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A challenge for GE is that it doesn’t yet have access to most of the data its machines produce. Courtney says about five terabytes of data a day comes into GE.
by 001sky 12y ago
A challenge for GE is that it doesn’t yet have access to most of the data its machines produce. Courtney says about five terabytes of data a day comes into GE. Facebook collects 100 times as much. According to Richard Soley, head of the Industrial Internet Consortium, a trade group GE created this year, industry has been hobbled by a “lack of Internet thinking.” A jet engine has hundreds of sensors. But measurements have been collected only at takeoff, at landing, and once midflight. GE’s aviation division only recently found ways to get all the flight data. “It sounds crazy, but people just didn’t think about it,” says Soley. “It’s like the Internet revolution has just not touched the industrial revolution.”
The privacy, industrial espinoge, and confidentiality issues will always be interesting in this area.
- hga 12y agoIndeed; while it might be more speculation that reality (the firm is not saying much, but see http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/email-attack-on-vendor-set-up-breach-at-target/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/email-attack-on-vendor-se... for what it's worth), I remember reading that it was thought Target was compromised through the path they supplied to a refrigerator and freezer vendor, which they didn't properly segregate or otherwise manage. There's very strong use cases for this, e.g. those responsible for a store would much prefer being told quasi-immediately that a unit has failed instead of finding it full of ruined food when they arrive in the morning.