Continental on AWS
From one of the most recognized tire brands in the world to a connected mobility pioneer, Continental has seen success from 1871 to today thanks to its constant evolution. Using Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company has embraced the cloud and accelerated a software-driven vision. It built modular solution Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge), which connects vehicles to the cloud and provides a virtual workbench to speed development from weeks to hours. And, by embarking on an organization-wide upskilling program and engaging with AWS Skills Guild, thousands of employees have generated more than 100 innovative business proposals. For Continental, investing in cloud capabilities means investing in its future as a key provider of intelligent connectivity for the automotive industry.
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2024
Changing Gears: Parallelizing Hardware and Software Development at Continental
What happens when you approach the development of electronic control units (ECUs) for vehicles in the same way as smartphone design? Continental is exploring this question by parallelizing hardware and software development on AWS, leveraging AWS Graviton processors and Android Automotive for virtualized testing environments.
2023Continental Builds Automotive Software Platform on AWS, Cuts Processing Time from Months to Hours
Continental’s digital transformation in the fast-moving automotive sector has seen it create new solutions that represent the future of the industry. Like its Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge) framework, which connects vehicles to the cloud, speeding up the software development process and providing a platform to deliver next-generation automotive services. Built in 6 months, CAEdge has cut data processing time from months to hours.
2023Develop and Test Automotive Software at Scale Using AWS
Continental continues to extend its collaboration with AWS via new, innovative cloud-based additions to its CAEdge platform, such as vECU Creator. With vECU Creator, developers and testers can provision virtualized hardware on AWS, and pull forward their development and testing activity in the software development cycle. Continental expects that vECU Creator may save anywhere from 6 to 12 months of project delivery time
2022Continental Cuts Data Processing Time in Development Platform for Automotive Software on AWS
Continental built its Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge) modular hardware and software solution in 6 months using Amazon Web Services (AWS). With cloud-based functionality, development tasks that would take weeks before are now done in hours. And processing time for the entire data pipeline is completed in 15 minutes compared to up to 10 days.
2021Executive Conversations: Continental Selects AWS for Software Defined Vehicle Platform
Bill Foy, Director of Worldwide Automotive Specialist Solutions for Amazon Web Services (AWS), interviews Michael Hülsewies, Continental’s Senior Vice President and Head of Architecture & Software, to discuss how AWS and Continental partner to launch the Continental Automotive Edge Platform, enabling seamless software development and deployment for software-defined vehicles.
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2023
How Continental Accelerates Autonomous Driving Simulations with Mountpoint for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Continental and AWS have been collaborating to accelerate autonomous driving simulations with Mountpoint for Amazon S3 - seamlessly access data in S3 as a file system, boosting performance by 20% and cost efficiency by 30%.
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2023
Continental AG Empowers over 7,500 Employees to Collaborate Using AWS Skills Guild
With software development a critical focus for Continental, the organization embarked on a comprehensive cloud skills training program called the Continental Cloud Guild. Working with the AWS Skills Guild team, it engaged thousands of learners across 26 countries through cloud events and self-directed learning. By attaining cutting-edge skills, employees are accelerating innovation at Continental.
Working with AWS Skills Guild, we could build a holistic cloud environment within our company to help drive our digital transformation.”
Anupama Raman
Head of the Software Academy, Continental
About Continental
Continental is a Germany-based multinational technology company that specializes in the design and manufacture of tires, brakes systems, and other automotive components, as well as autonomous mobility and assisted-driving functions.
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