ThingWorx itself is both a platform to implement an activity stream application and to synthesize external activity and event streams in a way that could help discover surprises in another application.
It is no wonder that BP are acting out this exercise in a public way as US lawmakers threatened to block any application BP would make to be party to drilling and exploration activity involving new US offshore leases because of its past safety record.
Given the dearth of attention to conditioning the security-relevant activities of companies that receive federal contracts (by way of the General Services Administration's application process), such business operations will likely increase as economic activity recovers in emerging markets.
Partnership activity remains strong and includes a recent collaboration with IBM to support that company's WebSphere Application Server Community Edition as part of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.