All articles by Arjen Bongard – Page 91
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ArticleMicrosoft and VW infotainment unit sign patent agreement
VW hopes Microsoft’s new file system will improve its infotainment systems (source: e.solutions)Microsoft said it had signed a patent licensing agreement with e.solutions, giving the Volkswagen group software supplier access to its new Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology.The new file system will help automakers integrate enhanced consumer multimedia into ...
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ArticleUpheaval in automotive PLM as car companies change partners
Automakers are reviewing - and changing - their PLM software (Illustration: Siemens)Upheaval in the PLM market: Daimler and Chrysler are separating from former partner Dassault Systemes and are doing development work with Siemens PLM software. On the other hand, BMW has settled on Dassault in the E/E domain. In turn, ...
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ArticleMHP launches new version of AddOn Translation Manager
Process and IT consultant Mieschke, Hofmann und Partner (MHP) has launched a new version of its SAP-based AddOn Translation Manager.The software tool captures all terms that have been stored in a system and exportsthem to an Excel file. Standard Fit/Gap analysis, which is used to evaluate parts of business processes, ...
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Articlecar2go continued: Vancouver is next
Vancouver is the latest city where Daimler plans to launch its car2go car-sharing programDaimler said it is launching its car2go car-sharing program in Vancouver this summer.The German premium carmaker, which has announced several new cities for car2go recently, said it is creating a new Canadian subsidiary, car2go Canada Ltd, to ...
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ArticleSurvey: Chinese have major reservations about EV battery technology
Potential Chinese buyers of electric vehicles have major reservations about battery technology, according to a recent study.Synovate Motoresearch, a market researcher, interviewed 511 passenger vehicle owners in April. It found that 53 pc of them were concerned that batteries would be difficult to recharge, while 42 pc were worried that ...
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ArticleToyota to develop wireless charging with WiTricity
Toyota said it has entered a technical cooperation with WiTricity to develop wireless charging systems for electric-vehicle batteries.The Japanese carmaker said it wants to accelerate the development and eventual implementation of wireless charging for cars. "The charging of a plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle could be as simple and convenient ...
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ArticleSAP's Q1 after-tax profit rose 4 pc to 403 million euros
SAP said after-tax profit rose 4 pc from a year earlier to 403 million euros in the first quarter of 2011 as software and services revenue increased sharply.The German business software group said overall sales rose 21 pc to 3.02 billion euros, with services revenue jumping 20 pc to 2.33 ...
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ArticleMahindra Satyam joins GENIVI
Mahindra Satyam said it has joined the GENIVI Alliance.The news comes just a few days after GENIVI, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association, announced that suppliers Denso and Mobis and consultancy Accenture were joining the group.GENIVI is driving the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) reference ...
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ArticleKonica Minolta to deliver secure-printing systems to BMW
Konica Minolta’s secure-printing system will avoid BMW documents falling into the wrong hands (Source: Konica Minolta)Konica Minolta will install 6,800 project management systems in BMW locations throughout Europe.The Japanese printing, imaging and business solutions group won the order in a Europewide tender. It also includes a monitoring solution and applications ...
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ArticleBritain's Autotxt develops more telematics solution with Deutsche Telekom
Autotxt is building more smartphone applications (Photo: Autotxt)Britain's Autotext is working to extend its telematics services, using Deutsche Telekom's machine-to-machine products and the German group's mobile radio communications network.Autotext specializes in anti-theft protection solutions and has locations in Britain, Germany and China.The company said in a press release that it ...
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ArticleUS govt offers online alternative-fueling station locator
A route planner shows as pink triangles the battery charging points available between Detroit and Ann Arbor, MichiganThe US Energy Department is building an online database of alternative fueling stations.The move by the Advanced Fuels and Alternative Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) aims to help drivers of new vehicles find locations ...
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ArticleStudy: Deficient testing halts or delays projects
Seven out of 10 German IT projects are halted or delayed because of deficient testing.According to a study conducted by German consultancy Steria Mummert, companies tend to budget too little time and personnel for quality assurance. As a result, faults are identified too late and have to be corrected at ...
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ArticleOpinion: Companies need to act to ward off cybercrime
By Hilmar DunkerIT systems are under attack. They always have been. But recently, hackers, spammers and other cybercriminals have stepped up the pace.Hence, it's time to move IT security higher up the corporate priority list.Study after study shows that the security situation in many companies is precarious. Boards are aware ...
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ArticlePorsche CIO Sven Lorenz has growing product portfolio
Lorenz isobserving "with great interest" Daimler’s CAD move from Dassault to SiemensSven Lorenz, Porsche’s CIO is a busy man. Not only does he have to manage integration with new majority owner Volkswagen, he also has to deal with the increasing role of social media, continued tight budgets andthe need to ...
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ArticleDenso, Mobis, Accenture join GENIVI alliance
Japanese automotive supplier Denso, Korean components maker Mobis and management consultancy Accenture have joined the GENIVI alliance, the association said in a press release.GENIVI is an association of automotive and electronics companies that drives the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle infotainment reference platform. The group hopes that further ...
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ArticleIBM to develop Web store for telematics Apps for ZF
How Openmatics works (source:ZF)ZF Friedrichshafen is planning a Web store for telematics applications that can be used on its Openmatics software platform.The store will be developed by IBM and the IT group will also run it.The southern German automotive supplier said the store will let vehicle manufacturers and third-party providers ...
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ArticleDaimler's A-Class concept features advanced telematics
SHANGHAI - Daimler's A-Class concept car, which was unveiled in Shanghai Monday, has a range of infotainment features that the carmaker hopes will demonstrate its strengths in in-car information technology.Mercedes, which suffered major electronics problems in some of its cars early in the last decade, has been conservative in ...
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ArticleNissan to reprogram Leafs to fix problem, Nikkei reports
Nissan’s US Leaf suffered a software glitchNissan will reprogram the software in its US Leaf to fix a problem that occurs in some of the electric vehicles, Japan's Nikkei news service reported.The Japanese automaker said it will start contacting customers shortly.According to the news report, all 8,000 or so of ...
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ArticleGerman companies join forces to improve electronic components
The number of microprocessors in cars is growing exponentially (Photo: Infineon)Six German auto-industry players have joined forces to improve the robustness of electronics components.The technology cooperation, which is called RESCAR 2.0, groups automakers Audi and BMW, automotive supplier Robert Bosch and semiconductor maker Infineon and researchers from two Fraunhofer Institutes ...
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ArticleWorld Economic Forum: China's IT ranking is improving fast
China is adopting more information technology to boost its economy, according to a report released this week by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF).Each year, the WEF ranks countries on the basis of how they adopt and implement information technology across their economies. The findings are published in the Global ...
