GE and Microsoft expand partnership to accelerate IIoT adoption

Malek Murison for Internet of Business:  GE and Microsoft have significantly expanded their partnership to provide a simpler path for industrial companies taking on digital transformation projects.

The move will see GE Digital standardise its Predix solutions for Microsoft Azure, and integrate the Predix portfolio with Azure’s cloud-based data and analytics tools.

GE and Microsoft will co-sell their combined IIoT solutions across a range of verticals. Meanwhile, GE will be harnessing Microsoft Azure to streamline its own business processes, applying Azure’s IT workload and productivity tools to drive innovation internally.

Microsoft and GE are betting on industrial customers seeing the value in a joint solution that combines GE Digital’s expertise in industrial data-gathering, storage, and analysis, with Microsoft’s expanding range of cloud tools.  Full Article:

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