All Digital Leaders articles – Page 35
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ArticleVW to start selling EVs in China from 2014
Volkswagen Group will start selling electric vehicles in China from 2014 as part of its overall strategy to become a world leader in green mobility.The German automaker also reaffirmed plans to boost its footprint in the world's biggest car market by investing almost 10 billion euros over the next three ...
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ArticleCompanies slow to upgrade software - consultants
Software upgrades are unpopular with IT staff (Photo: Google)Companies are slow to upgrade important business software, according to a study by German consultants Steria Mummert.And once one update has been skipped, the next one will be even bigger, the consultants warn. That means more work and a greater risk ...
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ArticlePoll: Mobile apps put corporate data at risk
Most business travelers use mobile apps (Photo: Wikimedia)Smartphone apps are endangering corporate data security, according to a poll by the German Travel Association (DRV).The association, which represents the German travel sector, interviewed 100 CEOs and 250 employees who regularly take business trips. The poll found that 65 pc of ...
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ArticleGerman robot maker Kuka expands in US
Kuka is one of the world's biggest makers of industrial robots (Photo: Kuka)German industrial robot maker Kuka is boosting its presence in the US through the acquisition of the plant engineering business of privately owned Utica Companies. Utica is a Michigan-based welding equipment specialist with a focus on the ...
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ArticleMercedes opens biggest sales training center in China
Chengdu is the biggest Mercedes sales training center outside Germany (Photo: Daimler)Mercedes-Benz has opened a new sales training center in Chengdu in southwestern China, the biggest of its kind outside Germany. It is the sixth Chinese facility operated by the premium car division of Germany's Daimler.The center is capable ...
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ArticlePC shipments fall sharply in 1st quarter
Sales of Dell PCs fell more than 10 pc (Photo: Dell)Worldwide PC shipments plunged 13.9 pc in the first quarter of 2013, as buyers switched to tablets and smartphones.Market researchers IDC said PC shipments fell to 76.3 million units in the first quarter. The 13.9 pc drop was more ...
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ArticleEU car sales plunge 10.2 pc in March
European sales are hurt by continuing economic uncertainty (Photo: EIB)Passenger car sales in the European Union fell 10.2 pc in March, posting the 18th consecutive monthly decline, the European auto industry association, ACEA, said Wednesday.Unit sales fell to 1.307 million in March from 1.455 million a year earlier. Sales ...
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ArticleCovisint launches new automotive supplier portal
Covisint has launched a new cloud-based collaboration platform for automotive suppliers.The US based cloud services company, which is a subsidiary of technology group Compuware, said its new global platform connects more than 80,000 organizations and eight major auto manufacturers.Covisint has teamed up with Akamai, a US based provider of cloud ...
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ArticleBMW makes push to include EVs in business fleets
The electric BMW i3, shown here as a coupe concept, will be launched later this year (Photo: BMW)BMW's is stepping up efforts to include electric vehicles in corporate fleets.Alphabet International, the leasing and business mobility arm of the German premium car maker, is rolling out a program called AlphaElectric ...
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ArticleStudy: Tech M&A up sharply in 2012
(Photo: IDC)Global merger and acquisition activity in the technology sector rose sharply in 2012, but the value of the transactions accomplished declined, according to a new report.The study from market researchers International Data Corp (IDC) found that the total number of deals done last year rose 14.2 pc to ...
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ArticleDaimler starts product development for vans in China
Daimler and Fujian Motor executives officially opened the new center (Photo: Daimler)Daimler's Chinese joint venture officially opened a new product development center for vans this week, as the German premium car and truck group continues to broaden the geographical spread of its operations.The center, located in Fuzhou in southeastern ...
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ArticleBohr steps down as Bosch automotive chief
Bohr has run Bosch's automotive operations for the past 10 years (Photo: Bosch)Bernd Bohr is leaving his post as the head of the automotive division of Robert Bosch.Bohr, 56, has been in charge of the biggest division of the German automotive supplier for almost 10 years and has worked ...
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ArticleSurvey: Independent IT consultants earn 79 euros an hour
As the role of IT grows, consultants can charge higher rates (Photo: Kuka)Independent IT and engineering consultants can command higher fees as demand for IT services continues to pick up, according to a survey of German IT specialists.According to the survey, which was conducted this month by the Gulp ...
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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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ArticleIndia's Infosys will manage applications for BMW
Infosys said it will manage a range of applications for BMW worldwide under a new five-year contract between the Indian IT consultant and the German premium car maker.Infosys said it will manage applications and services including BMW's global web infrastructure, content management, SAP basic operations and business intelligence systems.BMW will ...
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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: T-Systems executive urges close customer ties
Luz Mauch, T-Systems (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER - Â A senior T-Systems executive on Thursday said companies should adopt scaleable and secure cloud computing and mobile-collaboration solutions if they want to deal with today's business challenges."Data should be accessible everywhere in the world, for customers and employees - secure, comfortable ...
