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ArticleCIO Klaus Straub leaves BMW
Klaus Straub, CIO of BMW has left the company, the German premium car maker confirmed Thursday.
ArticleIn interview, Volkswagen brand software boss Christian Senger sees need for more digital capabilities
The Volkswagen brand is the first car manufacturer to have a board member in charge of software. In an interview, Christian Senger talks about the sea change within the company, software as a core competency and changes in supplier management.
ArticleBrecht and Brecht: Daimler’s CIO and the chairman of the group’s works council discuss digitalization
For the first time ever, Daimler CIO Jan Brecht and his namesake Michael Brecht, chairman of the company’s general works council and deputy supervisory board chairman, are sitting down together to speak with automotiveIT about the consequences of the digital transformation at the Stuttgart-based automaker. Whether the issue is employees’ “digital readiness,” complexity management or new platform-supported business models, Daimler is making its way through rough terrain.
ArticlePorsche CIO: “Coming out with the perfect product idea isn’t always the main issue”
Porsche CIO Mattias Ulbrich, who headed IT at Volkswagen Group’s premium brand Audi until last year, wants to make digital transformation an emotional and passionate mission at the carmaker. He talks to automotiveIT about new business models, artificial intelligence and the need to invest in IT modernization.
ArticleRoland Villinger moves from Audi CDO to strategic role at Volkswagen Group
Roland Villinger, until recently Audi’s chief digital officer, has taken on a new role within the Volkswagen Group as head of strategic projects.
FeatureDaimler in focus: Development speed, open architecture and connecting with customers
Daimler’s global chief information officer, Jan Brecht, speaks to automotiveIT about speed, data, open-source software and other corporate IT priorities.
FeatureInvestment in old-school IT will end at Hella
Hella CIO Felix Willing is leading a charge to update an modernise Hella’s IT architecture
FeatureVW Group CIO Martin Hofmann: “There is a will to change”
A massive change in the Volkswagen Group’s IT system landscape is looming. In an interview late last year, Group CIO Martin Hofmann talks about the burden of VW’s technological legacy, cultural change within the company and the opportunities afforded by new technologies.
FeatureMahle CIO: "IT is needed for future business models and the development of new products"
Mahle CIO Markus Bentele discusses the art of juggling changes and new collaborations between Mahle’s IT and the group’s operating units.
Feature“The human being continues to be at the center of Industry 4.0”
Wolfgang Wahlster, the head of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and inventor of the term ‘Industry 4.0’, talks about how artificial intelligence is changing the automotive industry.
FeatureRobert Bosch digital chief: “The mobility of the future will involve a melting pot of technologies”
Bernd Heinrichs, chief digital officer at Robert Bosch, talks about software for developing mobility solutions and how automotive suppliers needs to prepare for a digitalized, networked auto industry
FeatureMercedes-Benz TecFactory: “We are systematically orienting the factory structure to digitalization”
Andreas Friedrich, manager of the Mercedes-Benz TecFactory, talks about new technologies and production methods and the role digitalization will play in shaping tomorrow’s car plants.
FeatureOpel CIO: "We have to extricate IT from GM piece by piece"
Thomas Kuelpp, chief information officer at Opel, talks about how the carmaker is separating IT systems from GM, and joing up with PSA.
FeatureDaimler Lab1886: "We now have 25 high-potential projects in the incubator"
Susanne Hahn, director business innovation at Daimler’s Lab1886 innovation and incubation organization,
FeatureDaimler board member: "A central issue is how to deal with big data”
As board member at Daimler for integrity and legal, Renata Jungo-Bruengger is looking carefully at the implicatons of big data across the enterprise and for customers, and of artificial intelligence.
FeatureVolkswagen CDO sees major transformation underway
Johann Jungwirth, the Volkswagen Group’s chief digital officer, explains how he is moving quickly to transform the company and its brands.
FeatureAudi CIO: "A bit faster is always a bit better"
Matthias Ulbrich has overseen an increase in agile working methods and a growth of the IT staff at Audi as the carmaker undertakes a growing number of digital projects.
