M&A, Strategies, Alliances Bosch might join Amazon and Microsoft in taking a minority holding in the Here mapping platform, which was recently acquired by a consortium of German automakers. Aeris has won a connectivity deal with TrackerSense, providing the cellular link and analytics platform for the company’s package tracking service. PTC has launched an IoT certification program for its ThingWorx platform, for assessing developer capability for building applications within the software environment. Arrow Electronics and Qlik have partnered to push self-service analytics to Arrow’s enterprise computing customers, using Qlik’s software. Hitachi has announced its intention to invest some $900m into its Services and Platforms business unit, to increase its IoT capabilities. Qorvo is acquiring GreenPeak for an undisclosed amount, adding…