Apple & GE Partner to Bring Predix Industrial Apps to iPhone & iPad
October 18 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Apple® and GE today announced a partnership to deliver powerful
industrial apps designed to bring predictive data and analytics
from Predix, GE’s industrial Internet of Things (IoT) platform, to
iPhone® and iPad®. The two companies unveiled a new Predix software
development kit (SDK) for iOS, which gives developers the tools to
make their own powerful industrial IoT apps.
“GE is an ideal partner with a rich history of innovation across
the industrial world in areas like aviation, manufacturing,
healthcare and energy,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Together,
Apple and GE are fundamentally changing how the industrial world
works by combining GE’s Predix platform with the power and
simplicity of iPhone and iPad.”
“The partnership between Apple and GE is providing developers
with the tools to make their own powerful industrial IoT apps,”
said John Flannery, Chairman and CEO, GE. “Our customers
increasingly need to arm their workforces through mobility. Working
together, GE and Apple are giving industrial companies access to
powerful apps that help them tap into the predictive data and
analytics of Predix right on their iPhone or iPad.”
The new Predix SDK for iOS will be available to download on
Thursday, October 26. The SDK gives developers the ability to make
powerful, native apps that take full advantage of the industrial
analytics from Predix and tap into the power and ease of use of
iOS, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system.
These apps will give industrial operators more insight and
visibility into the performance of their equipment and operations
right from their iPhone or iPad. For example, a Predix app can
notify a worker on their iPhone of a potential issue with equipment
such as a wind turbine and allow them to collaborate with remote
teams when performing inspections and repairs, collecting relevant
data instantly. These industrial apps will close the information
loop faster, ultimately increasing cost savings and minimizing
unplanned downtime.
In collaboration with Apple, GE is also developing apps for both
internal use and its customers, giving workers powerful tools to
enhance their jobs and help operations run more efficiently. GE’s
Asset Performance Management (APM) Cases app, which is available in
the App Store®, helps industrial businesses increase machine
reliability and availability while reducing maintenance costs and
managing operations risks. Customers including Exelon Corp. are
already putting APM to work and seeing improved equipment uptime
and overall productivity.
“Apple is known for setting the standard on hardware and simple
software interfaces,” said Brian Hoff, director of corporate
innovation at Exelon. “When you combine this with the power of
Predix and all of the data Exelon is aggregating and analyzing, the
possibilities for game-changing solutions are endless.”
GE will standardize on iPhone and iPad for mobile devices and
also promote Mac® as a choice for its global workforce of more than
330,000 employees. Apple will promote GE’s Predix as the industrial
IoT analytics platform of choice to its customers and
developers.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS —
provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower
people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple
Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees
are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving
the world better than we found it.
About GE
GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming
industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are
connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized around a
global exchange of knowledge, the “GE Store,” through which each
business shares and accesses the same technology, markets,
structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels innovation
and application across our industrial sectors. With people,
services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for
customers by speaking the language of industry. To learn more,
please visit: www.ge.com.
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