{"id":27150,"date":"2014-11-02T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T21:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=27150"},"modified":"2014-11-02T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T21:41:08","slug":"genivi-alliance-receives-supplier-innovation-award-from-bmw-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/open-source-software\/genivi-alliance-receives-supplier-innovation-award-from-bmw-group.php","title":{"rendered":"GENIVI Alliance Receives Supplier Innovation Award From BMW Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>By PR                        Newswire                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>                          Article Rating:                        <\/p>\n<p>                          Reads:                        <\/p>\n<p>                      -- Special \"Innovation Partnership\" Award                      Presented for Delivery of First Open Source                      Infotainment Platform                    <\/p>\n<p>                      SAN RAMON,                      California, Oct. 28, 2014 \/PRNewswire\/                      --The GENIVI Alliance, an                      automotive and consumer electronics industry                      association driving the development and                      adoption of open source In-vehicle                      Infotainment (IVI) software has received the                      Supplier Innovation Award in the category of                      Innovation Partnership from the BMW Group.                    <\/p>\n<p>                      Presented during its third BMW Supplier                      Innovation Awards event in Amsterdam, the award                      recognizes BMW's most innovative suppliers as                      key partners in making decisive contributions                      to the success of the company.                    <\/p>\n<p>                      In November                      2013, BMW introduced its first                      generation GENIVI Linux head unit product,                      which is now featured in many BMW Group                      models. The head unit, which is the                      central component for in-car communications,                      navigation and entertainment, leveraged the                      open source software developed in GENIVI for                      the non-differentiating functionality                      required by IVI systems.                    <\/p>\n<p>                        CIO, CTO & Developer Resources                      <\/p>\n<p>                      \"With the delivery of our first Linux head                      unit, BMW has proven the benefit of an open                      source development approach,\" said                      Sajjad Khan,                      senior vice president, Infotainment and                      Connected Drive, BMW Group. \"Our                      suppliers are now providing a GENIVI                      Compliant platform as default                      because they believe it's the best way to                      build a quality IVI product.\"                    <\/p>\n<p>                      BMW has launched a second GENIVI development                      project that will reuse code from its first                      program, and benefit from new code added to                      the GENIVI platform since their first program                      was completed.                    <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/linux.sys-con.com\/node\/3220706\/RK=0\/RS=p0dmUsWnCQvXpxwj5q8wwXQKh1U-\" title=\"GENIVI Alliance Receives Supplier Innovation Award From BMW Group\">GENIVI Alliance Receives Supplier Innovation Award From BMW Group<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By PR Newswire Article Rating: Reads: -- Special \"Innovation Partnership\" Award Presented for Delivery of First Open Source Infotainment Platform SAN RAMON, California, Oct. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-source-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}