Itron partners with SmartThings to focus on utility energy analytics
The partnership will combine Itron’s distributed intelligence ecosystem with SmartThings Energy service to provide real-time energy readings and consumption patterns Itron announced it is working together with Samsung subsidiary …
Siemens buys UK industrial IoT firm Senseye for global smart factory push
Siemens has acquired UK-based industrial IoT firm Senseye for an undisclosed fee. Senseye, founded in 2014, provides analytics-based (“AI-powered”) predictive maintenance solutions for industrial machines, offering ways to manage and …
Telefónica Tech buys European Microsoft favourite BE-terna for up to €350 million
Telefónica Tech, the enterprise solutions division of Spanish telecoms group Telefónica, has acquired Austria-based cloud solutions provider and enterprise software integrator BE-terna for up to €350 million, including potential earnouts. …
Software AG intros new TrendMiner client for industrial AI in process manufacturing
Belgium-based advanced analytics firm TrendMiner, part of German software vendor Software AG, has released an upgraded production client for industrial analytics in process manufacturing industries. The new TrendMiner release – …
SAS helps improve vaccine cold chain integrity with IoT analytics
The NC Collaboratory turned to SAS Analytics for IoT and Microsoft Azure for this project The North Carolina Collaboratory and analytics specialist SAS are using IoT analytics and sensor …
Telefónica Tech buys UK analytics firm and Microsoft favourite Incremental for £175m
Telefónica Tech, the digital change unit of Spain-based operator Telefónica, has acquired UK-based digital transformation and data analytics company Incremental for £175 million. Incremental, a major Microsoft partner in the …
Hyperscalers outrunning telcos – but 75% of enterprises want hybrid public-private 5G
Hyperscalers, with only varied and newly acquired in-house 5G knowledge, are outpacing telcos, with 40 years in the game, at private 5G, according to new research from Omdia. The analyst …
Verizon and IBM combine on 5G test cases, ‘management approaches’ for Industry 4.0
IBM and Verizon are collaborating on 5G use cases and ‘management approaches’ for Industry 4.0 at IBM’s ‘industry solution lab’ in Texas, in the US. The pair are offering industrial …
Paint-shop outfit Geico Taikisha bundles IoT and AI from Software AG for Audi, BMW etc
Automotive paint-shop supplier Geico Taikisha has signed with the Germany-based ADAMOS consortium of machine makers to use its industrial IoT solution to digitalize the painting process for its customers’ vehicle …
Industrial IoT firm Seeq raises $50m Series C funding to power international push
Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq has closed a $50 million Series C funding round, led by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. The new funding means the …
