Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI have partnered to further extend Microsoft Azure’s capabilities in large-scale AI systems.  Through this partnership, the companies will accelerate AI and power OpenAI’s efforts to create artificial general intelligence (AGI).

AT&T Communications and Microsoft Corp. are embarking on an extensive, multiyear alliance where the two companies will apply technologies, including cloud, AI, and 5G.

Kontron S&T AG, a subsidiary of S&T AG, signed an asset deal with Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH, headquartered in Munich, Germany, to acquire the Augsburg-based Fujitsu industrial mainboard business.

Software AG and Microsoft announced a new solution that enables enterprises to accelerate and simplify migration to Microsoft Azure while ensuring business continuity.

ioTium announced an alliance with Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT).  With the availability of the Telit deviceWISE gateway technology on the ioTium Edge App Store for single-click deployment, the companies are focusing on jointly solving IIoT deployment complexities.

GE Solar and BlackRock announced the creation of a new business, Distributed Solar Development (DSD), a GE Renewable Energy Venture.

Arcline Investment Management, a growth oriented private equity fund with $1.5 billion of capital under management, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Reciprocating Compression division of Baker Hughes, a GE company.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the Trusted IoT Alliance (TIoTA) announced they have agreed to a liaison to work together to advance their shared interests.

Aspen Technology, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Mnubo Inc., a Montreal-based provider of purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics infrastructure for the internet of things (IoT).

At a recent meeting of the German-Chinese Commission for Standardization (DCKN) in Xiamen, China, representatives of VDE|DKE and their Chinese colleagues agreed on closer cooperation.