Cloud-based 'digital twins' could make power plants more efficient
General Electric is introducing the Digital Power Plant, a real-time simulation of a physical power plant that lives in the cloud and allows for better management and less downtime.
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General Electric CIO, Cisco VP among Top Women in Cloud
10 female leaders from the IT customer and vendor sides (including General Electric and Cisco) will be honored for their contributions to Cloud and convergence technology by the Cloud Network of Women (CloudNOW) later this month.
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The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, August 5
China moving cops on-site at Internet companies... Do-Not-Track gets some bite...Lollipop lag shows Android is really fragmented...and more tech news.
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GE launches cloud for the industrial Internet
General Electric is pitching a cloud service for the Internet of Things market, but its focus is primarily on heavy industries like aviation, healthcare, energy and transportation.
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Microsoft celebrates a massive customer and Cloud win
Microsoft has announced one of its biggest customer wins – an agreement with General Electric to deliver Microsoft’s Cloud productivity suite, Office 365, to GE’s more than 300,000 employees across over 170 countries.
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GE 3D prints a working RC jet engine
General Electric <a href="http://www.gereports.com/post/118394013625/these-engineers-3d-printed-a-mini-jet-engine-then">this week revealed</a> that it has completed a multi-year project to print a working jet engine.
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UPDATED - One in three companies not prepared for breaches: RSA
Security firm RSA has released the results of its global breach readiness survey covering 30 countries.
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Whitelisting project helps industrial control systems owners find suspicious files
Industrial control systems have been at the center of some scary security stories recently, but investigating malware infections in such environments is not easy because analysts often having a hard time telling suspicious and good files apart.
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Attack campaign infects industrial control systems with BlackEnergy malware
Since 2011 a group of attackers has been targeting companies that operate industrial control systems with a backdoor program called BlackEnergy.
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CIOs face Cloud computing challenges, pitfalls
There's no easy path to the Cloud for large companies with decades of legacy IT investments.
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GE to use crowdsourcing and 3D printers to build next-gen appliances
GE has partnered with 3D printer maker Stratasys to build and commercialize household appliances and accessories.
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US retailer Target finally gets its first CISO
US retailer Target has hired a new Chief Information Security Officer, a move that's noteworthy mainly because it is the first time the company has had anyone in this role -- even though it is one of the largest retailers in the U.S.
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Israeli start-up, working with GE, out to detect Stuxnet-like attacks
The Stuxnet malware known to have stealthily targeted Iranian nuclear facilities a few years ago was a wake-up call about how vulnerable critical industrial systems can be to cyberattack. Now, an Israeli start-up, with help from General Electric, is testing security technology that would detect Stuxnet-like attacks on critical infrastructure systems used for power production.
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Cross-industry IoT group pushes for gear that works together
Five IT and equipment companies have formed a group to drive standards for the so-called Internet of Things, a network that would feed data back and forth between computers and all kinds of industrial gear.
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LA building's lights interfere with cellular network, FCC says
When a certain Los Angeles office building lights up, it's a dark day for nearby cellphone users, according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
