Kongsberg Maritime and Schneider Electric have signed a global partnership agreement to further the development and delivery of KONGSBERG K-Power switchboards and related systems for offshore and maritime markets.
Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint and GE Digital announced that they have joined forces to help companies develop new digital service offerings by utilizing the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0. The companies will focus on creating business cases by integrating smart services into the enterprise value chain.
GE, a leading global digital industrial company, announced plans to acquire two suppliers of additive manufacturing equipment, Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group AG for $1.4 billion. Both companies will report into David Joyce, President & CEO of GE Aviation. Joyce will lead the growth of these businesses in the additive manufacturing equipment and services industry. In addition, he will lead the integration effort and the GE Store initiative to drive additive manufacturing applications across GE.
PTC announced that VMware has joined the ThingWorx Ready program and will position the ThingWorx Internet of Things (IoT) platform, along with its new IoT solutions, to create new offerings as part of its IoT strategy. PTC plans to work with VMware to combine VMware's proven history in device management capabilities with ThingWorx components to enable IoT solution builders to accelerate time to market and create business value.
Statoil and Petrobras took a step forward in strengthening their cooperation in Brazil by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The intention of the MoU is to evaluate joint participation in future tenders for exploration areas and to increase upstream collaboration in producing fields in the Santos and Campos offshore basins.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that it has developed an innovative digital solution to connect Intelligent LEDs to GE's Predix operating system for the Industrial Internet through Intel Atom-based gateways, providing critical analytics to save significant time and costs in the manufacturing process.
The Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC), OPC Foundation, and PLCopen are working together to help further advance the communications protocols necessary for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The three organizations are developing and promoting common standards to help improve manufacturing efficiency, but until now have been working in parallel on different aspects of automation standardization.
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has approved an IIC testbed on sensor-to-the-cloud connectivity called the Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brownfield Sensors Testbed. This testbed is being carried out with fellow IIC members TE Connectivity (TE), a global provider of connectivity solutions and sensors, SAP, ifm, and the OPC Foundation. The idea for the testbed was publicly unveiled at the Hanover Fair in April of this year.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and JetBlue, one of the leading airlines in the U.S., are ramping up their relationship to strategically optimize and transform key business channels and enhance digital customer touchpoints.
Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI), a global Information Technology services & solutions company announced a strategic partnership with Coupa, a leader in cloud-based spend management and procurement software platform. This partnership will enable enterprises to rationalize spends, achieve measurable savings, control costs and improve cash management.