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ArticleHoelz set to take over as Thyssenkrupp CIO July 1
Hoelz previously worked at Deloitte, Daimler and the VW Group (Photo: Thyssenkrupp)Martin Hoelz will take over from Klaus Hardy Muehleck as CIO of Thyssenkrupp July 1. The 47-year-old will also head the company's Group Processes & Information Technology (GPI) unit.Hoelz has been with Thyssenkrupp since 2014. Most recently, he ...
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ArticleLamborghini opens carbon fiber research unit in Seattle
Lamborghini showed a car with carbon-fiber bodywork at the Geneva auto show (Photo: Lamborghini)Lamborghini has opened a new research facility in Seattle that aims to find more applications for car fiber in the construction of its cars.The high-performance sports car brand, which is part of Germany's Volkswagen Group, said ...
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ArticleT-Systems promotes "zero outage" strategy
T-Systems says zero-outage should become an industry standard (Photo: Telekom)T-Systems wants to turn its "zero-outage" goal into an industry standard, citing the need to make sure IT can be relied upon to help in the digital transformation."All industries are getting ready for a digital future, but providing quality assurance ...
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ArticleStudy: German managers confident of digital skills
Study finds that German companies aren't yet ready for digital era (Photo: E&Y)Senior German managers are highly confident that they have the digital skills to adapt their companies to a new era of digitized business processes. But many of their staff have a different opinion.According to a poll conducted ...
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ArticleMercedes E-Class to feature Inrix parking information
Inrix specializes in connected-car services such as parking information (Photo: Inrix)Inrix said its off-street parking information will be available on the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class.The US-based company, which provides traffic data and other relevant information for car drivers, said its "Off-Street Parking" services offers routes to the  closest garage ...
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ArticlePoint of view: Germany's futile attempt to get EV sales going
Hilmar Dunker (Photo: Claus Dick)The German government is sticking to its goal to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2020. But a study by Brunswick University in northern Germany finds that a recently announced 5,000 euro subsidy for private car buyers won't do enough to bring ...
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ArticleStudy: Strong growth for German IT consultants
Photo: AccentureGerman IT service providers, which posted strong growth in 2015, expect to see the upward trend in business continue in 2016 and beyond.An annual study on the state of the German market for IT consultancy and services found that the 95 biggest IT service providers in the country ...
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Feature"We know that we can’t always do everything on our own"
Daimler's Stark: Autonomous driving is a crucial component of digitization strategyIn a recent interview with automotiveIT, Wilko Andreas Stark, the head of Daimler Strategy and Product Strategy and Planning, Mercedes-Benz Cars, talked about the various levels of the digital transformation Daimler has embarked on. Stark also discussed new business ...
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ArticleVW steps up R&D efforts in artificial intelligence
DFKI research covers a range of new technologies (Photo: DFKI)Volkswagen, acknowledging the growing automotive importance of machine learning, has acquired a stake in the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).“Artificial intelligence (AI) is a key technology for autonomous driving and therefore an investment in our future,” VW Group ...
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ArticleDaimler to invest in IT, appoint chief digital officer
Daimler is focusing more efforts on the digital changes in the car industry (Photo: Daimler)Daimler plans to invest 100 million euros in information technology in the next three years, as the premium car group steps up cross-company digitalization efforts.As part of the company's "100/100" project, Daimler will spend an ...
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ArticleBosch starts incubator in Sweden
In Lund, Bosch has opened its first engineering center in Scandinavia (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch has opened a Swedish engineering center that focuses on connected mobility and other new technologies.The German automotive supplier said the new unit, which is located near the southern Swedish city of Lund, is developing software ...
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ArticleTuev Sued appoints Schlesinger chief digital officer
Dirk Schlesinger (Photo: obs/TÜV SÜD AG/VIRGIL VIDAL)Tuev Sued has appointed former Cisco executive Dirk Schlesinger chief digital officer, as the German testing and certification company responds to the growing importance of digital technologies in the manufacturing industry.Schlesinger will be in charge of a new digital services division that will ...
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ArticleZF adds cargo checking to Openmatics platform
In future, ZF won't just connect vehicles, but also freight (Photo: ZF)ZF has developed a bluetooth-enabled tagging system that will let logistics companies monitor the state ofcargo that is being transported.The automotive supplier’s “deTAGtive logistics” software will enhance ZF’s fleet management platform, which is marketed by its Openmatics division.The ...
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ArticleSurvey: Manufacturing companies under threat from cybercrime
Manufacturing companies are particularly threatened by surging levels of cybercrime, according to a new study.Germany's high-tech industry association Bitkom polled 504 manufacturers and found that two thirds of them had been the target of data theft, industrial esponiage or sabotage in the past two years. Bitkom puts the financial damage ...
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ArticleStudy: Industry 4.0 is changing business models
A majority of German companies expected networked manufacturing to have a positive effect on profitability (Photo: Robert Bosch)Industrial companies in Germany expect Industry 4.0 to change their business models and most see the so-called "smart factory" as positive, according to a new study.A poll by management consultants Staufen found ...
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ArticleBadly secured: The car industry under (cyber)attack
IT attacks on companies are piling up and experts say the automotive industry, a prime target for hackers, isn”˜t properly prepared. The damage cyber attacks can do is often substantial and the methods of the attackers are becoming more and more perfidious. Stuxnet was just the beginning.A steel plant in ...
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ArticleDaimler appoints new head of integrity and legal affairs
Renata Jungo Bruengger (Photo: Daimler)Daimler has appointed Renata Jungo Bruengger as board member for integrity and legal affairs, succeeding Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, who is joining the Volkswagen Group.Jungo Bruengger, 54, is an expert in international commercial law with 25 years of legal experience at various companies. She has been head ...
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ArticleDemand for automotive semiconductors grows
(Photo: Siemens)Global demand for automotive semiconductors is set to grow 4.5 pc annually in the next five years, according to a forecast by Germany's Association of Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers (ZVEI). In 2014, global demand stood at almost 35 billion euros, the association said.Speaking at a ZVEI conference on ...
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ArticleConti's Ariane Reinhart discusses IT staff shortages
Ariane Reinhart (Photo: Continental)German industry is faced with a growing shortage of IT specialists. In answers to written questions, Continental’s HR chief Ariane Reinhart explains how the automotive supplier is refocusing its human resources department to deal with this challenge and how workers can be prepared for digital change.automotiveIT: ...
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ArticlePoll: Germans still like VW
Germans don't feel the "Made in Germany" label has suffered long-term damage (Photo: VW)A large majority of Germans stands by Volkswagen, despite the carmaker's admission that it has purposely manipulated emissions tests with the help of software.According to a poll of 1,000 Germans by consultants Prophet, 65 pc believes ...
