Apple & GE Partner to Bring Predix Industrial Apps to iPhone & iPad
蘋果與GE合作，將Predix工業(yè)應用接入iPhone和iPad

Apple and GE announced a partnership to deliver powerful industrial apps designed to bring predictive data and analytics from Predix, GE’s industrial Internet of Things (IoT) platform, to iPhone and iPad. The two companies unveiled a new Predix software development kit (SDK) for iOS, which gives developers the tools to make their own powerful industrial IoT apps.

蘋果與GE宣布達成合作，提供功能強大的工業(yè)app（應用程序），將GE工業(yè)物聯(lián)網(wǎng)平臺Predix的預測數(shù)據(jù)和分析功能帶入iPhone和iPad。兩家公司推出了一款適用于iOS的全新Predix軟件開發(fā)套件（SDK），為開發(fā)人員提供強大的工業(yè)物聯(lián)網(wǎng)APP開發(fā)工具。

“GE is an ideal partner with a rich history of innovation across the industrial world in areas like aviation, manufacturing, healthcare and energy,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Together, Apple and GE are fundamentally changing how the industrial world works by combining GE’s Predix platform with the power and simplicity of iPhone and iPad.”

蘋果首席執(zhí)行官Tim Cook表示：“GE是一個理想的合作伙伴，其在航空、制造、醫(yī)療和能源等工業(yè)領域擁有豐富的創(chuàng)新歷史。通過將GE的Predix平臺與iPhone和iPad的強大和簡單性結合在一起，蘋果和GE從根本上改變了工業(yè)界的工作原理。”

“The partnership between Apple and GE is providing developers with the tools to make their own powerful industrial IoT apps,” said John Flannery, Chairman and CEO, GE. “Our customers increasingly need to arm their workforces through mobility. Working together, GE and Apple are giving industrial companies access to powerful apps that help them tap into the predictive data and analytics of Predix right on their iPhone or iPad.”

GE公司董事長兼首席執(zhí)行官John Flannery說：“蘋果和GE的合作為開發(fā)人員提供了強大的工業(yè)物聯(lián)網(wǎng)app工具。我們的客戶越來越需要通過移動方式來武裝他們的員工。通過合作，GE和蘋果正在為工業(yè)公司提供功能強大的app，幫助他們在iPhone或iPad上利用Predix的預測數(shù)據(jù)和分析數(shù)據(jù)。”
 
The new Predix SDK for iOS will be available to download on Thursday, October 26. The SDK gives developers the ability to make powerful, native apps that take full advantage of the industrial analytics from Predix and tap into the power and ease of use of iOS, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system.

新的適用于iOS的Predix SDK將于10月26日星期四發(fā)布。SDK為開發(fā)人員提供了強大的原生app，可以充分利用Predix的工業(yè)分析功能，以及世界上最先進的移動操作系統(tǒng)iOS的強大功能和易用性。

These apps will give industrial operators more insight and visibility into the performance of their equipment and operations right from their iPhone or iPad. For example, a Predix app can notify a worker on their iPhone of a potential issue with equipment such as a wind turbine and allow them to collaborate with remote teams when performing inspections and repairs, collecting relevant data instantly. These industrial apps will close the information loop faster, ultimately increasing cost savings and minimizing unplanned downtime.

這些app將使工業(yè)運營商能夠從其iPhone或iPad更好地了解自己的設備性能和運營表現(xiàn)。例如，一款Predix app可以通過iPhone提醒工作人員風力渦輪機等設備的潛在問題，并允許他們在進行檢查和維修時與遠程團隊進行協(xié)作，即時收集相關數(shù)據(jù)。這些工業(yè)app能更快速地關閉信息回路，從而最終降低公司成本并最大限度地減少停機時間。

In collaboration with Apple, GE is also developing apps for both internal use and its customers, giving workers powerful tools to enhance their jobs and help operations run more efficiently. GE’s Asset Performance Management (APM) Cases app, which is available in the App Store®, helps industrial businesses increase machine reliability and availability while reducing maintenance costs and managing operations risks. Customers including Exelon Corp. are already putting APM to work and seeing improved equipment uptime and overall productivity.

在與蘋果合作的過程中，GE也在開發(fā)供內部及其客戶使用的APP，為員工提供一系列工具改進工作，提升企業(yè)運營效率。GE的資產績效管理（APM）案例 app可在App Store下載，這款app有助于工業(yè)企業(yè)提升機械可靠性及可用性，同時減少維護成本并控制運營風險。Exelon公司等客戶已經(jīng)開始在日常工作中使用APM，設備運轉時間和整體生產力都得到了有效提升。

GE will standardize on iPhone and iPad for mobile devices and also promote Mac® as a choice for its global workforce of more than 330,000 employees. Apple will promote GE’s Predix as the industrial IoT analytics platform of choice to its customers and developers.

GE將通過iPhone和iPad打造標準化移動設備平臺，并且鼓勵其全球33萬余名員工選擇使用Mac電腦。蘋果將推薦其客戶和開發(fā)者選擇使用GE的Predix工業(yè)物聯(lián)網(wǎng)分析平臺。