What Will it Take to Accelerate Connected Car Security?

In late April, it was Volkswagen and Audi in the headlines, when their in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems were found vulnerable to remote hacking. By mid-May, it was BMW, in the thick of rolling out patches for 14 vulnerabilities discovered by a Chi… Continue reading What Will it Take to Accelerate Connected Car Security?

IoT devices could be next customer data frontier

At the Adobe Summit this week in Las Vegas, the company introduced what could be the ultimate customer experience construct, a customer experience system of record that pulls in information, not just from Adobe tools, but wherever it lives. In many ways it marked a new period in the notion of customer experience management, putting […] Continue reading IoT devices could be next customer data frontier

Keeping Industrial Revolution 4.0’s Treasures Hidden

The growing use of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) worldwide is in the process of turning the concept of smart factories into reality. The phenomenon has been described by observers as the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0 for short. B… Continue reading Keeping Industrial Revolution 4.0’s Treasures Hidden

Could Net Neutrality reversal spell open season for connected car data?

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to overturn Net Neutrality. The decision gives internet service providers (ISPs) and telecom companies the right to prioritize services according to customers’ ability to pay and to sell … Continue reading Could Net Neutrality reversal spell open season for connected car data?

Cubic Telecom gets $46.5M to connect cars and other devices globally

 As automakers ramp up their connected car initiatives, a company that has built a solution to link vehicles up to mobile networks globally has raised a significant round of funding from a group of investors that includes Audi and Qualcomm.
Cubic Telecom, a startup out of Dublin, Ireland, that has built a virtual networking solution that lets cars (and other devices) automatically connect to… Read More Continue reading Cubic Telecom gets $46.5M to connect cars and other devices globally

Cubic Telecom gets $46.5M to connect cars and other devices globally

 As automakers ramp up their connected car initiatives, a company that has built a solution to link vehicles up to mobile networks globally has raised a significant round of funding from a group of investors that includes Audi and Qualcomm.
Cubic Telecom, a startup out of Dublin, Ireland, that has built a virtual networking solution that lets cars (and other devices) automatically connect to… Read More Continue reading Cubic Telecom gets $46.5M to connect cars and other devices globally

Otonomo raises $12 million to make data from connected cars useful

connected-car Even if self-driving cars aren’t part of our daily lives yet, vehicles are becoming internet-connected at a rapid pace. Gartner predicts that one-fifth of all autos on the road, and a great majority of new vehicles being produced worldwide, will have wireless network connectivity by 2020. Yet, few organizations have access to use the data generated by these vehicles today. That’s… Read More Continue reading Otonomo raises $12 million to make data from connected cars useful

Fiat Chrysler launches Detroit’s first bug bounty program for car hackers

It’s the first of the big three US auto makers to grab the steering wheel on this whole find-vulnerabilities, steer-a-car-into-a-ditch endeavor. Continue reading Fiat Chrysler launches Detroit’s first bug bounty program for car hackers