M&A, Strategies, Alliances Zebra has announced a new initiative called Enterprise Asset Intelligence (EAI), which will use its connected asset portfolio to provide enterprise customers with real-time operational visibility. Ernst & Young and GE have announced a strategic alliance to develop new IIoT services, with GE’s Predix platform serving as the main delivery platform. Walmart plans to use drones in its warehouses by the year’s end, to scan shelves and items, with a potential 30x time saving over human workers. Nest’s CEO has been pushed out the door, after a very poor performance post-Google acquisition – leaving many IoT questions unanswered. Liberty Mutual Insurance is investing in Notion, a sensor startup that had success on KickStarter with its leak, broken…