All Digital Leaders articles – Page 43
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ArticleWebasto upgrades to Catia V6
Dassault Systemes also announced the latest release of its  Catia software (Photo: Dassault Systemes)Webasto is upgrading its PLM systems to Catia V6 from V5, software consultancy Cenit said.The upgrade will allow the Germany-based automotive roof specialist to manage all licenses held by its global units centrallyBernd Goellnitz, IT director ...
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ArticleContinental combines inertial sensors, occupant safety divisions
Continental says its systems approach will make it easier to offer automakers integrated safety solutions (Photo: Continental)Continental, which sees its ability to offer integrated solutions as a major competitive advantage, has combined its inertial sensors and airbag control segments into a new unit, Passive Safety & Sensorics.The German automotive supplier ...
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Article50,000 German BMW employees get Telekom sim cards
More than 50,000 German BMW employees will get Deutsche Telekom sim cards for their business-related mobile communications, the German telecommunications group said.The two companies signed an agreement that runs through the end of 2019 and plan to expand the cooperation to other countries.Telekom said it will integrate the employee sim ...
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ArticleGerman IT industry sees further job growth
IT jobs are growing but communication industry positions declined in Germany (Photo: Topslash/Wikimedia)German IT companies employed more people in 2011 and that trend is set to continue this year.In 2011, the information and communication industry boosted jobs by 18,000 to 866,000, said BITKOM, the country's IT industry association. In 2012, ...
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ArticleT-Systems to offer new VMware Cloud solution
Like most IT service providers, T-Systems wants to offer more Cloud services (Photo: Telekom)Germany's T-Systems and VMware are joining forces to provide customers with an easier and faster way to access Cloud-based services.T-Systems, the business services division of German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, will offer a new VMware vCloud Datacenter ...
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ArticleBig Data analysis provides big opportunities - survey
Companies appreciate big data but struggle with huge information volumes (Photo:(istockphoto thinkstock)Making better use of big data provides huge potential for productivity improvement, according to a global survey of senior corporate executives.The poll, carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of consultants Capgemini, found that big data is ...
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ArticleSurvey finds more licensing issues as Cloud and App use grows
Licensing issues are on the rise as business use of smartphones increases (Photo: LG)Many companies aren't fully prepared to deal effectively with licensing issues related to Cloud computing and mobile smartphone apps, according to a management survey.The poll, carried out in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by IT consultancy firm Detecon, ...
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ArticleSaab, under new ownership, to get 2nd chance as EV brand
New owners plan to market an electric version of the Saab 9-3 (Photo: Saab)Saab Automobile will get a chance to live on as an electric-vehicle brand following an investment group's successful acquisition of some key corporate assets.National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB said it has agreed with bankruptcy administrators to acquire ...
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ArticleAutoliv pleads guilty in US price-fixing case
Swedish supplier Autoliv has pleaded guilty for its role in a price fixing conspiracy and will pay a 14.5 million fine, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a press release.Autoliv has admitted its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of seatbelts, airbags and steering wheels delivered to ...
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ArticleGerman Rail, Telekom in EV, car-sharing partnership
The two companies want to achieve closer networking of trains, cars and energy systemsWitn Flinkster, Deutsche Bahn runs one of the largest car-sharing networks in Germany. It covers 800 train stations and also has operations in Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands.Telekom said its Networked Car business unit will let Deutsche ...
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ArticleWith BAIC tie-up, Hella wants to move into Chinese passenger car market
Hella and BAIC executives meet to sign their joint venture agreement (Photo: Hella)Hella plans to expand its Chinese activities into passenger car lighting systems by teaming up with BAIC, one of the country's biggest automotive groups.The German automotive lighting specialist said BAIC will own 50 pc of a local lighting ...
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ArticleVerizon to acquire Hughes Telematics
Verizon Communications said it will acquire Hughes Telematics in a move designed to boost the US based wireless communications company's capabilities in the automotive and fleet telematics marketplace.Verizon will pay 612 million dlrs for the telematics company.The acquisition will accelerate Verizon's growth in business areas such as machine-to-machine services applications ...
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ArticleBooz study: IT services, system integration losing in importance
Microsoft is the highest ranked company in a Booz analysis of the best-performing global IT providers (Photo: Microsoft)Software providers and internet companies are the best performers in the global information and communication technology sector, according to a new study.An analysis of the world's 50 biggest ICT companies by consultants Booz ...
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ArticleDelphi set to acquire connection systems maker
Through the acquisition of MVL Delphi hopes to strengthen its position in electronic car components (Photo: Delphi)Delphi has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire the automotive connection systems business of FCI Group from investment company Bain Capital.FCI is a leading maker of high-performance interconnection systems. The Motorized Vehicles division (MVL) had ...
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ArticleGermany's Trumpf opts for Pool4tool supplier portal
Trumpf headquarters in Ditzingen, southern Germany, manages all group processes (Photo: Trumpf)German machine-tool maker Trumpf has chosen the Pool4tool portal to improve its management of supplier relations.ESolutions from Pool4tool, an Austrian specialist for eBusiness and SAP software solutions, is used as a Cloud-based service. The processes are fully integrated into ...
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ArticleBMW opens 2nd China plant
BMW, Brilliance and local Chinese officials attended the official opening of BMW’s 2nd Chinese plant this week (Photo: BMW)BMW and its joint-venture partner Brilliance opened a second plant in China,increasing production capacity in the key market to 200,000 vehicles a year.The German premium car makerand its partner will invest another ...
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ArticleSAP to acquire Cloud services provider Ariba
SAP’s Ariba acquisition is set to boost the German group’s Cloud-based offering (Photo: SAP)SAP plans to acquire US-based Cloud services provider Ariba for about 4.3 billion dlrs.The German business software group said the acquisition, which is set to close in the third quarter, will combine Ariba's buyer-seller collaboration network with ...
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ArticleAltran bundles EV development activities in Barcelona
Altran and the Quimera consortium want to redefine racing with the all-electric drift car (Photo: Quimera)Altran is bringing together all its electric-vehicle development projects at a new "Center of Excellence" in Barcelona.The high-tech engineering consultancy said it hopes to add 400 new staff at the facility in the next five ...
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ArticleSiemens electrical drive trains unit gets new boss
Siemens new electric-drive chief comes from Continental (Photo: Continental/Siemens)Joerg Grotendorst will take over as head of the Siemens division that makes components and systems for automotive electrical drive trains.Grotendorst, 42, will take over the business unit, which is called "Inside e-Car," on June 1.The new CEO was most recently in ...
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ArticleSurvey: Purchasers do without IT support
SAP and other sofware makers have limited success in corporate purchasing departments, a RAAD study shows (Photo: SAP)Purchasing departments at German companies more often than not manage without IT systems that are tailored to their requirements.According to a survey conducted last year by Germany's RAAD Research, fewer than 20 pc ...
