Hitachi Ltd. and Hitachi Vantara, jointly announced Hitachi's first commercial Lumada internet of things (IoT) platform offering. Now in its v2.0 release, the Lumada IoT platform has been fully updated with a portable architecture that enables it to run both on-premises or in the cloud and to support industrial IoT deployments both at the edge and in the core.

Halliburton has announced the release of GeoTech HE, a drill bit that incorporates new features and materials to reportedly deliver enhanced performance and increased reliability in today’s high energy drilling systems characterized by very high weight-on-bit and drilling torque.

Software AG has announced the launch of Cumulocity IoT, an extended Internet of Things (IoT) technology portfolio for cloud-based IoT platform services enablement. According to Software AG, Cumulocity IoT will address today’s market demand for easy, fast, and scalable IoT solutions to support enterprises of all sizes, regardless of the level of sophistication of their IoT requirements.

As the number of industrial security threats continues to rise, manufacturers are taking a closer look at risks to their environments. The new threat detection services from Rockwell Automation help manufacturers and industrial operators monitor, detect and respond to increasingly complex security threats.