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Why “Offline First”?

Michael HartDirector of Mobile EngineeringJeremy OsterhoudtTechnical ArchitectGE Digital-Predix Platform

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GE, the 124-Year-Old StartupA decade after taking over, Jeff Immelt’s long bet on the Internet of Really Big Things seems to be paying off.

The company was officially founded in 1892 when Thomas Edison merged his operation with a rival electric light manufacturer. …By: Devin Leonard Rick Clough From: Bloomberg Businessweek

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GE’s Digital Industrial Journey

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POWER DISTRIBUTIONPOWER GENERATION

HEALTHCARE

OIL & GAS

RAIL

WIND WATER

AVIATION MANUFACTURING MINING

• Maximize Production• Predictive Maintenance• Remote Collaboration• Reduced Risk• Environmental Control

• Maximize Production• Longer Repair Intervals• Reduce Emissions• Predictive Maintenance• Longer Asset Life

• Revenue Protection• Meter Health• Power Quality• Load Forecasting• Predictive

Maintenance

• Maximize Farm Power• Wind Wake Protection• Outage Detection• Continuous Operation

• Operational Integrity• Minimize Water Use• Control Emissions• Minimize Cost

• Maximize Fuel Use• Risk Management• Predictive Maintenance• Efficient Operations• Customer Satisfaction

• Maximize Fuel Use• Enhanced Operation• Network Velocity• Predictive Maintenance• Supplier Collaboration

• Cost Reduction• Consumer Protection• Efficient Operations• Regulatory Compliance• Predictive Maintenance

• Maximize Production• Efficient Operations• Safe Operations• Predictive Maintenance

• Patient Experience• Improved Hand

Hygiene• Cost Reduction• Efficient Operations• Regulatory

Compliance

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How doesOffline First fit into this picture?

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What are we doing about this at GE Digital?

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Enterprise DBs

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READ (Sync Processor)

WRITE (Command Processor)

Mobile ServiceSDK

MOBILE

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Predix Mobilemakes it easier to buildIndustrial Internet mobile applications

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Create a service$ cf create-service predix-mobile-HA … -c ’{“servers”:3, “gateways”:2}’

Update a service$ cf update-service cluster1 -c ‘{“servers”: 5, “gateways”: 3}’

Easy to deploy Mobile Service

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High Availability Cluster

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MOBILE

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• iOS, Windows, Android*• Offline support built-in• Hybrid & Native• On device RESTful Services• Not Cordova/Phone Gap!

MOBILE SDK

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Native Services

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Tools to build Offline First apps

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Offline First Mindset

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What is Offline First?• focusing on what is important• right data at right time• syncing (reading) data from domain• writing data to domain• dealing with latency

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Your AppsWork Here

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