// M&A, Strategies, Alliances // GE is offloading its Current energy efficiency business, selling it for an undisclosed sum to American Industrial Partners, a private equity firm. ForeScout has acquired SecurityMatters, for $113mn, as ForeScout looks to add more Operational Technology (OT) capabilities to its IoT security portfolio. GE has also offloaded 63% of its stake in Pivotal Software, gaining $173mn as it drops from a 20.8% stake to 7%, as the company tries to right the boat. // Hardware // u-blox, Iskraemeco and EMH have unveiled a PoC for a smart meter that connects to a user’s smartphone via Bluetooth. This is very interesting, as it could bypass the need for an in-home-display (IHD), which conventionally use Zigbee. Murata…