Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, unveiled intelligent software that allows cities to derive greater value from costly LED lighting by reducing the typical four to five year payback period almost in half – to just two to three years. This allows cities to invest in other smart city projects sooner, cuts energy consumption using self-learning algorithms, and improves public safety by responding to real-time changes in traffic, weather and people movement.

Infosys announced the launch of the Infosys Boundaryless Data Lake offering powered by its Information Grid Solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The solution allows enterprises to do more with their data by making it possible for them to leverage the insights it provides to reduce time-to-market, create new revenue models, reduce latency, and improve operational efficiencies through near real-time decision making.

According to the press release, Emerson’s Mobrey Hydratect 2462 Water and Steam Detection System is the world’s first to be certified to IEC 61508 for safety instrumented functions up to SIL 3. The system is used in a wide variety of applications where the detection of water or steam is vital for safe and efficient plant operation, such as boilers, steam drums and steam line drain pots. The safety certification will help to protect valuable plant assets, prevent downtime, save costs, and improve worker safety.

Rockwell Automation released its Allen-Bradley Stratix 2500 lightly managed switch, focused on providing the additional security, resiliency, segmentation and bandwidth-optimization benefits of a managed switch without requiring extensive configuration. This new switch is designed for manufacturers that use unmanaged network switches and are seeking to upgrade to a lightly managed switch to help solve their challenges regarding downtime or security.