Cofinity-X the bar is high

Catena-X is designed to enable all participants in the automotive value chain to exchange data consistently via an EU-wide cloud data network (see also article Catena-X – for a high-performance automotive industry in Europe).
Cofinity-X GmbH has now been founded in Cologne. Prominent founding members of the joint venture include BASF, BMW, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen and ZF.
The goal of Cofinity-X is to establish and operate an EU-wide open cloud ecosystem for data exchange and digital services. The first services and offerings are scheduled to go live at the end of April 2023.

Strategic feature are
– Material Tracability
– Carbon (Co2) foodprint tracking
– Circular economy

Turning away from the Hyperscalern ?
All the major players have also been working on building their own industrial clouds, mostly in cooperation with the major hyperscalers such as AWS, Microsoft and Google.

Cofinity-X’s vision is to power core applications of the Catena-X data ecosystem that enables the easy and rapid deployment of products and services in the automotive industry. The Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC) is one of the key technologies for sovereign data exchange between companies.

Confinity-X with four product areas

Cofinity-X will build a product portfolio with four product and service offerings.

Open Marketplace
The open marketplace will mediate between network participants. The products and services offered there by Cofinity-X and other partners will allow potential customers to participate in the Catena-X data ecosystem.

Data Exchange
The data exchange between the participating companies is based on sovereign, secure and standardized principles and without any lock-in effect on business applications. Each participant is to retain complete control over its data at all times.

Federated- and Shared Services
Federated services enable the exchange of data between the applications offered in the marketplace in an interoperable open source approach.

Onboarding Services
The Onboarding Services will support the adoption of the Catena-X data ecosystem and the connection of all players along the automotive value chains. Furthermore, the establishment of a true circular economy is foreseen to improve the use of recyclable materials.

Another goal is for the Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC) to be used by every company to establish a uniform standard for data exchange across the automotive industry. Companies can use the EDC from Cofinity-X as a managed service or as a license.

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