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University of the Cumberlands
Cloud Computing (ITS-532-A03)-First Bi-Term
Developers are constantly attempting to integrate cloud technology into company in a
variety of ways that might eventually help business operations. The huge promise associated
with cloud computing has enticed many who have "cloud on their mind." Cloud computing is a
new loom that many companies around the world are implementing (Abdul et.al., 2012). Cloud
computing allows us to do a variety of things. It's all the rage in the IT and business worlds.
Cloud computing is gaining traction and offers a slew of benefits to businesses. In the realm of
information technology, cloud computing is the driving force.
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
The automobile industry develops an operating system, cloud native applications, the
internet of things, and a broad software development process that has the potential to turn it into
a worldwide powerhouse using cloud computing platforms. For example, Volkswagen, the
world's second-largest automaker, uses the open source cloud computing platform to create a
private cloud to host websites for its brands such as Porsche, Audi, and VW. VOLKSWAGEN is
one of many automobile corporations embracing transformative technology in preparation for a
digital future.
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF VOLKSWAGEN
Volkswagen Group, usually known as Volkswagen AG, is a significant German
automaker formed in 1937 by the German government to mass-produce a low-cost "people's
, car." Wolfsburg, Germany, is the headquarters. The German Labour Front (Deutsche
Arbeitsfront), a Nazi group, was the company's first owner. In 1934, the German Labour Front
engaged Ferdinand Porsche, an Austrian automotive engineer who was responsible for the
car's original design, and in 1938, ground was laid for a new factory in Lower Saxony. The
facility
was repurposed to create military equipment and vehicles with the onset of World War II in
1939, which occurred before mass production could commence.
CHALLENGES
The company's increasingly unstable finances, as well as competition from tiny cars with
more current styling, forced a shift in corporate strategy toward manufacturing more current and
sportier car models. As a result, in the 1970s, Volkswagen began to phase out its rear-engine
cars, replacing them with front-engine front-wheel-drive models. The short-lived K70 was the
first of these new automobiles, arriving in 1970, followed by the Passat in 1973. The Golf,
which was released in 1974 and was initially known as the Rabbit in the United States, was the
most significant. The Golf was an instant hit, basically displacing the Beetle in the Volkswagen
portfolio and going on to become the company's best-selling vehicle globally.
Volkswagen was jointly owned by the West German government and the state of Lower
Saxony until 1960, when the firm was largely denationalized with the public sale of 60 percent
of its stock. Volkswagen has had factories all around the world since the 1950s, notably in
Mexico, Brazil, China, and the United States. The company also manufactures vans and
commercial vehicles in addition to passenger automobiles. Volkswagen owns Audi and Porsche
in Germany, SEAT (Sociedad Espaola de Automóviles de Turismo) in Spain, koda in the Czech
Republic, Bentley in the United Kingdom, Lamborghini in Italy, and Bugatti in France, among
others.