GE this week launched a cloud-based data and analytics platform robust enough to manage the data produced by large-scale, industrial machines. Built to support the Industrial Internet and turn data into real-time insight, the platform is aimed at major global industries including aviation, healthcare, energy production and distribution, transportation and manufacturing, the company said.
GE expects it to be combined with its new GE Predictivity services and technologies so that airlines, railroads, hospitals and utilities can manage and operate critical machines such as jet engines and gas turbines in the cloud — running businesses better by increasing productivity and reducing waste and downtime.
The industrial strength platform is supported by the new Proficy Historian HD — a Hadoop-based historian data management software. Historian delivers real-time data management, analytics and machine-to-operations connectivity in a secure, closed-loop architecture so users can move from reactive to a predictive industrial operating model.
Bill Ruh, VP of GE’s Global Software Center, said in the release, “GE’s industrial strength platform is the first viable step to not only the next era of industrial productivity, but the next era of computing. The ability to bring machines to life with powerful software and sensors is a big advancement — but it is only in the ability to quickly analyze, understand, and put machine-based data to work in real-time that points us to a society that benefits from the promise of big data. This is what the Industrial Internet is about and we are building an ecosystem with partners to save money for our customers and unlock new value for society.”
As part of the roll out, GE announced partnerships with consulting firm Accenture to develop technology and analytics applications; an extension of the technology partnership with Pivotal to jointly develop and deploy Industrial Internet solutions using Cloud Foundry, in-memory and Hadoop-based technology; and a strategic relationship with Amazon Web Services, who will be the first cloud provider on which GE will deploy its Industrial Internet platform.