// M&A, Strategies, Alliances // Hartford Steam Boiler has acquired relayr, for $300m cash. The deal sees HSB, an equipment breakdown insurance provider (owned by Munich Re), pick up a software company that had found a niche in IIoT hardware-agnostic data flows. NXP has acquired OmniPHY, a company working on using 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet in automotive applications, with NXP eyeing it for autonomous vehicles. GigSky has acquired Simless, a specialist in eSIM subscription management, looking to incorporate the platform into GigSky’s own PaaS for cellular devices. Sierra Wireless might be buying Telit, according to “City sources” speaking to the Mail on Sunday – a move that would create a £1bn company. // Software // The IEEE has published 2050-2018, a standard…