GE’s “Industrial Internet” Internet of Things (IoT) envisions a system that will be able to remotely track, monitor, record and operate GE machinery. AT&T has been selected as the network and cloud provider to create a highly-secure wireless communications system, which will be key to the 'Industrial Internet'. The "Industrial Internet" envisioned by GE will involve putting data-gathering sensors on industrial equipments to enable machine performance to be constantly measured from anywhere in the world.
AT&T and GE expect their machine-to-machine (M2M) communications system to allow customers to benefit from increased productivity. The companies plan to develop offerings that meld AT&T network technologies, single Global SIM (subscriber identity module), device expertise, security, and cloud access for industrial products like electric vehicle chargers, lighting and engines. The companies also plan to collaborate in the AT&T Foundry® innovation center to build M2M solutions for GE’s software platform Predix™ that can proactively maintain and remotely control industrial machines.
“Imagine a world where an airline for example can remotely monitor, diagnose and resolve issues with its fleet engines virtually anywhere in the world,” said Andy Geisse, Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Business Solutions. “GE’s vision of the Industrial Internet combined with our global network and leadership in machine-to-machine solutions are a powerful combination to help businesses realize the benefits of connected machines.”
"GE's collaboration with AT&T validates our shared and common vision for the Industrial Internet," said Bill Ruh, Vice President and Corporate Officer, GE Software. "Together, we see a future where the intersection of people, data and brilliant machines will have an enormous impact on the productivity and efficiency of industries around the world. By connecting machines to the network and the cloud, we are taking an important step to enable workers all around the world to track, monitor, and operate our machinery wirelessly and remotely through highly secure and machine-to-machine communications.” Source - AT&T (Oct 10, 2013)
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