Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that it is collaborating with Verizon as a key supplier of IoT modules for the carrier’s LTE Category M1 (LTE-M1) service. In cooperation with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, Telit is delivering IoT modules in full alignment with Verizon’s features and timing requirements. IoT integrators and providers in the U.S.
Schlumberger announced the acquisition of Peak Well Systems (Peak), a leading specialist in the design and development of advanced downhole tools for flow control, well intervention, and well integrity.
The addition of Peak’s mechanical and remedial solutions for cased-hole well intervention strengthens the Schlumberger Production Services portfolio with a broader offering of mechanical services to its global customers.
Infosys and MongoDB announced details of a global partnership to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation and application modernization initiatives with next generation database solutions.
Infosys and MongoDB will help new and existing customers address the key pain points of cost, performance and scalability across legacy applications. As part of the partnership, Infosys will scale the talent base to 1,000 consultants on MongoDB and enhance consulting capabilities based on MongoDB technology.
Siemens and IBM Team Up to do What?
It was just one of several announcement at Siemens’ Innovation Day in mid-December, but maybe the one with the greatest impact. IBM and Siemens announced plans to include the capabilities of IBM’s Watson, an artificial intelligence service, in Mindsphere, Siemens’ platform for industry analytics. While this looks like just another collaboration on the surface, it is actually a crucial one when we take into account future architectures of cloud-based software and services.
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the global, member-supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). Under the agreement, the IIC and CAICT will work together to help ensure interoperability for the industrial Internet in China. The agreement is one of a number of agreements made by the IIC’s newly formed Liaison Working Group.
Infosys announced that it has made an investment from its Innovation Fund in ideaForge, an Indian startup focused on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions.
L&T Technology Services Limited, a leading global Engineering R&D Services company, announced a partnership with the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore to jointly work towards innovations in the areas of Sensors, Internet of Things, and Energy Efficient Systems based on Nanotechnology.
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., intends to collaborate with Google to add support for the new Android Things operating system (OS) in Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Android Things is a new vertical of Android designed for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has signed an agreement with the owners of Mxi Technologies Ltd (“Mxi”) to acquire the company.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and GE announced the signing of a global partnership agreement in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) space. RIL and GE will work together to build out joint applications on GE’s Predix platform. The first-of-its-kind partnership marks the coming together of two large industrial conglomerates to provide Industrial IoT solutions to customers in oil & gas, fertilizer, power, healthcare, telecom, and other industries.