Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a new project with long-time strategic partner, PwC, to jointly create a Center of Excellence (CoE) in Kolkata, India, to advance development for future cities. Together, HPE and PwC are capitalizing on the Internet of Things (IoT) landscape to create opportunities for city administrators to optimize their assets and provide citizen-centric services.

Moxa has partnered with Microsoft and the OPC Foundation to develop the MC-1121, an industrial-grade IoT gateway with an integrated OPC UA Publisher module. By using Windows 10 IoT and OPC UA Publisher, it is designed to provide an easier way to get data from field side devices securely and reliably to the cloud for analytics and monitoring through a dashboard.

Huawei and the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) unveiled the IIC-Huawei Ecosystem OpenLab, announcing that through deep cooperation, both parties will promote the development of an industrial Internet ecosystem.

Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger are collaborating to deliver a new digital solution that helps to optimize production by connecting upstream operations with real-time analytics and domain insights.

Siemens and QuEST Global have reached an agreement to build and deliver a suite of digital manufacturing solutions for customers across verticals. By adding the Siemens Digital Twin offerings, QuEST can now showcase a complete range of connected manufacturing solutions. This will be further bolstered by the establishment of two Digital Factory Innovation Labs in Bengaluru and Belgaum, India.