company that is well positioned for "an IP connected world.""Together, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia intend to lead in next-generation network technology ...
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ArticleEU formally accuses Google of abusing strong market position
EU Commissioner Vestager moves to counter possible "anticompetitive constraints" (Photo: EU)The European Commission sent a so-called "Statement of Objections" to Google, alleging that the technology company has abused its dominant market position in internet searches. The executive arm of the 28-nation bloc has also formally opened an antitrust investigation ...
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ArticleOpenAutomotive Congress - Stuttgart
(Photo: Genivi)Genivi is hosting "OpenAutomotive '15," a two-day conference focusing on cybersecurity issues in the auto industry. The event will take place in Stuttgart April 21-22. The main conference day is April 22nd.Genivi is a non-profit industry alliance of automakers and their suppliers. The group drives the broad adoption ...
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ArticleStudy sees connected-car focus shift to business model
Most companies' connected-car products are still in the planning phase (Photo: PAC)Automotive companies are shifting their connected-car focus from making the technology work to defining how to generate actual revenue, according to a study by Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC)."More and more companies are now going to focus on the ...
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ArticleAt Delphi, a new CIO
Matt Peterson (Photo: Delphi)Delphi has appointed Matthew Peterson senior vice president and chief information officer effective February 2.Peterson, who was CIO of supplier TRW from 2009 until 2013, succeeds Tim McCabe, who left Delphi last year.Peterson joins the US based global automotive supplier from Deloitte Consulting, where he was ...
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ArticleReport: Winterkorn won't become VW supervisory board chairman
In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI congratulates Ferdinand Piech (r) with his 75th birthday. Winterkorn also was present (Photo: VW)Contrary to expectations, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn may not move up to head the company's supervisory board when he retires from his operational role at the end of 2016. Germany's Spiegel ...
