Baker Hughes, C3.ai, and Microsoft Corp. announced an alliance to bring enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to the energy industry on Microsoft Azure, an industry-leading cloud computing platform.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Siemens have co-developed the first thermodynamic Digital Twin Intelligent Gas Turbine Controller that uses Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.

Rockwell Automation and Accenture’s Industry X.0 announced plans to collaborate for the development of a digital offering designed to help industrial clients further transform the connected enterprise.

Danfoss has entered into a collaboration with Microsoft to bring domain expertise in Refrigeration and HVAC to the cloud.  Through this collaboration, customers will benefit from industry knowledge on a new platform powered by Microsoft Azure. 

Fortinet announced a technology alliance partnership with Siemens to address the security and connectivity requirements of OT networks.

Mocana Corporation announced a new partnership with Siemens Digital Industries Software to bring end-to-end security for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices connecting to the Siemens MindSphere Cloud.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has acquired a nanopipette technology that was developed by BioStinger, Inc., a spin-off from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

SAP SE and Accenture announced they are co-innovating and co-developing the new SAP Cloud for Utilities solution to help companies more effectively manage business processes and customer experiences.

Indegy and Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC (“Owl”), announced a partnership to provide the safe unification of OT security data with IT monitoring systems.

AIM, the worldwide industry association for the automatic identification industry, has announced a partnership with the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC).