// M&A, Strategies, Alliances // CCS has acquired Locatrix, a mobile and location software developer, which CCS plans to use to expand is SaaS offerings. CCS has just fallen out of an acquisition by Veriluma, after CCS failed to raise enough capital. Landis+Gyr is acquiring Acumen, an Australian company managing smart meters that is owned by Pacific Equity Partners. L+G and PEP are forming a joint-venture, intelliHUB Holdings, to do this, gaining 170k smart meters. Worth $203m. Neeco has acquired AirX Technologies, a UK-based provider of internet connectivity for enterprises, which Neeco plans to use to expand its ICT solutions portfolio. // Forecasts, Surveys. Reports, & Blue-Sky Thinking // Navigant Research reports that global utility spending on blockchain technologies will…