// M&A, Strategies, Alliances // GE has hired an investment bank to offload parts of or the entirety of its GE Digital wing, the division responsible for the Predix PaaS that has hit $4bn annual revenues. Plex Systems has acquired Dattus, an IIoT specialist that provides plug-and-play devices and software for industrial applications, to expand the Plex Manufacturing Cloud. // Networks, Protocols, & Wireless // Tencent has joined the LoRa Alliance, and plans to build a network in Shenzhen. An executive notes that it is highly complementary to NB-IoT, in the announcement. CAT Telecom has picked Actility to build a national LoRa network in Thailand, starting in Phuket and then Bangkok. Teo Hong Silom is helping as a systems integrator.…