CARIAD creates centralised data platform for Volkswagen Group
Vehicle data forms the basis for intelligent driving functions in cars and enables smart, digital and personalised features for customers. Before new vehicles go into production, function developers test this data in trials and endurance runs. Cluster Reply's cloud-based solution enables group brands such as Audi, Seat and Porsche to access this vehicle data as needed within a tailored role and rights concept, enabling them to develop new vehicles more efficiently.
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The challenge
Make large amounts of data available securely and conveniently across the group to enrich and accelerate the development of new vehicles.
The scenario
Many brands and file formats in one place
CARIAD is the Volkswagen Group's automotive software company. With its software development, the company supports well-known brands such as Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen. Every day, the brands' function developers collect a large amount of vehicle data in a wide variety of formats worldwide. This includes image, video and log data.
In order to harness the potential of this diverse data, CARIAD has developed a unified platform for the entire group. This platform is designed to facilitate collaboration and exchange between the individual brands, thereby accelerating new developments.
The solution
A database centralised in the cloud
With the support of Cluster Reply, CARIAD has succeeded in implementing a platform in the Azure cloud that integrates seamlessly into the Volkswagen Group's existing system landscape. This allows the brands to access test vehicle data in a straightforward and standardised manner.
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How we achieved this
Autonomy and safety in balance
The new platform is characterised by its flexible, scalable architecture. Special attribute-based access control (ABAC) models ensure highly precise access control. This is supplemented by customised assignment of permissions for reading, editing or deleting data. This creates an optimal balance between autonomous data use and platform security.
The result
The advantages at a glance
Group-wide, secure exchange of data from a wide variety of sources and formats
Convenient use via web app or special tools
Precise access and authorisation management
If required, easily scalable and flexible to use
Seamlessly integrated into existing system landscape
CARIAD is the Volkswagen Group's automotive software company. CARIAD develops software platforms and digital customer functions for iconic brands such as Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche, supporting the Volkswagen Group on its journey to becoming the leading automotive technology group. More than 5,000 experts in software centres in Germany, the USA, China, Estonia and India are working to make mobility safer, more sustainable and more comfortable for everyone. The company's products include advanced driver assistance systems, a unified infotainment platform, software functions for charging and driving performance, data, backend and cloud solutions, and digital services in and around the vehicle. Well-known models such as the Volkswagen ID. Buzz and ID.7, the Audi Q6 e-tron and the Porsche Macan 4 Electric are already equipped with the latest CARIAD technology.
Cluster Reply is the Reply Group company specialising in consulting and system integration of Microsoft technologies. As a Microsoft partner, Cluster Reply is active in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and works within the Reply network with sister companies in Brazil, Great Britain, Italy as well as the USA. The company focuses on innovation and supports customers in their digital transformation. The solutions range from on-premises to cloud applications in the areas of modern workplace and security, business applications, applications and infrastructure as well as data and artificial intelligence.