TOKYO, June 13, 2024 – (JCN Newswire) – – On June 12, 2024, NTT DATA Japan Corporation (“NTT DATA”) and DENSO (OTC:) CORPORATION (“DENSO”) signed a memorandum of understanding , to form a software development strategic partnership. Through this agreement, the two companies will deepen cooperation in strategy, talent management and technology to jointly contribute to the advancement of Japan’s automotive industry and help solve social problems. The cooperation between DENSO, which has in-vehicle technology advantages such as in-vehicle software, and NTT DATA, which has out-vehicle technology advantages such as cloud computing, aims to quickly and efficiently develop and provide in-vehicle software, which is becoming more and more popular in new cars. more common and complex. The two companies will also hire more senior software engineers and upskill existing engineers from both companies to create a globally deployable software-oriented mobile services platform that will facilitate the development of software-defined vehicles (“SDV”). era supports a mobile-centric society).
The first measure is that the two companies will jointly establish a software development system and train engineers, increasing the number of engineers to 3,000 by 2030.
background
In recent years, with the rise of autonomous driving, electrification, artificial intelligence, including connected cars, it is necessary to enhance large-scale and advanced vehicle software development capabilities and greatly improve development efficiency. At the same time, the SDV concept in which software greatly increases the value of vehicles and services is becoming more and more popular, making software development increasingly important and requiring closer connections between vehicles and infrastructure. Therefore, measures to use cloud technology have become crucial. As various social problems arise in society, such as public transportation, population growth, driver shortages in the logistics industry and other challenges, travel services are needed to help solve these problems, and an underlying platform needs to be established to connect vehicles with the cloud. Linkage.
NTT DATA and DENSO have been cooperating with each other for many years. In 2016, DENSO invested in software development company NTT DATA MSE. In 2022, NTT DATA and DENSO launched an initiative to build a full industry ecosystem for electric vehicle batteries. The two companies are strengthening their ties by co-developing software projects to transform the automotive industry.
Cooperation details
Against this background, the two companies have reached a basic agreement on a strategic software partnership aimed at accelerating traditional activities, developing the automotive industry and solving social problems. The two companies will leverage NTT DATA’s cloud technology advantages in various industries and DENSO’s in-vehicle software advantages to maximize synergy in terms of strategy, human resources and technology.
This partnership will address the following measures.
(1) Expand global software resources
Software will become the key to future automobile development. Autonomous driving, electrification, SDV, etc. all require a large amount of software resources. NTT DATA and DENSO will establish a global development system with 3,000 engineers by 2030 to maximize the collaboration of software resources from Japanese and overseas group companies to develop increasingly large-scale and complex vehicle software.
(2) Cultivate senior software engineers
NTT DATA and DENSO will establish a program in the software field to train human resources capable of creating business value. The companies aim to update the definition of software engineers produced by both companies, strengthen and standardize the program, and deploy and leverage the program across the automotive industry.
(3) Enhance software development support platform
With the development of the SDV era, vehicle-mounted software is becoming larger and more complex, and it is crucial to improve the development speed and efficiency of vehicle-mounted software. It is essential to establish a common platform to support software development, which supports the development of various other functions, including artificial intelligence-based assessment tools. NTT DATA and DENSO aim to jointly develop and deploy an optimal platform to support development based on a solution portfolio by leveraging both parties’ well-established advanced IT.
(4) Jointly advocate to solve social problems
NTT Data has been leveraging IT to provide services that help businesses develop and solve social problems, transcending the boundaries of individual companies and industries and extending to social infrastructure. DENSO aims to reduce the burden on the environment and realize a society with zero traffic accidents. Denso has been expanding the technologies it has accumulated in the automotive field to various other fields and continues to provide new value to society.
In order to realize an action-centered society in the future, NTT DATA and DENSO will jointly study the possibility of using their respective strengths to develop solutions to solve social problems. The companies aim to accelerate the program, including field testing of social implementation, and deploy it globally in the future.
future outlook
Through this collaboration, NTT DATA and DENSO will quickly create and jointly deploy a new mobile service platform. The two companies will deepen their alliance while harmonizing their respective strengths in the interior and exterior of the vehicle. They will make the vehicles more attractive through SDV-era software.
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