Acquisitions & Partnerships Viewpoints

Tata Consultancy Services and Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced the launch of the Intelligent Airline Operations (IAO) Solution, an operations management solution that will digitally transform airlines’ ground services and operations control.

GE Digital and Silver Lake announced an agreement for GE Digital to sell a majority stake in ServiceMax, a major provider of cloud-based software productivity tools for field service technicians, to Silver Lake, a global private equity firm focused on technology investing. 

FogHorn announced a collaboration with Dell EMC OEM Solutions to deliver end-to-end Industrial IoT (IIoT) edge computing solutions.  This collaboration allows industrial and commercial customers to leverage the power of the edge quickly with an out-of-the-box solution for their Industrial IoT (IIoT) deployments.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and Linaro Ltd, the open source collaborative engineering organization developing software for the Arm ecosystem, announced they have agreed to a liaison to work together to advance their shared interests. 

Infor announced the acquisition of Alfa-Beta Solutions, a Dutch system integrator.  Alfa-Beta Solutions, a Gold Infor Channel Partner, specializes on mid-market and large enterprises in the food & beverage (F&B) industry across Benelux and Germany.

​​​​​​​Siemens announced it has acquired COMSA Computer und Software GmbH, a Munich-based company which develops software for electrical systems design and wire harness engineering.  Its LDorado suite is the leader in automotive harness design and engineering software in Germany.

AVEVA, a global provider of engineering and industrial software, and KBR, a global provider of professional services and technologies across the asset and program lifecycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors, announced the signing of a multi-phase agreement. AVEVA will be a major contributor to KBR’s digital transformation, which will help to deliver cost savings and to provide enhanced services to their clients.

Boeing and SparkCognition announced plans to launch SkyGrid, a new company that will enable the future of urban aerial mobility.  Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid will develop a software platform to ensure the safe, secure integration of autonomous cargo and passenger air vehicles in the global airspace.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a new partnership with ENGIE Laborelec, a leading utilities research center, and part of the ENGIE Group.  The partnership will focus on developing new products and services for the utilities sector to deliver protection against emerging cyber security threats.

Moxa Inc. and Trend Micro Incorporated announced they have executed a letter of intent relating to the formation of a joint-venture corporation - TXOne Networks - that will focus on the security needs present in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environments, including smart manufacturing, smart city, smart energy and more.