C3 IoT and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership to deliver new technology developments and go-to-market initiatives designed to accelerate enterprise AI and IoT application development.

More than 20 international organizations and leading industry vendors jointly announced the "Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) + OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA)" smart manufacturing testbed covering six major industrial Internet scenarios for edge computing. 

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation and Nebbiolo Technologies Inc. signed a strategic partnership agreement to deploy industrial IoT solutions using leading-edge fog computing technology.

ABB, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Rittal will unveil the Secure Edge Data Center (SEDC) for industrial and telecommunications environments at Hannover Messe. 

ServiceMax from GE Digital, a software company for the Industrial Internet, and Zinc, a provider of an Enterprise Communication platform, announced a jointly developed solution for field service teams to have real-time communication, and specifically correlated to Predix ServiceMax work orders, accounts, installed products and contacts.

Emerson announced it has signed an agreement to purchase the Tools and Test Equipment (Tools & Test) business of Textron for $810 million.

Rockwell Automation and Cisco have released new network design guides and white papers to help companies connect mobile devices and deploy end-to-end cloud connectivity while maintaining security best practices.

Recently, I attended the first analyst summit for Uptake, a four-year old Chicago-based company that provides asset-centric data management, industrial predictive analytics (including machine learning), and cybersecurity solutions. Currently, the company is active in the railway, wind, oil and gas, and aviation sectors, which happen to be among the leading markets for IIoT use cases.