Industrial internet arm of General Electric extends search for best European digital industrial start-ups

Paris, France. October 2, 2017 – GE Digital, the industrial internet arm of General Electric, today launched a Digital Industrial Program for UK and European start-ups. The challenge, which is led by the company’s European Foundry in Paris, aims to drive deeper collaboration between GE and the start-up community and to encourage innovation across the

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As CEO Immelt steps down GE launches applications, and edge-to-cloud analytics to aid industrial transformation

At Minds + Machines Europe in Berlin, Germany this week, GE unveiled new solutions that are purpose-built for industrial assets, environments and operations. This came at the same time as Jeffrey Immelt stepped down as chairman and chief executive of General Electric Co., says Jeremy Cowan.

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Frost & Sullivan brings in new and combined sensors with real time and continuous monitoring

The need for optimal safety, high yield, and combustion value to ensure process integrity is spurring double-digit growth and adoption of humidity and moisture sensors.

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US$50,000 to be won building apps to kickstart a ‘new era’ in Industrial IoT with GE Brilliant Hacks

The best manufacturers in the world rely on a skilled workforce, quality materials, optimal processes, and reliable machines. When any of these elements start to fail, they create delays, cost overruns, waste, and anxiety on the shop floor.

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Mobile World Congress 2017: My highlights

Barcelona was the scene of another festival of technology, as the world’s most influential companies, journalists and engineers travelled to Mobile World Congress (MWC). MWC tends to be associated with new handset launches, but this year’s show was about more than just devices.

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Actility announces the launch of ThingPark X, a data mediation and transformation platform

Actility, a provider of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN), announced the launch of ThingPark X, a data mediation and transformation platform.

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Greenwave Systems acquires Predixion Software to enhance its AXON Platform

IoT and M2M platform provider, Greenwave Systems has acquired Predixion Software, a developer of real-time visual edge analytics software for the Internet of Things, for an undisclosed amount.

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GE launches integrated, industrial-grade platform for optimising assets at scale

GE’s Automation & Controls business introduced GE’s new Industrial Internet Control System (IICS) at its 2016 Connected Controls Symposium at the company’s Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY.

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IBM and Cisco retain leading positions in Navigant Research’s assessment

A new Leaderboard report from Navigant Research examined the strategy and execution of 16 leading smart city suppliers, providing industry participants with an objective assessment of these companies’ relative strengths and weaknesses in the global market.

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Open Interconnect Consortium helps developers tackle IoT with new toolkit and now has over 150 members

The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) has announced the availability of an important update for developers that will help organisations swiftly navigate the OIC’s resources.

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A Cambrian explosion in IoT evolution

Studying the fossil record, evolutionary biologists have theorised an event called the Cambrian explosion. During a relatively short period, the diversity of animal life seems to have rapidly increased from predominately single-cell organisms to a much wider variety of complex organisms.

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AT&T launches smart cities framework with new strategic alliances, spotlight cities, and integrated vertical solutions

AT&T is building a framework to help cities better serve their citizens. The company is using Internet of Things (IoT) innovations to create impactful solutions for cities and forming alliances with technology leaders and industry organisations.

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IoT on the USA’s East Coast

Think East Coast telecoms, writes Guy Daniels, and the chances are you’ll come up with some of the big names in network innovation – from the industrial data canvas suburbs of Boston, through New Jersey and down to the technology corridor of northern Virginia.

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Trade-offs in M2M product development

Long before the phrases M2M and the Internet of Things came to wider attention, we were already making machines talk to each other, says Dunstan Power of ByteSnap Design. Early adopters like General Motors and Hughes Electronics Corporation could see the benefits that machine-to-machine communications (M2M) offered forward-thinking businesses as far back as 1995 but

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Sierra Wireless invests in LTE-M future for lower power and better coverage in the Internet of Things

At an Analysts’ Day in Paris, Sierra Wireless executives unveiled the company’s plans for development within the rapidly evolving Internet of Things, as Jeremy Cowan reports. Foremost among these is LTE-M which, says the company’s CTO, “has the potential to revolutionise wireless IoT”.

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AT&T and GE sign global alliance agreement for M2M solutions, Cisco and Intel to join

(Dallas, Texas, USA.  October 9, 2013) — AT&T and GE have signed a global alliance agreement to allow GE machines to connect to the AT&T network and cloud, creating the first highly-secure wireless communications system for GE’s ‘Industrial Internet’. GE will use AT&T’s global network, mobility assets and M2M expertise.

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