Dive Summary:
- Google and General Electric (GE) have announced an agreement that will integrate Google Maps data into GE's electrical applications.
- The goal of the agreement is to allow GE's Smallword apps to be more productive; utilities using GE's apps will be able to visualize and analyze their data.
- GE says the inclusion of Google Maps will provide its utility customers with important information like outage restoration better contextual information.
From the article:
"We are relentlessly looking at ways to bring value to our customers, and this agreement brings together two world-leading solutions providers to help improve productivity," Bryan Friehauf, product line leader — software solutions for GE's Digital Energy business, said in the company's press release. "Millions of people are already familiar with Google Maps ... . Now we're able to bring that familiarity to our Smallworld products so that our customers can use a platform that's completely customized for their assets and networks."
Shares of both GE and Google were up a fraction in midday trading Tuesday. ...