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Schneider Electric's $3.1 billion acquisition of Cognite — the largest Norwegian software exit ever — signals that industrial AI is won at the data layer, not the model layer. With 85% of industrial AI projects failing due to data quality and 68% of manufacturers stuck in pilot purgatory, the deal reshapes the competitive landscape for Siemens, Honeywell, and every enterprise running physical operations.
July 12, 2026
Accenture is acquiring a majority stake in Dragos along with runZero and NetRise for $4.175 billion — the largest OT cybersecurity deal in history. The combined platform addresses a $27 billion market growing to $59 billion by 2031. With 81% of enterprises failing OT segmentation assessments and 22 named threat groups targeting industrial infrastructure, this deal signals the end of treating OT security as a subset of IT security. xOT security readiness assessment and build-vs-buy decision matrix inside.
June 22, 2026