What is Automotive Software and Why Does It Matter? – Grape Up

Jean J. Sanders

Connected Car, Software Development and Autonomous Driving are the three most repeated words in the automotive industry. It’s hard not to notice that all three are basically different use cases heavily dependent on different kinds of software: cloud, AI, edge computing, or internal applications. Analysts, investors, management, and even regular employees of OEMs seem […]

Vehicle Automation – Where We Are Today – Grape Up

Jean J. Sanders

Tesla has Autopilot, Cadillac has Super Cruise, and Audi uses Travel Assist. While there are many names, their functionality is essentially similar. ADAS(advanced driver-assistance systems) assists the driver while on the road and sets the path we need to take toward autonomous driving. And where does your brand rank in […]

How to Manage QA Teams – Grape Up

Jean J. Sanders

Ensuring distributed quality assurance and managing a QA team is not always as straightforward as one may think it is. There is no way to predict the exact number of bugs being introduced into the code and therefore, there is no way to calculate the precise time when those issues […]

How OEMs Can Leverage Subscription Business Model – Grape Up

Jean J. Sanders

The subscription business model outperforms the non-subscription business as we observe the shift from ownership towards usership. The success of services like Netflix for movies, Spotify for music, Microsoft Game Pass for video games quickly spreads outside from the entertainment industry. For industries based on the services, not on physical […]

How to Set Up Kafka Integration Test – Grape Up

Jean J. Sanders

Do you consider unit testing as not enough solution for keeping the application’s reliability and stability? Are you afraid that somehow or somewhere there is a potential bug hiding in the assumption that unit tests should cover all cases? And also is mocking Kafka not enough for project requirements? If […]

How Porsche Developed a Digital Twin – Grape Up

Jean J. Sanders

NASA used a precursor to these technologies to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth. Lockheed Martin claims these types of solutions are one of six game-changing technologies in the defense industry. The opinion-forming Gartner includes them in its list of ten strategic technologies that can streamline corporate decision-making […]