Schneider Electric announced a suite of seven recent product releases and updates at the North American (NAM) Innovation Summit that will aid its customers in their fundamental shift towards digitization of the future. 

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy took an additional step in advancing its successful licensing business model in the world’s single largest offshore market by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Energy United Power Technology Co., Ltd. for the 11 MW Direct Drive Offshore Technology

Rockwell Automation introduced a new remote access solution for connectivity to industrial equipment, designed to help OEMs more easily access remote assets.

Cisco announced a new Enterprise Agreement (EA) to have Software and Services Buying Simplified for partners and customers to buy, sell, and manage Cisco software and services.

AVEVA announced that it has signed a technology partnership with Helios IoT Systems, a specialized company with domain expertise in the renewables energy sector for operations and maintenance (O&M). The collaboration extends AVEVA Insight with performance calculations specific to the solar energy industry.

Denmark’s Maersk Drilling and U.S. rival Noble Corp. have agreed to merge in a $3.4 billion deal to form one of the world’s largest offshore oil drilling rig companies.

Microsoft announced the preview of Gateway Load Balancer, a fully managed service enabling users to deploy, scale, and enhance the availability of third party Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs) in Azure

Rockwell Automation announced new investments to help enhance its information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity offering, helping to better equip customers with the protection required in a global cyber-perilous environment.

L&T Technology Services Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to offer LTTS’ Energy & Sustainability Manager Solution on Microsoft Azure as an IIoT-Based Smart Manufacturing Solutions to digitally transform and create sustainable factories of the future.

Palo Alto Networks announced the extension of its technology partnership with Siemens to improve the security of mission-critical networks and protect critical infrastructure from ​the threat of cyberattacks