M&A, Strategies, Alliances Icon Labs and Micrium have partnered to pair Icon’s Floodgate Security Framework with Micrium’s µC/OS-III RTOS, aiming to provide a complete embedded security platform. ZTE and TeliaSonera have announced an IoT partnership, with an initial focus on telematics. Actility is joining the Cisco Partner Ecosystem, integrating its LoRa-based ThingPark platform. BlackBerry has acquired Encription, a cybersecurity consulting firm that will form the core of a new consulting offering that is being aimed at the IoT. Avnet Memec’s Silica subsidiary has launched its Visible Things evaluation and development platform, a blend of hardware and software. Visa is adapting its Visa Ready mobile payments platform to accommodate IoT applications. Microsoft is acquiring Xamarin, the company that brought native Android…