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Drones and GPUs Provide AI Boost for Inspection Firm

Sep 7, 2017 |

A company backed by GE’s venture capital arm is using NVidia GPUs, deep learning frameworks, and drones to automate the inspection of physical assets in the oil and gas, electrical distribution, and transportation industries. Read more…

Before the Next Disaster Strikes, Get Better at Data Science

Jul 26, 2017 |

One of the most disruptive events for any industrial organization is asset failure. From halted production and costly physical damage to safety concerns for workers and the environment, the impacts of asset failure remain one of the top risks for industrial companies. Read more…

Pivotal Throws in with Hortonworks and Open Source

Feb 17, 2015 |

Pivotal today pulled the plug on its proprietary big data strategy and uncorked a major repositioning that involves making core products like HAWQ, Greenplum, and GemFire open source and aligning its Hadoop fortunes with one-time rival Hortonworks. Read more…

GE Sees Low Hanging Fruit in Big Data for Utilities

Sep 5, 2013 |Founded in 1892, GE is one of the oldest major companies in the global landscape. They also happen to be one of the newest major players in the big data trend, with a steady drumbeat of initiatives coming out of the company aimed at advancing their “Industrial Internet” vision. This week, the company announced that they are launching a program focused around advancing big technologies for utilities. Read more…

Drawing an Optimized Flight Plan with GE

Apr 8, 2013 |According to GE, commercial airlines spend about $22 billion every year managing flight plan efficiency. To help curb those expensive costs, GE put out what they call the “Flight Quest Challenge,” encouraging data scientists and analysts to crunch flight plan numbers and come up with better algorithms. Read more…

GE Plugs Second Internet

Dec 4, 2012 |By spending a billion and a half dollars over the next three years in technological research and development, GE is hoping to land in the forefront of companies hoping to use analytics predictively and reactively. A significant portion of that R&D investment will go to a new software center in San Ramon, California, where machine-learning researcher Amil Varma is working on, among other things, determining which data is valuable regarding the maintenance of airplane engines. Read more…

Indian IT Giant Pins Future on Analytics

Mar 5, 2012 |One of India's top IT products and services companies has emphasized the role of analytics, in addition to the converging mobile and cloud trends, as key to their continued growth. According the company's VP of business for the Middle.... Read more…

GE Addresses Time Series Data Demands

Nov 30, 2011 |GE Intelligent Platforms, the $4 million division of the global company that focuses on building software solutions, announced new advances to help users deal with time series data management with the release of Proficy Historian 4.5. Read more…

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