Learning Center – The Automotive Insider Blog

There are few that would argue the growing need for well-conceived software architectures for automotive. In the past ten years, software per vehicle has grown from ten million (10M) lines of code in the Chevy Volt (nicknamed the “King of Software Cars” by WIRED Magazine at the time) to now an estim...

Yet another study has listed “culture” as the most difficult hurdle to an organization’s transformation. According to the survey of 1,100 software managers, “General organization resistance to change” (48%) and “Organizational culture at odds with Agile values” (44%) are two of the four top obstacle...

Solving The Ineffable Plan What does “ineffable” mean? Viewers of the apocalyptic Amazon Prime show “Good Omens” frequently hear that word during exchanges been Aziraphale and Crowley, the angel and demon played by Michael Sheen and David Tennant respectively. “God does not play dice with the univer...

Where Landmines Are Hidden Among Acquisition Gems Bankruptcies. Unjumbling “coronavirus” can spell words like carnivorous, voracious and rancorous. Chapter 11 announcements since the start of the pandemic seem to be a daily occurrence. Putting aside all of the fashion retailers, cruise line operator...

Over 30 million jobless claims have been filed in the U.S. in the past six weeks alone. The U.S. unemployment rate for April will be announced next Friday and is anticipated to be near 6.5% after being at 4.4% in March. To put this in perspective, the U.S Bureau of Labor and Statistics has charted u...

In the midst of this sheltering-in-place, Netflix NFLX and other streaming services have seen an 85% increase in revenue. Among the highest programs watched during this “How on God’s Green Earth do I occupy another seven hours” period is the bizarre documentary series (a.k.a. docuseries) entitled, “...