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Apple and General Electric release app to improve industrial performance

FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is pictured inside the newly opened Omotesando Apple store at a shopping district in Tokyo June 26, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is pictured inside the newly opened Omotesando Apple store at a shopping district in Tokyo June 26, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS
Apple and General Electric released app-making tools on Thursday tailored to GE’s Predix platform for connecting power plants, jet engines and other industrial equipment to the internet.
The software development kit marks the first tangible result of a partnership the companies announced last week.
It extends Predix’s industrial internet capabilities to iPads and iPhones, so factory workers, pilots or service technicians can use familiar devices to do more sophisticated tasks.


Apple will be tapping into the growing demand for industrial internet capabilities, which can improve the performance of factory machines, predict when wind turbines will fail and help technicians fix machinery, making Apple’s devices relevant in the industrial arena.
While GE will gain access to more than 13 million programmers who build apps for Apple’s iOS operating system, said William Howard, principal product manager for GE Power’s digital unit.
App developers can use of all of iOS’s capabilities, including the augmented reality feature included in latest iOS version, said Susan Prescott, vice president of product marketing at Apple.
Howard said Apple approached GE about the partnership about a year ago, and work on the development kit accelerated in the last six months. Apple said it has other industrial internet partnerships with IBM, Cisco Systems, SAP SE, Deloitte and Accenture.

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