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Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO

For the innovative few, co-creating custom industry solutions in conjunction with cloud providers can not only fulfill an internal need but also provide the opportunity to develop a new source of revenue from their IT IP. A big plus for VW is the ability to mobilize an internally owed IT engineering company for the effort.

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Salesforce seeks to unify automobile supply chain with Automotive Cloud

CIO

Now Salesforce is hoping to sweep that away with Salesforce Automotive Cloud, a dedicated platform for the auto industry that sticks close to industry standards on data exchange. Michael Ramsey, a VP and automotive analyst at Gartner, said Automotive Cloud offers a way for auto makers to take back control of their branding. “At

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Automotive Dealerships Should Look More Like Genius Bars

Perficient

Automotive customers desire experiences and service centers that meet their needs, listen to their concerns, and provide a comfortable environment to explore vehicles at their own pace. No longer are demographics of automotive shoppers dominated by the Baby Boomers and Generation X folks. Tap into our automotive industry expertise.

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Sylndr, an online used-car retailer, raises $12.6M pre-seed to disrupt Egypt’s automotive market

TechCrunch

The automotive marketplace, which allows customers to sell and buy used cars, has raised a pre-seed round of $12.6 In Egypt, popular brands such as GB Auto, Mansour Automotive, and Nissan are typically known to have good resale value. We’re looking to develop that as we go,” he noted. Some include U.K.’s

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Automotive simulation platform Morai secures $20.8M Series B to expand its global footprint

TechCrunch

Morai , which provides autonomous vehicle developers with automotive simulation tools to verify the safety and reliability of self-driving systems, announced today it has raised $20.8 The fresh capital was led by Korea Investment Partners along with KB Investment and Korea Development Bank. Germany, Japan and Singapore. .

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Tekion, the automotive retail platform headed by a former Tesla CIO, just tripled in value

TechCrunch

To pull car dealers into the 21st century with a snazzy end-to-end automotive SaaS platform like the one he helped develop inside Tesla. Though the automotive world is known for spending lavishly on marketing and for aggressive sales tactics, just 17 of Tekion’s employees now 1,350 employees work in sales.

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Sunflower Lab Named A Top Automotive App Development Companies

Sunflower Lab

Sunflower Lab is pleased to announce that we’ve been chosen as a Top Automotive App Development Company by TopDevelopers.co ! Top Developers took a comprehensive look at which app development companies could best evaluate, research, and craft a trend-setting solutions for the automotive sector. by Regina Fox.