GE Digital and NEC Collaborate to Drive the Digital Industrial Era Forward in Japan

GE Digital and NEC Corporation announced that NEC is deploying GE's Predix, the world's first cloud-based operating system for the Industrial Internet, as part of the company's global supply chain improvement project. Through its use of the Predix platform, NEC will optimize its supply chain and factory operations, with the intent to achieve a substantial reduction in operational costs.

In addition to the joint collaboration, NEC has also joined GE Digital's Alliance Program, a first of its kind program, designed to grow the digital industrial ecosystem. Together, GE Digital and NEC are exploring ways to achieve the following:

Build an Industrial IoT Ecosystem
NEC will deploy Predix for its global supply chain improvement project. NEC is deploying Predix for its large-scale overseas project to pursue substantial cost reduction through supply chain optimization. Based on NEC's knowledge and GE's global experience for Predix, both companies will explore joint go-to-market initiatives.

Create New Value in the Industrial IoT Space by Integrating Technologies of both Companies
NEC and GE Digital are exploring opportunities to develop and launch new applications on Predix.io, the Predix developer portal site, by leveraging NEC's technology, such as NEC the WISE AI technologies, including microservice. NEC and GE intend to develop applications on Predix.

Leverage the Support and Training Capability for Predix
GE and NEC are exploring the possibility of providing education and training services for Predix users. Both companies are exploring the possibility of enabling NEC to provide post-sales support for Predix solutions in Japan.

Develop Cyber Security Solutions in the Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) space
NEC and GE are exploring a joint go-to-market strategy for cyber security solutions, integrating OT security technologies by GE Digital's Wurldtech with NEC's IT security solutions.

Keywords: Cybersecurity, Cloud-Based, Industrial Internet, Supply Chain Improvement, ARC Advisory Group.