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ArticleSAP Automotive Forum - Leipzig
SAP will focus on car connectivity and new IT opportunities for the car industry when it hosts its 13th annual Automotive Forum June 12 and 13 in Leipzig.The German business software maker plans a two-day meeting that will feature several keynote addresses, customer reports, live demonstrations, an exhibition and a ...
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ArticleT-Systems, Cloudera to offer cloud-based analytics-as-a-service
Big data analytics is a becoming a key offering for T-Systems (Photo: T-Systems)T-Systems has entered into a cooperation with US-based Cloudera to boost its offering of big data analytics.The business services arm of Germany's Deutsche Telekom said it will deliver cloud-based data analytics solutions based on Cloudera's platform for ...
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ArticlePwC survey: Weak auto outlook for 2013
Automotive CEOs are pessimistic about 2013, but most don't play layoffs (Photo: Siemens)Only 30 pc of top managers in the auto industry expect sales growth in 2013, according to a survey by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers.The annual PwC Global CEO Survey shows that the car industry is more pessimistic than other ...
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ArticleautomotiveIT Congress: Audi's sets 2015 target of 1 million connected vehicles
Mattias Ulbrich (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER - Audi wants to have 1 million connected Audi vehicles by 2015, up from 200,000 at present, the premium car maker's CIO, Mattias Ulbrich, said Thursday.The premium car maker offers an "Audi connect" package that offers a range of connectivity services, including navigation with ...
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ArticleautomotiveIT Congress: Daimler CIO lays out integrated approach to customers
Siemer (l) and Gorriz explain Daimler's "Digital Life" to the automotiveIT Congress (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER - Daimler CIO Michael Gorriz said the premium car maker wants to establish multiple connections with its customers, running from the initial information gathering through the car purchase to the actual use of the ...
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ArticleAutomotiveIT Congress: IT boss says Porsche is "fast follower" with connected-car services
Porsche's Lorenz says cars will continue to be sold by dealers (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER - Porsche is moving slower with the implementation of car connectivity than the premium auto makers, the brand's IT manager, Sven Lorenz, said Thursday."That's because our drivers really want to drive, rather than play," Lorenz ...
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ArticleFord strengthens commitment to open-source development
Ford's AppLink connects a smartphone to the car's infotainment (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor will work with the open-source GENIVI alliance to speed up independent app development for its in-car infotainment systems.The news follows an announcement earlier this year that independent app developers would get access to Ford's systems.Ford said in ...
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ArticleVolvo implements always-on high beams
Volvo's technology shades only the light that would blind another driver (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars will next week unveil a new lighting technology that lets drivers keep their high beams on all the time without blinding other motorists.The Swedish premium car maker said it will demonstrate at the Geneva auto ...
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ArticleWith Spotify, Ford boosts infotainment offering
Spotify will require an iPhone App to be used in Ford vehicles (Photo: Ford)The Spotify music streaming service will be available through Ford's Sync Applink, the US carmaker said Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The agreement marks the first time Spotify, which has a catalog of more ...
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ArticleFocus on IT at Daimler's new Bangalore r&d facility
Daimler's r&d facility in Bangalore employs 1,200 people (Photo: Daimler)Daimler officially opened a new r&d center in Bangalore, strengthening its activities in the growing Indian market.The German premium car maker said the facility, which employs 1,200 people, is the biggest of its kind in India. Bangalore also has a ...
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ArticleGM plans embedded 4G connectivity globally
GM's embedded 4G infrastructure will let passengers connect to an in-vehicle hotspot (Photo: GM)General Motors plans to equip next-generation models with embedded 4G LTE sim cards, paving the way for a greater array of services to be available to the connected car.The US automaker announced at the Mobile World ...
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ArticleVW to build 1-liter XL1 plug-in hybrid
The XL1 is based on a 12-year old vision of VW Chairman Piech (Photo: VW)Volkswagen said it will build the 1 liter XL1 plug-in hybrid, a pet project of its chairman, Ferdinand Piech,The car, first shown at the Qatar auto show in January, 2011, is based on a 12-year-old ...
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ArticleReport: Mobile app downloads soaring
Google Play is a major source of mobile app downloads (Photo: Google)Mobile app downloads more than doubled in 2012 and will continue to grow rapidly through 2017, a new research report says.The report by Berg Insight, a Swedish market analysis company, said mobile app downloads soared to 60.1 billion ...
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ArticleRTT, Canon combine virtual-reality products
3D imaging can help speed up design and engineering processes (Photo: RTT)RTT and Canon are joining forces to help companies speed up development times in the product design process.RTT, a Germany-based 3d software specialist, said it has agreed with Canon, a Japanese maker of digital imaging hardware and software, ...
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ArticleBMW licenses Microsoft's exFAT technology
BMW wants to transfer large amounts of data to and from the car (Photo: BMW)BMW has signed a patent licensing agreement that will allow it to use Microsoft's extended file allocation table (exFAT), a file system that makes it easier to transport large amounts of data.The premium car maker ...
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ArticleBrazilian IT firms target CeBIT
(Photo: Wikimedia)At least 12 Brazilian IT firms will be present at this year's CeBIT high-tech fair, as the country attempts to boost the global competitiveness of its IT sectorSoftex, Brazil's software industry association, is organizing the companies' presence at the annual fair in Hanover. Brazil was CeBIT's partner country ...
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ArticleVolvo, Geely to jointly develop C-segment architecture
Volvo Cars and Geely will jointly develop a new modular architecture for their cars at a new research and development center in Gothenberg.Volvo, which is owned by China's Geely, said in a press release the two carmakers will use the architecture and a set of components for future C-segment cars ...
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New travel apps for Europe planned
Europe wants to make transport more intelligent (Photo: Ertico)A European-Union sponsored project will provide travelers with a new set of smartphone apps to make traveling within the 27-nation bloc easier.The Mobinet service platform will offer online access to new types of mobile services such as real-time multimodal travel assistance, ...
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ArticleFord expands US electric-vehicle dealer network
Ford recently launched the Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid (Photo: Ford)Citing strong demand, Ford is expanding the number of dealerships that can sell its electric vehicles in the US market.The carmaker said that more than 900 US dealers will soon be certified to sell EVs, up from 200 in ...
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ArticleEuroparliament wants to limit car noise
The European Parliament, citing health concerns, has drafted legislation to limit new cars' noise later this decade.The parliament also recommended adding sound to hybrid and electric vehicles to alert pedestrians.According to research by the European Environment Agency traffic exposes half of the EU's urban population to noise levels above 55 ...
