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Acuity Brands, Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Acuity Brands Technology Services, Inc. (ABTS), has acquired for cash substantially all the assets of Guardian Networks LLC, a leading provider of remote asset management software and services that enable utility, municipal, and other customers to efficiently monitor and manage facility and infrastructure assets such as lighting systems.

Guardian will become an integral part of the ROAM® business platform of ABTS. ROAM is a leading provider of streetlight monitoring, combining intelligent photocontrols, wireless communications, advanced diagnostics, and network management services to establish connectivity between lighting systems and their owners/operators. ROAM products and services improve streetlight performance, reduce operating costs, and improve billing accuracy.

"With this acquisition, we believe that ROAM becomes the country's most comprehensive lighting asset management system," said Crawford Lipsey, president of Acuity Brands Technology Services. "Guardian brings the network operations center, customer interface software, work order management modules, and hand-held deployment systems into ROAM. This end-to-end capability will allow us to better serve customers who require the highest quality systems for managing lighting assets."

"Guardian has worked with ROAM since its inception, so we are very excited to become part of the ROAM team," said Ted Russ, CEO of Guardian. "Guardian's unique portfolio of machine-to-machine technologies and business services, combined with Acuity Brands' strength in the marketplace, should accelerate ROAM's opportunities for growth."