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SimpliVity Corp. has made two major announcements that will greatly enhance its hyper-converged system capabilities. In addition to the introduction of a powerful new 22TB all-flash appliance offering that will allow the platform to operate with much greater performance and reduced latency, the company also announced RapidDR, which will automate and …
Why Ford kept its self-driving car plans secret | #theCUBE
Ford Motor Co. has long been silent on its intentions around fully autonomous vehicles, but a recent announcement detailed the legacy car maker’s plans for self-driving cars to hit production lines by 2021. Dr. Ken Washington, VP of Research and Advanced Engineering …
Edge-to-cloud computing: Why cloud is important to the industrial Internet | #theCUBE
With talk of edge-to-cloud computing, industrial Internet, Internet of Things (IoT) and other buzzwords, what exactly is General Electric Co.’s Predix platform, how does it work with the industrial Internet, and how is it better than traditional cloud platforms? Nikhil Chauhan, director of product …
How does Predix help developers manage the enormous network of GE assets? | #theCUBE
The industrial Internet is vast, so vast in fact that General Electric Co. (GE) alone manages over $1 trillion worth of assets on the edge of the network, all with some form of compute or basic analytics onboard. Connecting these assets has …
GE innovates in the industrial Internet space | #theCUBE
Creating an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform was no small challenge for General Electric Co. (GE). For an entire network of machinery operating in real-time to communicate in a way that allows developers to focus on creating applications, GE had to do …
An edge-to-cloud continuum: Inside GE Digital’s Predix Industrial Internet of Things platform | #theCUBE
Early on, companies like General Electric Co. (GE) began to see the need for an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform that could go beyond the capabilities of what was already commercially available. From the beginning, GE set out to build a …
The evolution of cloud-native architecture | #OpenStackSV
As the cloud evolves, developers have evolved. Hybrid cloud has come to the forefront, and more customers are choosing to adopt containers than ever before. Cloud-native architecture is changing, and customers are changing with it. Mathew Lodge, COO of Weaveworks, Inc., sat …
Predix Developer Kits coming soon | #PredixTransform
With 1,700 attendees at the first-ever GE Predix Transform conference, it is clear that developer interest is high in Predix, GE’s industrial operating platform. In response, GE Digital is releasing Predix Developer Kits, which will enable both developers and customers alike to …
Oil and gas industry seeks stable, secure operating platform | #PredixTransform
While most industrial markets enjoy relative stability and can depend on the normal indicators to drive business, the oil and gas industry is not so lucky. A unique set of challenges combined with inhospitable environments and shaky economics makes managing profitability in this …
The essential role of developers to the IoT community | #PredixTransform
In only its very first year, General Electric’s (GE’s) Predix Transform 2016 conference seems to be the place to be for anyone in the software development community interested in becoming part of the company’s burgeoning Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Predix platform. Gene Kim, …