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Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Waymo reached a preliminary agreement to explore a collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies. Woven by Toyota will also join the potential collaboration as Toyota’s strategic enabler, contributing its strengths in advanced software and mobility innovation. This potential partnership is built on a shared vision of improving road safety and delivering increased mobility for all. Toyota and Waymo aim to combine their respective strengths to develop a new autonomous vehicle platform. In parallel, the companies will explore how to leverage Waymo's autonomous technology and Toyota's vehicle expertise to enhance next-generation personally owned vehicles (POVs). The scope of the collaboration will continue to evolve through ongoing discussions. Toyota has long advanced research and development in support of a zero-traffic-accident vision, guided by a three-pillar approach...

TOKYO - NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and IT services, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Niveus Solutions, a premier cloud engineering company, specializing in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. The acquisition accelerates NTT DATA's strategy to expand its cloud capabilities to meet the global demand for transformative cloud solutions across industries and solidifies the company as a leading global system integrator for Google Cloud. Once the transaction is closed, Niveus Solutions, an award-winning leader in Google Cloud services, will add 1,000 GCP engineering professionals with expertise in GCP native modernization, data engineering and AI to enhance NTT DATA's Google Cloud Business Unit. With deep knowledge across financial services, manufacturing, automotive, retail and logistics, Niveus Solutions supports NTT DATA's ability to deliver specialized industry cloud platform solutions which enable rapid development of customized u...