Proficy Historian IPC : A hardened PC dedicated to big data from GE Intelligent Platforms

GE Intelligent Platforms, a unit of General Electric Corporation in charge of software development and industrial PCs, has launched a computer for vested in big data processing plants. called Proficy Historian IPC, this solution allows, according to the company statement, simplify data management in harsh manufacturing environments.

Proficy Historian software installed on the model of robust industrial PC IPC-RXi XP, also developed by GE Intelligent Platforms. The firm states that Proficy Historian IPC uses the powerful potential of the Internet industry, to connect them to the factory machines and transform masses of raw data into information. Flor Rivas, Product Manager at GE Intelligent Platforms says "This solution simplifies purchases, accelerates implementation and allows the collection of data from thousands of entries in a sturdy, small enough to be installed on the machine platform itself. "

GE Intelligent Platforms specializes in analytical solutions of data based on industrial internet. Last April, the division of General Electric Corporation received the Innovation Award at the Big Data show Paris 2014, for a project of anticipating failures and optimization of maintenance on oil rigs. The project based on the predictive analytics software Proficy SmartSignal.