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

Recruiters are not done with shortages, according to PageGroup's 2023 salary survey. In the tech sector, tensions will continue and some profiles should see their salaries increase by more than 5%.

Tensions will remain in the job market in 2023. Skills shortages and inflationary pressures will not make life easier for recruiters in the IT and digital professions. According to PageGroup's 2023 salary survey, "all IT functions will be under pressure with a shortage of candidates. This problem will particularly affect experts in cybercrime, systems engineering, cloud and data".

DATA ENGINEER, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, DEVELOPER

In IT, the study identifies five key profiles that will be in particular demand in 2023: cybersecurity experts, SAP profiles, experts in agile methodology, DevOps and DevSecOps, and cloud experts.

Those who should see their salaries increase the fastest are project managers (+5%, with a starting salary between 38,000 and 45,000 euros), developers, data engineers (+8%), system and network administrators (+6%), and cybersecurity consultants. A cybersecurity engineer can expect a salary of 45 to 60K between 2 and 5 years of experience.

UI/UX DESIGNER, TRAFFIC MANAGER, CRM MANAGER, DATA ANALYST

In the digital sector, 70% of companies say they are having difficulty recruiting. Experts in data science, digital campaigns, e-store managers, UX designers, chiefs digital officers, and specialists in e-reputation and web marketing (inbound marketing, bid manager, product owner...) will be spoilt for choice when it comes to finding an employer.

According to PageGroup, the professions that will benefit from the most significant salary increases are UI designers, UX designers (40K for a young graduate, up to 80K between 5 and 15 years of experience), traffic managers, CRM managers, and data analysts (38 to 55K after 5 years of career).

ROBOTICS, CYBERSECURITY, IOT

Among engineers and technicians, the consulting and recruitment firm also lists several jobs described as "rare and booming": robotics technician, connected object designer, automation and robotics engineer, embedded electronics engineer, industrial cybersecurity engineer. In these professions, salaries range from 28 to 38K for young graduates, and from 35 to 45K after 5 years of experience.

As for outsourced skills, the most sought-after tech consultants are still developers, ahead of project management consultants, test engineers, business analysts and project managers. The study notes that 83% of IT managers want to outsource security, which promises good prospects for specialized consultants.

Source: www.usine-digitale.fr