Siemens, a global engineering and technology company, and PAS Global, a leading provider of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity solutions, announced an agreement to provide fleet-wide, real-time monitoring for control systems. By leveraging the unique capabilities of both companies, this partnership will be able to provide customers with: (1) deep analytics required to identify and inventory proprietary assets; and (2) visibility to detect and respond effectively to attacks across the operating environment.

Itron, Inc. and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Itron to acquire all outstanding shares of Silver Spring for $16.25 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $830 million, net of $118 million of Silver Spring's cash. This represents a premium of 25 percent to Silver Spring's closing share price on Sept. 15, 2017, the last trading day prior to the announcement of the transaction.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced the Smart Factory Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance Testbed. The testbed is led by two companies, Plethora IIoT, designing and developing cutting-edge answers for Industry 4.0, and Xilinx.

Baker Hughes, a GE company, and KBC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announced a preferred partnership that will provide a combination of process simulation, asset performance management and operational software solutions to the oil and gas industry.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and GE’s Power Services business (PS) have together completed a complex integration of field service technician information into a Services Data Lake. The platform improves financial process efficiency for power generation asset service operations by integrating disparate data of service work orders and case management from multiple product and service lines, including parts, services and repairs.

Enov8 announced a strategic partnership with Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd (LTI), a global technology consulting and digital solutions company. The partnership will leverage the Enov8 Environment Management platform and LTI’s deep domain competence and global experience, to deliver, end-to-end visibility, transparency and governance across an organization’s IT environments.