Zebra Technologies (News - Alert) Corporation, a global provider of solutions and services for real-time operational visibility, has announced that a recent Symposium of global enterprise leaders from healthcare, retail, transportation and logistics (T&L) and manufacturing validate the "Intelligent Enterprise" as the defining trend of the decade for industries globally.
Less than six months after introducing its vision for Enterprise Asset Intelligence (EAI), Zebra, in partnership with the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH), has assembled 40 leading executives, industry experts and policymakers for its 2016 Innovation Symposium: The Intelligent Enterprise.
Executives from Google (News - Alert), GE Healthcare and IBM defined the “Intelligent Enterprise” and explored best practices and opportunities for organizations of varying sizes and industries related to the Internet of Things (IoT).
The TECH has released a whitepaper summarizing the outcomes of the discussion along with some considerations that are paramount to the successful adoption and deployment of IoT solutions and how organizations can harness their full potential.
There are several organizations already creating these Intellignet Enterprise projects. The MIT (News - Alert) Senseable City Lab focuses on the creative applications of sensors in urban environments to generate new data streams, promoting resilient, efficient, and intelligent cities. Sensors placed in the sewers in Cambridge, Massachusetts are gathering biochemical data related to viruses, bacteria, chemicals, what people are eating, what medications they are taking and more. Google is exploring cloud technology and machine learning, including making Google Apps like Gmail, Docs, and Hangouts more intelligent. Google Search will include speech recognition, Gmail will get a smart reply feature, Google Photos will get a more sophisticated search function, and so much more. GE Healthcare’s Dose Management solutions are designed to automatically collect and analyze patient radiation exposure across multi-facility, multi-modality and multi-vendor imaging environments. It enables healthcare professionals to monitor the radiation exposure of patients, evaluate their practices and make improvements so the right dose is used to provide the best patient outcome.
“Change is happening at a rapid pace. Today's hospitals are up against changes in regulation, cost pressures, competition and higher standards for patient safety,” Tim Kottak, CTO, GE Healthcare. “Because of this, GE has used data and machine learning to become a partner that provides not only medical equipment, but also solutions that improve outcomes. We believe IoT holds endless opportunities in healthcare, from predictive patient care to the way pharmaceuticals are made – and we've only just begun.”