Compuware Cloud subsidiary launched at the automotive Week Conference Guide for the automotive industry
Neu-Isenburg / Munich, 4th May 2011. Covisint, a recognized security and cloud computing specialist in the automotive industry advocates, on the occasion of the Automotive Week Conference 2011 for secure network platforms in networked vehicle. Information and communication networks are only safe if they have a robust and flexible identity management and a simple and secure communications between vehicle manufacturers, dealers and owners allow. In addition, the easy access to cloud services, and support every conceivable strategy for Internet access was crucial.
“To benefit from the combination of Internet and vehicles that require car manufacturers a sustainable network strategy, the highest flexibility in terms of security, identity management and ensure access to cloud services. Otherwise threaten decreased sales and market shares, and at worst damage claims of customers, “said Manfred Heisen, Vice President International Business Development at Compuware subsidiary Covisint.
A concise overview of the necessary conditions for the successful introduction of secure network platforms in “networked car” Are car makers in the current White Paper of Covisint. In particular, the following five points are crucial:
- Robust and flexible identity management: What is needed is a federated identity management, secure and convenient access to an unlimited number of cloud-based services enables identities and automatically retrieves and scheduled.
- Information flow in both directions: the two-way flow of information ensures the interaction between the vehicle and vehicle manufacturers, dealers and owners or access to any number of cloud applications and services.
- Completely cloud-based approach: Vehicle manufacturers must either purchase additional hardware or software to use secure network platforms and can bring their innovations without losing time to the market.
- Flexibility in the Internet connection: – the solution must support every possible strategy for the internet connection Whether embedded, mobile-based or combined. It may also be adaptations of the legislature will not be ignored.
- Partnership with security and cloud computing experts as the operation of many different point-to-point connections or to develop their own connections and interfaces to the vehicle are not part of the core competencies of the automotive industry.
Cloud computing has reached the automotive industry long ago. In the crosslinking of the car offer almost unlimited opportunities – from online navigation on the mobile communication via Internet, to prevent accidents by car-to-car connection. Besides the benefit to the consumer are the subject of cloud computing in the automotive industry in general, the cloud-based integration of suppliers (eg in the field of electronic data interchange) and the use of collaboration platforms (such as through joint ventures) in the center.
Automotive Week Conference: important industry event in Munich
Covisint is a sponsor of today in Munich held automotive Week Conference, “The Networked Vehicle. The event, held this year for the second time it comes to new solutions for communication, infotainment and safety in the car and the control of traffic flows. On the subject of talk among other things, Ford chairman Bernhard Mattes, Bosch-development chief Volkmar Denner, Google’s head of development Wieland Holford and Reinhard Clemens, CEO of T-Systems.
The complete program of automobile Week Conference is accessed: http://www.automobilwoche-konferenz.de/
For more information about the airport and the white paper “The secure platform for the networked car” is available on the Internet at:
http://www.covisint.com/web/guest/de/connected-car
Covisint, a company Compuware
Covisint, a Compuware company allows personal information networks, the companies advance rapidly and radically, assuring a surprisingly simple way to secure communication and collaboration between people and systems. Cloud Computing as an acknowledged pioneer drives Covisint’s on-demand revolution continues to progress, the company links, communication and cooperation with all partners much easier and so helps to optimal performance. More information about HP is available at: http://www.covisint.com.
Compuware Corporation
Software experts and best practices from Compuware help companies increase the value contribution to achieving corporate goals. Compuware solutions manage the portfolio and optimize the performance of mission-critical applications within the enterprise and the Internet. In German-speaking countries rely more than 500 companies, Compuware’s products and services. Worldwide includes 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies to customers. Compuware was established in 1973 and is headquartered in Detroit. The German headquarters in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt. More information about HP is available at: http://de.compuware.com.