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Vitesco Technologies’ decisive commitment to cloud

The Industrialist: An interview with Thomas Buck, CIO of Vitesco Technologies

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November 27, 2023

Subscribe to The Industrialist, your essential guide to the industrial industry. Each month, discover how Industrial companies create and compete, the new business practices and trends to watch, and which individuals are shaping the future of the industrial sector.

For this edition, we talked with Vitesco Technologies’ CIO Thomas Buck about the company’s decisive commitment to cloud that enabled speed and flexibility–and more importantly that helps unlock the potential of next-generation solutions such as generative AI, digital twins and the metaverse.

Manuela Peintner, Managing Director at Accenture, talked with Thomas about Vitesco Technologies' strategy for addressing the disruptive megatrends affecting industrial automotive suppliers. Thomas also shared his perspective on the role of open data ecosystems and industry-wide collaboration, as well as how his team is elevating cybersecurity to an organization-wide priority.

With our focus on the cloud, we were able to lay a perfect foundation for all our digitalization initiatives.

Thomas Buck / Chief Information Officer, Vitesco Technologies

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Our take

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