Wazzup Pilipinas!
Renault-Nissan
is first auto manufacturer to commit to platform to build connected cars
Traditional automakers, many of whom ushered in an era of
incredible disruption nearly a century ago, now face disruption themselves from
four modern forces — connected, autonomous, shared and electric cars. The
infrastructure and scale required to build a connected car is incredibly complicated,
expensive and resource intensive. At its core, it’s a software challenge, and a
chief obstacle for these brands is integrating the complex cloud technology
required to deliver next-generation driving experiences.
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we announced
the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform, a set of services built on the
Microsoft Azure cloud and designed
to empower auto manufacturers to create custom connected driving experiences. This is not an in-car operating system or a “finished product;”
it’s a living, agile platform that starts with the cloud as the foundation and
aims to
address five core scenarios that our partners have told us are key priorities: predictive maintenance, improved in-car
productivity, advanced navigation, customer insights and help building
autonomous driving capabilities.
Microsoft’s
cloud will do the heavy lifting by ingesting huge volumes of sensor and usage data from
connected vehicles, and then helping automakers apply that data in powerful
ways.
Available as a public preview later this year, it brings Microsoft's
intelligent services from across the company right into the car, including
virtual assistants, business applications, office services and productivity
tools like Cortana, Dynamics, Office 365, Power BI and Skype for Business.
Ross is known as the Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas - An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professional by profession and a Social Media Evangelist by heart.
