Enterprise IT

In Enterprise IT, we lay the foundation for Audi’s digital transformation by sustainably and scalably connecting data, processes, and applications—enabling optimal design and execution of our business processes and value streams.

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With NEXT:IT, we operate as a technology-driven, agile product organization—reducing complexity and leveraging synergies through a hybrid agile approach and a data centric target architecture. We define the IT guardrails and ensure that our architecture, portfolio management, financial, engineering, and security practices are consistent, compliant, and future ready.

Frank Loydl - CIO of AUDI AG

“Our Enterprise IT is not just part of the transformation toward a Software Defined Enterprise—it is the foundation, enabling a sustainable integration of data, processes, and applications.”

- Frank Loydl, CIO of Audi AG

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Data, Processes, and Applications

In Enterprise IT, we think of data, processes, and applications as one end to end system. These three dimensions work together as an integrated architecture: data serves as the strategic asset, processes define operational execution, and applications deliver the technological implementation. Their seamless interplay creates a stable, scalable foundation—essential for a Software Defined Enterprise IT that operates with flexibility, connectivity, and digital scale.

Audi IT in a nutshell

How we see ourselves ...

  • Drivers of agile transformation and value stream alignment
  • A trusted partner that strengthens the company’s digital capabilities through a stable and secure IT infrastructure
  • A catalyst for the successful adoption of Artificial Intelligence across the enterprise
  • Architects of the enterprise IT landscape
  • Guardians of IT security and compliance

What we support ...

  • Our business units in delivering a high performing, future ready application landscape
  • The optimal mix of in house capabilities, external services, and innovative technologies
  • Building and expanding strategic IT capabilities and future critical domains
  • Protecting the data of our customers and employees across our IT systems
  • The consistent use of Agentic AI in business processes to unlock new capabilities in data processing and decision making

Discover more about Enterprise IT at Audi

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