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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

For some time now we’ve been living into a smarter world filled with Big Data and analytics, and a more connected one that’s been described as “ the internet of things.” ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences.

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Why Interconnectedness Matters for Industrial Companies

Harvard Business Review

Software development must be guided by the industrial machines’ purpose, potential and limitations—and vice versa. GE has achieved this combination by establishing a new Software Center of Excellence (COE) in San Ramon, Calif. GE now employs 14,000 software engineers.

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The Biggest Challenges of Data-Driven Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

Of course, software developers have long since figured out how to export data from one application to another. But changes to the original engineering bill of materials were often not moved back upstream. The internet of things (IoT) and industrial internet in the United States, Industrie 4.0

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