BROWSING: GE

GE signs smart factory agreement with Korean steelmaker Posco

The new smart factory platform aims to improve steel mill’s production efficiency South Korea’s largest steelmaker Posco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with General Electric (GE) to develop a smart factory platform that is expected to improve steel mill production efficiency and prevent...

Digital transformation at the core of GE Ventures strategy

In an interview with Enterprise IoT Insights conducts at the TC3 Summit in Mountain View, Calif., Abhishek Shukla, Managing Director, Software Investments​ ​for G​E Ventures, explained the company's approach to investing in digital transformation. "What I look at is specifically all infrastructure needs for GE...

Intel announces commercial 5G modem

After launching its 5G modem chip early this year, Intel has announced plans to commercialize the technology in 2019. The company said its XMMTM 8060 modem is already making 5G calls using spectrum in the 28 GHz band. The XMMTM 8060 will support both sub-6GHz...

GE partners with Turk Telekom on industrial transformation

As the Industry 4.0 movement spreads from Germany across Europe and the rest of the world, telecommunications operators are looking to develop portfolios that combine their network expertise with industrial-facing product portfolios, managed services and other solution sets. Case in point, Turk Telekom, which...

Digital transformation needs insight from the edge to the cloud

With edge computing and cloud computing it's not an either/or scenario Data insight is seen as a primary driver of digital transformation--the process of bringing technology to bear on virtually any type of enterprise or industry in an effort to maximize efficiency, identify cost savings...

GE: Industries see the value of the IoT, but readiness is lagging

Industrial IoT solutions will drive digital transformation, but there's a gap between outlook and preparations “The industrial internet is already having a profound impact on industrial companies of all sizes. We know this because we are seeing real benefits with our customers and across GE....

Smart Cities 2.0 and the role of platforms

As more "smart city" deployments come to life, city officials are increasingly seeking to get beyond the basics of connecting sensors and video cameras and thinking more about how to make the best use of the data coming from connected devices. This is part...

What’s holding back the IoT?

The internet of things may someday deliver a world of robots and intelligent machines that control all manner of devices, but for now, most connected devices are ultimately controlled by humans. Humans need information - we demand data, and then we want data about...

What are smart cities 2.0?

The smart cities market proclaims it has reached a new phase in its evolution, at last, which is showing tangible results in terms of operational efficiencies and sustainability. With familiar terminology, borrowed from the world of software, it has dubbed this new phase ‘Smart...

AT&T partners with GE for Atlanta smart city projects

AT&T is exclusive reseller for GE Current intelligent sensor nodes in U.S. and Mexico AT&T may be moving much of its workforce out of Atlanta, but the company clearly remains committed to the city. This week at Mobile World Congress Americas, AT&T said it will...

Smart manufacturing finds a home in Tennessee

Smart manufacturing is on the rise throughout the U.S. as companies use sensors and software to save time and cut costs. Some states are clear centers of gravity for smart manufacturing, and Tennessee is one of them. This week Chinese industrial giant Haier, which owns...

GE wants to test CBRS in the air

Non-traditional operators eye CBRS spectrum for enterprise IoT, LTE networks GE has asked the Federal Communications Commission for special permission to test Citizens Broadband Radio Service using an airborne mobile unit. The company said the tests will be conducted next month in Niskayuna, NY. The mobile...

Smart Cities Connect: Dallas to share smart city data with developers

As the world headquarters for AT&T, Dallas was an obvious choice for the telecom giant when it selected eight locations to test its smart city technologies. The company partnered with the Dallas Innovation Alliance to launch a a multi-phased smart cities project which already...

Smart Cities Connect: Dallas to share smart city data with developers

As the world headquarters for AT&T, Dallas was an obvious choice for the telecom giant when it selected eight locations to test its smart city technologies. The company partnered with the Dallas Innovation Alliance to launch a a multi-phased smart cities project which already...

Head of GE Healthcare to take over as CEO

Industrial internet of things leader GE has named John Flannery as its incoming CEO. Flannery is set to take over on August 1 when current CEO Jeffrey Immelt steps down. Flannery is currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare, and has written and spoken...

GE Current pushing smart cities with beacon firm Connecthings

Connecthings operates a global network of over 130,000 beacons for smart cities applications French firm Connecthings, which operates a global network of over 130,000 beacons in public spaces, has partnered with GE's company Current,  to encourage the use of the intelligent environments platform in smart cities. Connecthings...

GE partners with Google for connected appliances

Some users can control home appliances by speaking to their Android smartphones GE Appliances has integrated its Geneva software with Google Assistant, enabling users to query and control home appliances by talking to a Google Home device. Geneva will also work with Google's Pixel phones...

Predictive analytics software keeps the lights on in the U.K.

The $1.5 billion market for predictive analytics solutions is expected to be worth more than $10 billion by 2022, according to IoT Analytics. Companies are looking for sensors and software that can alert them to potential equipment problems before the develop. Predictive analytics software has...

IoT DevCon 2017

Silicon Valley's internet of things developers conference has laid claim to a key audience within the IoT ecosystem: the developers who create the software and embedded systems to connect devices to the internet and analyze the data they generate. The show filled a wing of...

Huawei and GE launch cloud-based predictive maintenance solution

Predictive maintenance is a key industrial IoT use case Chinese ICT vendor Huawei and GE Digital have launched a jointly-developed industrial cloud-based predictive maintenance solution that integrates Huawei's EC-IoT gateways and Agile Controller, GE's Predix platform, other partners' sensors and controllers, and industrial applications to construct information...

Smart Cities Council welcomes wireless industry members

CommScope is latest vendor to join council as a lead partner The market for smart city solutions will soon be worth more than $1 trillion, according to Frost & Sullivan, and the wireless industry will be ready. Companies from almost every part of...

Kagan: Smart cities grow with AT&T, GE, Intel

AT&T, GE, Intel, Harman and others were busy showing off their smart city products and services at Mobile World Congress 2017. Themes at the show included "5G," artificial intelligence, the internet of things," virtual reality and augmented reality, but smart cities are one of...

What is digital transformation?

Defining digital transformation. Digital transformation is a term that has reached just about every company in every industry. It has been debated by analysts, thought leaders and executives. Digital transformation is a broad concept for the fundamental transformation of companies to a more technology reliant...

What is digital transformation?

Defining digital transformation Digital transformation is a term that has reached just about every company in every industry. It has been debated by analysts, thought-leaders, executives – you name it.  Digital transformation is a broad concept for the fundamental transformation of companies to a more...