Microsoft and SAP announced they are extending their partnership to IoT.  SAP Leonardo IoT will integrate with Azure IoT services providing customers with the ability to contextualize and enrich their IoT data with SAP business data within SAP Leonardo IoT.

Quorum Software (Quorum) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Houston-based Coastal Flow Measurement, Inc. (Coastal Flow), a family of energy measurement services and software companies, including its information services and technologies subsidiary, Flow-Cal, Inc. (Flow-Cal).

ServiceMax, a provider of cloud-based software for service execution, announced it has acquired Zinc, the company providing a frictionless way for service workers to get and share knowledge in real-time.  The acquisition enables ServiceMax to expand its Service Execution Management platform.

ExxonMobil said a new partnership with Microsoft will help make its Permian Basin operations the largest-ever oil and gas acreage to use cloud technology and is expected to generate billions in net cash flow over the next decade through improvements in analyses and enhancements to operational efficiencies.

Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger announced that they have entered into an agreement to create a new joint venture, Sensia, an integrated digital oilfield automation solutions provider.

The Industrial Internet Consortium7 (IIC), now incorporating OpenFog, and the Wi-SUN Alliance announced they have agreed to work together to advance their shared interests.

Dassault Systèmes announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of IQMS, a leading manufacturing ERP software company, for $425 million. 

Machfu, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology company, announced the integration of its Device and Application Management Platform with Telit’s deviceWISE IoT platform. 

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), now incorporating OpenFog, and the OPC Foundation, announced they have agreed to a liaison to work together to help advance their shared interests.