The heavy duty side of the Internet of Things – from connected vehicles to the Industrial Internet – is creating some strange bedfellows. As the value in big iron moves from the machines to the data they generate, the traditional manufacturers of cars, aircraft and heavy equipment are trying to turn into software houses, and they need all the help they can get. So Ford has announced close alliances with two arch-rivals in IoT big data field, IBM and the EMC/GE Pivotal technology. The car giant, which disappointed expectations that it would announce a self-driving car partnership with Google last week, did however unveil other key elements in its strategy to make its vehicles intelligent and connected. Among these was…