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.

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

Claroty announced the integration of their Continuous Threat Detection (CTD) solution with FireEye Helix.

ABB is to acquire a majority stake of 67 percent in Shanghai Chargedot New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (“Chargedot”), a leading Chinese e-mobility solution and EV Charging provider.

SAP SE and Verizon announced a collaboration that will enable applications to process data where it is generated — from an assembly line to a retail store shelf — helping businesses save time and increase productivity with IoT analytics.

PTC announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Onshape, creators of a Software as a Service (SaaS) product development platform that helps unite computer aided design (CAD) with data management and collaboration tools.

Siemens is planning the acquisition of Edge technology from the US company Pixeom, thereby strengthening its Industrial Edge portfolio by adding software components for Edge runtime and for device management.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the acquisitions of global mobility simulation (CUBE) and analytics (Streetlytics) software provider Citilabs, and global provider of 3D and mobile mapping software, Orbit Geospatial Technologies (Orbit GT).  

Eyeing a leadership position in 5G Edge Computing, Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Smart Edge intelligent-edge platform business from Pivot Technology Solutions Inc., an IT infrastructure and service provider.

Hitachi Asia Ltd. and Frasers Property Limited announced that Hitachi Asia and Frasers Property, through its subsidiary, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) involving an investment of up to S$50 million (Singapore) each to collaborate and drive digital transformation in the real estate industry in Asia Pacific over the next five years.