Huawei and General Electric partner on industrial IoT

GE and Huawei are aiming to push the industrial industry towards digitisation and automation by collaborating on developing cloud-based apps and solutions.

By Corinne Reichert , Jul. 21, 2016 – 

Chinese technology giant Huawei has announced signing a memorandum of understanding with General Electric (GE), which will see them partner on application development for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

The development, promotion, and delivery of cloud-based applications and automation solutions as part of the strategic partnership will see the two companies rely on GE's Predix IIoT platform in combination with Huawei's IoT gateways, big data computing platform, network controllers, and connection management platform.

"The next decade is critical for the transition to [the] digital economy," said Huawei's chief strategy marketing officer William Xu.

"Industry digitisation will require connectivity among a huge number of devices, Big Data computing, and smart applications. No single company can address all these challenges on its own. Companies need to collaborate openly with partners and integrate resources and capabilities from partners in order to contribute to customers' success."

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