Make sure to subscribe to get ATW in your inbox, for free, each Monday. // M&A, Strategies, Alliances // Itron is buying Silver Spring Networks for $830m, net of some $118m (!) that Silver Spring had in the bank, adding the Wi-SUN advocate to Itron’s extensive smart grid portfolio. The Trusted IoT Alliance has launched, focused on blockchain-enabled IoT apps – founded by Bosch, BNY Mellon, Cisco, Gemalto, and US Bank, and smaller blockchain companies. Hitachi has combined its Data Systems, Insight Group, and Pentaho divisions into a new subsidiary – called Vantara, which will broadly tackle IoT and IT-OT projects. Comcast has acquired Stringify, the developer that built its xFI service. Stringify provides a rival to the IFTTT automation…