M&A, Strategies, Alliances B+B SmartWorx will be deploying PrismTech’s Vortex data sharing platform on its next generation of industrial IoT gateways. Delphi is acquiring Ottomatika, a spinoff from the Carnegie Melon University that supplied the software that powered Delphi’s self-driving Audi earlier this year on its trip across the USA. Zebra has acquired ITR Mobility, a mobile software development firm, and has been picked by Mainfreight for 1,500 of its TC75 mobile devices for barcode asset management. Qualcomm is buying Ikanos for $47m, snapping up an established home gateway business, as a potential lever for its AllJoyn-based smart home ambitions. Universal Electronics is acquiring Ecolink, a wireless security, sensing and home automation business. Software GE is officially launching its Predix…