Internet technology is growing fast and next 10 years, hardly there is any desktop software. With onset of cloud computing, you can imagine every computer device can use software on the internet without much use of local resources.
Recently there is a news, Microsoft will use web services in Toyota vehicles. The partnership will develop and roll out ‘telematics’ applications for cars, which could provide features like GPS, power-management and multimedia services.
Toyota’s 2012 hybrid vehicles will be the first to get the services, and by 2015 it expects to offer them to customers worldwide.
Microsoft has been involved in the auto market for several years – it designed Ford’s Sync entertainment system, which was rolled out in 2007 and lets drivers do things such as make phone calls, listen to incoming text messages and use GPS to get turn-by-turn directions.
Also, there is a new trend of using web based application for after sales market. Last January, Bosch Network Chooses MAM’s Web-based Garage Software. Bosch Car Service has setup authorized car service centres network all over the world. There are over 260 Bosch Car Service in India. For many garages and small workshops, managing the administrative tasks of the business can be complex and time consuming. Bosch Car Service Network has recommended MAM’s Web-based Garage Software to all authorized workshops.
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