Inaugural "INNIES" Awards Honor Pitney Bowes for Efficiency and
Improved Customer Service
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2015--
GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it has awarded Pitney Bowes (NYSE:
PBI) an Industrial Internet Innovation (“INNIE”) Award at GE’s fourth
annual Minds + Machines event.
Pitney Bowes was specifically recognized for Most Innovative Industrial
Internet Solution. The Pitney Bowes enterprise team used GE’s
Predix cloud-based platform for creating innovative Industrial
Internet applications to create analytics-enabled asset performance
management solutions for Pitney Bowes’ solutions and clients. GE is also
working with Pitney Bowes on Location Intelligence and Data Quality
applications, leveraging GE’s Predix platform, to be made available to
GE’s other customers.
“As we launch this new annual recognition program, we are excited to
honor Pitney Bowes for Most Innovative Industrial Internet Solution.
Pitney Bowes, like GE, is transforming itself to leverage Industrial
Internet opportunities for its existing customers and for new
markets,” said Kate Johnson, Chief Commercial Officer for GE Digital.
“We are honored to accept this award recognizing our work in the
Industrial Internet,” said Roger Pilc, Chief Innovation Officer, Pitney
Bowes. “Together with GE, we’re transforming businesses with the Predix
platform and our location intelligence and data quality software.
Innovating around the Industrial Internet is core to our mission, and
it’s especially gratifying to be recognized by GE in this space.”
Collaborating on the Predix platform enables business leaders to address
mission-critical challenges across large-scale industrial environments.
This level of intelligence spans physical and digital networks to speed
operational decisions that deliver cost efficiencies, improve
performance and increase revenues.
About Minds + Machines
This week, GE
hosted its fourth annual Minds + Machines event with 1,000+
customers, developers, thought leaders, partners and media joining
focused sessions on the state of the Industrial Internet. The agenda
includes deep-dive presentations on GE's Predix platform, strategies for
Asset Performance Management and adjacent technologies driving
successful Industrial Internet outcomes today. Pitney Bowes Chief
Innovation Officer Roger Pilc joined GE Digital Senior Vice President
and Chief Digital Officer Bill Ruh on stage at the event.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes is a global technology company offering innovative products
and solutions that enable commerce in the areas of customer information
management, location intelligence, customer engagement, shipping and
mailing, and global ecommerce. More than 1.5 million clients in
approximately 100 countries around the world rely on products, solutions
and services from Pitney Bowes. For additional information, visit Pitney
Bowes at www.pb.com.
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Pitney Bowes Inc.
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Carol.wallace@pb.com
