All Digital Leaders articles – Page 29
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ArticleGerman R&D platform for smart data innovation launched
The new platform hopes to turn big data into smart data (Photo: KIT)A German research institute has launched a "Smart Data Innovation Lab" to develop tools to handle large amounts of data. The venture, led by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), is supported by industrial companies Bayer, Bosch, ...
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ArticleStudy: Industry 4.0 mobile apps not meeting requirements
Mobile applications are key for Industry 4.0 and users are particularly keen on solutions for tablets (Photo: Fraunhofer IGD)Mobile computing is becoming ever more important in manufacturing, but many so-called "Industry 4.0" apps aren't meeting the needs of their users. That's one of the conclusions from a study conducted ...
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ArticleBosch-Siemens' Sturm to become CIO of ZF
Sturm (pictured) is succeeding Peter Kraus, who is retiring (Photo: ZF)Juergen Sturm, currently CIO of the Bosch-Siemens domestic appliances joint venture, will become CIO Â of ZF Friedrichshafen at the end of the year.Sturm, 51, will succeed Peter Kraus, who is retiring.The Bosch executive joins ZF at a time ...
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ArticleSalesforce expands offering, provides more integration with Microsoft
This year's Dreamforce gathering has 140,000 registered participants (Photo: Arjen Bongard)SAN FRANCISCO -- Salesforce.com opened its annual mega-convention here with a series of announcements that underscored the business software group's determination to continue to grow its business sharply.The company announced at its Dreamforce event here how it plans to ...
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ArticleTomTom cites big fuel-efficiency improvement at Toshiba fleet
TomTom's Webfleet dashboard lets fleet managers monitor a wide range of data (Photo: TomTom)A UK-based Toshiba division has improved its fleet fuel efficiency by 27 percent using a TomTom telematics solution, the Amsterdam-based navigation specialist said in a press release.TomTom said Toshiba’s TEC European retail and sales and service ...
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ArticleDaimler's Zetsche to keynote CES 2015
Zetsche is pushing autonomous-driving technologies at Daimler. He also spoke at the CES in 2012 (Photo: Daimler)Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, keen to affirm the his car company's connectivity credentials, will deliver a keynote address at the 2015 International CES consumer electronics fair in Las Vegas in early January.Zetsche will ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: Daimler CIO's personal agenda
Daimler's Gorriz says a new and improved customer service offering is very high on his agenda(Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Daimler CIO Michael Gorriz provided some insight into his personal agenda Tuesday, when he told the annual carIT Congress here what the priorities for his department are."Providing the best customer ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: HP executive warns for energy crunch
HP's Bahnssays future local storage options will help provide more data security (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- A senior HP executive warned Tuesday that the internet of things, which includes cars as participating devices, may consume more energy than the world can muster."In five years, there will be 30 billion ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: VDA president confident in German connected-car leadership
VDA President Wissmann says he's not afraid of Google (photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Germany is catching up in the area of connected cars and hopes in coming years to assume a leading position globally, the country's automobile association (VDA) president, Matthiass Wissmann said at the annual carIT Congress here.But ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: Audi's Hackenberg vows to reduce complexity
Hackenberg says Audi's infotainment can be upgraded every year to accommodate new devices (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Audi's connected-car strategy is moving to the next level as more powerful processors make it easier for drivers to operate increasingly complex functions, said Ulrich Hackenberg, the brand's head of technical development.In ...
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ArticleStudy: Automotive suppliers lack well-defined social media plan
Suppliers can benefit from greater use of social media (Photo: LinkedIn)The world's biggest automotive suppliers only rarely have a clear social-media strategy, according to a study conducted by German PR agency vibrio. They need one, says the agency, because supplier content is becoming ever more important for automakers.As the ...
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ArticleZF takes over TRW
ZF will continue to be headquartered in Friedrichshafen. TRW will be a separate division (Photo: ZF)Germany's ZF Friedrichshafen is taking over TRW Automotive to form a new global supplier group that, with combined annual revenue of around 30 billion euros and 138,000 employees, will be among the world's 10 ...
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ArticlePorsche acquires 10 pc of Inrix
Volkswagen Group has made connected services an investment focus (Photo: VW)Porsche Holding has acquired a 10 pc stake in Inrix, underscoring the importance of connected information for the Volkswagen Group.Citing the quickly growing need for traffic-related information and data-based solutions, Porsche board member Philipp von Hagen said: "We see ...
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ArticleAT&T offers 6 apps for connectivity platform
AT&T directly addresses the needs of the auto industry at its At&T Drive studio (Photo: ATT)AT&T is offering carmakers six new voice-enabled apps that will add features such as weather forecasts, parking updates and personalized radio to its its connected-car platform.The US wireless company said the apps were developed ...
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ArticleSAP invests in Africa
SAP executive Enslin says now is the time to invest in Africa (Photo: SAP)SAP plans to invest as much as 500 million dlrs in Africa through 2020 in a bid to help the continent accelerate growth in its biggest economies. The business software maker's focus is on South Africa, ...
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ArticleNissan's Palmer to become Aston Martin CEO
Andy Palmer (Photo: Aston Martin)Nissan's Andy Palmer will become CEO of  Aston Martin, succeeding Ulrich Bez, who became non-executive chairman of the luxury sports car maker late last year.Palmer, 51, is chief planning officer of Nissan. He will assume his new position after a transition period, Aston Martin ...
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ArticleConnectivity market set to soar, but data security is big worry
Daimler is one carmaker that uses advanced connectivity functions to test autonomous driving (Photo: Daimler)The market for networked mobility products and services is set to almost quadruple between 2015 and 2020, but data security issues will become a big problem once more cars are connected, according to a new ...
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ArticleReport: Software anarchy endangers Industry 4.0
Without proper IT governance Industry 4.0 won't work, Steria Mummert says (Photo: Kuka)Failing IT governance is jeopardizing "Industry 4.0," according to a new report from German IT management consultants Steria Mummert.The study cites uncontrolled growth of software in the area of manufacturing as production facilities are networked. As a ...
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ArticleInfineon to acquire International Rectifier
Infineon CEO Ploss: The International Rectifier acquisition "will unleash great potential.” (Photo: Infineon)Infineon has signed an agreement to buy International Rectifier Corp in a bid to further strenghthen its position in the global semiconductor and power management market.The German chip maker will pay 40 dlrs a share or a ...
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ArticleStudy: VW could be world's biggest carmaker in 2014
A new study predicts that Volkswagen Group, which wants to be the world's biggest automaker in terms of unit sales by 2018, could achieve that goal this year already.Europe's largest automaker has "a good chance" to reach the target in 2014 after selling more cars than Toyota in the first ...
