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The numbers are huge: 400,000 global users in 6,000+ locations around world,
all working within a 100% web interface available in 20 languages (your user
interface language is defined by your sign in permissions). The system gets over
25 million web hits a day, greater than employee usage of Google and Yahoo
combined. Users have created over 50,000 communities with over 100,000 experts
signed up to answer questions and manage information; experts are GE workers
with full-time jobs who use the system because it helps them do their job
better.
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Bertrand DuperrinThe numbers are huge: 400,000 global users in 6,000+ locations around world, all working within a 100% web interface available in 20 languages (your user interface language is defined by your sign in permissions). The system gets over 25 million web hits a day, greater than employee usage of Google and Yahoo combined. Users have created over 50,000 communities with over 100,000 experts signed up to answer questions and manage information; experts are GE workers with full-time jobs who use the system because it helps them do their job better.
Thousands of business processes have already been digitized in an internal world where knowledge and work processes are critical. Everything is behind the firewall except for ‘pinholes’ to external destinations which allow external vendors, suppliers and customers to collaborate on specific projects . There are 30,000 external users who come in through the firewall pinholes to participate in specific communities. -
Brent SordylGE has their own internal cloud, with hosting costs lower than Amazon’s S3. Available for all users, including those with no IT background, a mature and sophisticated mashup system to develop simple to complex business applications.
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