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As the IT supplier to the Volvo Ocean Race, Volvo IT provides a platform that makes it possible to communicate - from the race’s 11 stop-overs and to the rest of the world.

“Working with live TV broadcasts is high-pressure,” says TV4’s Chief Broadcast Engineer David Avellone. “It is a make or break scenario when you are shooting at a remote location.”

60 kilometers an hour in a rib boat, riding the waves along with 8 Volvo Ocean Race 70s.

Volvo IT and business system supplier IBS have signed an agreement making it possible for IBS’ customers to allow Volvo IT responsibility for operating their business systems.

By launching Volvo On Call, Volvo Cars will become the first automotive manufacturer to offer safety related services, such as emergency calls and breakdown calls, to car buyers in Russia.

Volvo IT has been commissioned to develop and maintain FordEcat, a system Ford's dealers in Europe are using to streamline the sale of parts and service. A new version of the system will have been installed at 5,500 dealers in 40 countries by the end of June.

WirelessCar, BMW and Connexis won an award at the Telematics Detroit 2008 conference for launching the Next Generation Telematics Protocol, NGTP. Using NGTP, drivers can access new services without making technical adjustments inside the vehicle.

Volvo IT was one of the winners when the IP telephony award was presented in Stockholm last week. The IP telephony award is a joint venture between the Swedish magazine Telekom idag (Telecom today) and the IP telephony forum.

Volvo IT’s Consulting Services Department made it to the final of the “Best workplace for engineers” competition which is organised by Ingenjören (Engineer), a magazine for the members of the Swedish Engineers trade union.

For the second year in succession, Volvo IT found itself in eighth place when Swedish IT students ranked their favourite employers among 162 companies, according to the Company Barometer, a survey conducted every year by Universum Communications.