The BMW Group and AWS (Amazon Web Services) today announced a strategic partnership that will see the two businesses together develop cutting-edge cloud technologies with the goal of fully using the data potential of upcoming car generations. Additionally, the two businesses are working together to create commercial, ready-to-use cloud solutions for safely handling car data. Like in all prior cooperation, the BMW Group maintains complete and sole control over data and complies with local market-specific data protection laws.

Currently, the linked fleet of BMW Group vehicles transmits upwards of ten billion inquiries each day to the "backend," as the IT infrastructure in the cloud is known, which is used to operate and manage the connected vehicle operations. Customer functions like the My BMW App, driver assistance features, charging-optimized route advice, and hazard identification on the road are all based on vehicle data and how it is connected to the cloud. Vehicle data is crucial to the business as well because it is used for certain duties including enhancing customer services, quality management, and after-sales procedures.

The BMW Group established a common access point for internal users of vehicle-generated data in 2017 in order to keep up with the constantly expanding number of linked vehicles. The firm did this by taking steps to ensure that customer data is protected and securely processed in compliance with data privacy standards - across all markets in which the firm operates. The BMW Group will once again own sole ownership of the data in this most recent agreement. Without having access to or knowledge of the data produced by the fleet of connected vehicles owned by the BMW Group, AWS offers cloud infrastructure and services.

Future BMW Group developers will be able to quickly and easily get the required data while working on data-driven improvements to consumer operations thanks to a self-service portal. The BMW Group's engineers and data experts will be able to completely concentrate on the content and quality of the data because the portal will run smoothly and efficiently thanks to the usage of AWS services and dependable infrastructure. Additionally, with the customer's permission, data is also made accessible to third parties for potential applications.

Source: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0404359EN/bmw-group-collaborates-with-aws-to-bring-new-cloud-technologies-for-fast-and-reliable-availability-of-digital-innovations?language=en