Plano, Texas, USA - April 04, 2016 - Toyota today announced that it will launch Toyota Connected, Inc. to significantly expand the company's capabilities in the fields of data management and data services development. The new company will serve as a data science hub for Toyota's global operations and will support a broad range of consumer-, business- and government- facing initiatives. The launch of Toyota Connected builds on Toyota's global vision of a future of mobility that is clean, safe and convenient. The company will leverage the power of data science through Microsoft's Azure cloud technology to develop predictive, contextual, and intuitive services that help to humanize the driving experience while pushing the technology into the background.