M&A, Strategies, Alliances AT&T wants to help build sensors and provision cloud services for new IoT customers, and is now moving into consulting and integration services. PrismTech has launched its Vortex Innovator Program for IoT startups, aiming to provide free access to its Vortex data sharing platform for companies, before transitioning into licensing successful products. Salesforce has launched its IoT Cloud, to connect devices and things to its CRM platform. Alcatel-Lucent has acquired Mformation, and will integrate its IoT security and device management solutions into Alcatel’s IP Platforms division. Dialog Semiconductor is buying Atmel for $4.6bn, as the silicon consolidation trend continues. Ericsson and Korean MNO LG Uplus have signed an MoU, to work on 5G and IoT platforms in…