June Investment Activity in Connected Industry Has Heated Up...

Investments in the digital space have accelerated this past month as Rockwell Automation invests $1b in PTC to strengthen its partnerships while Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5b. AI, Machine Learning and data analytics continue to be an innovation and investment area as Software AG acquires Trendminer to help broaden their analysis capabilities and industrial cybersecurity company Claroty raises a $60m funding round.