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Salesforce seeks to unify automobile supply chain with Automotive Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO Business Intelligence

Goeller is also heading up a separate digital initiative called Catena-X, which is a collaborative, open data ecosystem for the automotive industry. VW, Tesla, and Salesforce, for example, are among the pack of vendors developing clouds specific to the automotive industry. Automotive Industry, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation

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By enabling “ask and expert” capabilities, generative AI like Microsoft Copilot will transform manufacturing

CIO Business Intelligence

Research from Avanade , a technology expert that specialises in the Microsoft ecosystem and partner solutions, suggests that 92% of manufacturers aim to be AI-first within a year. Microsoft Copilot enables a range of game-changing use cases for manufacturers, such as its “ask-an-expert” capability. This can be a major challenge.

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Volkswagen Partners With Azure To Drive Transportation Innovations

Forrester IT

Volkswagen’s recent announcement to build its automotive cloud platform on Microsoft Azure is yet another example of the types of tech-driven innovation efforts transportation leaders are taking to position themselves as customer experience leaders.

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Microsoft acquires The Marsden Group, a rapid tech innovation and prototyping company

GeekWire

(Amy Sacka Photo via Microsoft). Microsoft is acquiring The Marsden Group , a leader in industrial technology innovation and rapid prototyping, the tech giant announced Tuesday. Omar Abbosh, Microsoft corporate vice president for Cross-Industry Solutions, said in a blog post that The Marsden Group, with offices in the U.K.

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Microsoft in talks to acquire Nuance Communications for a reported $16B

GeekWire

The Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash.(GeekWire The news: Microsoft is in “advanced talks” to acquire Nuance Communications for $16 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg on Sunday. Previous connections: Microsoft has teamed up with Nuance in the past on healthcare-related deals.

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CES 2022 loses Microsoft in Las Vegas over COVID fears

The Verge

Microsoft is the latest company to drop a physical presence at CES, as the increased prevalence of COVID-19 spooks exhibitors. After reviewing the latest data on the rapidly evolving COVID environment, Microsoft has decided not to participate in-person at CES 2022,” a company spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement.

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