SmartSignal is the leading provider of predictive diagnostics software and services used to anticipate and avoid surprise equipment failure. SmartSignal customers detect equipment problems with enough advanced timing to optimize maintenance resources, reduce risks, and eliminate failure. With over 40 patents and tens of thousands of prevented impending equipment failures and operational errors, SmartSignal technology has won over twenty awards for excellence, including an international Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award. In January 2011, SmartSignal was acquired by GE. SmartSignal is a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Intelligent Platforms.