Rockwell Automation and Cisco announced the release of a white paper and design and implementation guide titled, "Deploying 802.11 Wireless LAN Technology within a Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture." The detailed design guidance will help control system

ABB announced it completed its acquisition of Spirit IT of Eindhoven, Netherlands.

GSE Systems, Inc., a global energy services solutions provider, announced that its operating subsidiary, GSE Power Systems, Inc.

Rockwell Automation and AT&T are collaborating to improve remote asset utilization and connected machine management.

Halliburton Co., the world's second-biggest provider of oilfield services, agreed to buy No. 3 Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) in the largest takeover of a U.S. energy company in three years.

Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced that it has submitted a binding offer to acquire the equity of SIHI Group B.V., a global provider of engineered vacuum and fluid pumps

KORE Wireless Group, Inc., a leading global provider of managed M2M communications services, announced the acquisition, in an all-cash transaction, of RacoWireless, a company recognized for its experience and reputation for making IoT/M2M easy by

IBM and Tencent Cloud announced plans to extend Tencent's public cloud platform to the enterprise.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. announced it has purchased the assets of ESC Services, Inc., a global hazardous energy control provider of lockout-tagout services and solutions.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Yokogawa Electric Corporation announce that they have reached an agreement whereby they will cooperate in the development of communication modules for field wireless devices used in plants.