M&A, Strategies, Alliances Silicon Labs has acquired Zentri, a low-power WiFi specialist, for an undisclosed price, in a move to expand SL’s IoT hardware and software connectivity portfolio. Cisco is buying AppDynamics for $3.7bn, on the eve of its IPO, which was valued at around $2bn. The premium secures its application monitoring software, and the company will be added to Cisco’s IoT division – alongside Jasper. Verizon has announced its Q4 results, with IoT revenues up 21% compared to Q4 2015, reaching $243m. Notably, that’s less than 1% of its $3.2bn quarterly revenue. Solera Holdings has acquired Digidentity, an online identity specialist with smart home and automotive ambitions that was founded in 2005, and has built a security platform. Bosch,…