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Partners and customers,
It is with great excitement that I share with you a major development
in the future of DGLogik and our technology. As you may already know,
on June 30, 2016, DGLogik was acquired by Acuity Brands, Inc., North
America’s largest provider of lighting and energy management solutions
and a significant and growing player in various Internet of Things
markets.
Over the past several years, Acuity Brands has been transforming itself
from a traditional lighting manufacturer into a $3 billion+ technology
company that has made both organic and inorganic investments into
state-of-the-art software solutions within the IoT domain. Having been
focused on developing an ecosystem of partners to leverage intelligent
lighting and building system networks, Acuity Brands is well positioned
to deliver a broad range of solutions that will help customers digitize
their businesses.
We believe that Acuity’s vision and strategy are very well aligned with
the direction of DGLogik. That is why we are pleased to have joined
Acuity’s portfolio of holistic IoT solutions and the tremendous growth
opportunities it presents for us, our customers and sales
partners.
We are confident this acquisition will pave the way for DGLogik to
develop more innovative technology, while increasing speed to market
with our current and future products. Our whole team is fully committed
to continue providing cutting-edge software solutions and support to
the intelligent buildings, smart cities and industrial automation
industries in parallel with our efforts to advance the world of IoT.
As we move forward with the integration of DGLogik into Acuity Brands, below are answers to a few key questions.
What does this acquisition mean for DGLux5 OEMs?
We value our OEM partners, and we will continue to nurture and grow
these relationships through more rapid advancements in our software and
enhanced support services. Our flagship product, DGLux5, will continue
to mature and our dedicated account executives will continue working
closely with our OEM partners to ensure that our software maintains
maximum stability and compatibility with OEM partner hardware and
software. We will allocate the necessary technical resources and
support staff required to build on these relationships.
What does the acquisition mean for DGLux5 Distributors, Resellers and System Integrators?
Assurance that our technology is here and here to stay. Our ideas will
now have a solid path to more quickly transform into products and
solutions that address existing and future problems of our clients.
Distributors, resellers and system integrators have been the backbone
of our success. We will continue working together to ensure that,
through you, the value of our technology is expertly introduced and the
implementation of our technology is skillfully accomplished to
ultimately place leading solutions in the hands of all users. Our
account representatives will be dedicated to providing support staff
and updated marketing and sales material as the material evolves
alongside with our technology.
Any changes with DSA?
No. We founded DSA with the goal of democratizing connectivity and are
still very much in that frame of mind. Thus, DSA will remain open
source and we will continue to play a leading role in driving adoption,
evolving the technology and contributing code. The community of
developers and consumers, currently consisting of over 400 participants
and growing every day, will continue to be the resource for support and
enhancements for this cutting-edge IoT Toolkit and Platform. DSA is
rapidly gaining more and more support from major technology enterprises
and DGLogik will continue to be fully involved. For more information on
DSA, please visit www.iot-dsa.org.
Will DGLogik continue to provide Training & Support?
Training and support services is of utmost importance to us, and we
will continue to evolve this function to ensure that the highest
quality solutions are being deployed in the most efficient manner. We
will be working to enhance training materials, support forums and
knowledge sharing. We want to ensure that everyone that uses our
products have access to all the needed information.
How about Professional Services?
We will maintain and grow our professional services organization to
ensure continued delivery of quality services and solutions to help
accelerate our customers’ and partners’ success.
What’s next?
Right now, it is business as usual. Continue to count on your current
DGLogik contacts and home office services. Meanwhile, as part of
the Acuity Brands family, we will leverage our new-found scale to
expand DGLogik’s go-to-market channels and focus on enhancing current
technologies and building new cutting edge products for major IoT
verticals. Soon we will be moving to a new facility in Berkeley to
accommodate further expansion and add to our capabilities and
services. Everyone is committed to our new home and we look
forward to joining forces with our Acuity Brands team members.
It is a very exciting time for DGLogik, Acuity Brands, and our partners
and customers. DGLogik and Acuity Brands, together, look forward to
accelerating the adoption of IoT and our best-in-class technologies. If
you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to
me directly.
Eugene Mazo
VP – IoT, Customer Experience (formerly CEO – DGLogik, Inc.)
Acuity Brands, Inc.
www.acuitybrands.com | www.dglogik.com
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