Smart lighting pioneer Gooee has enhanced its data analytics capabilities through a deal that gives its cloud computing partner Evrythng an equity share in the firm, a seat on the board, and that gives Gooee greater access to Evrythng's software.

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　　Gooee has been working with London-based Evrythng for two years, but has now agreed to pay Evrythng around $7.5 million for permanent access to Evrythng's Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

　　The closer ties between the two companies strengthens Gooee's ability to gather data from lights equipped with its chipsets, and send that data off to the cloud for analysis. Such analytics then helps facilities managers to decide how better to use and operate rooms and buildings. For example, the data could alert them to close down or re-assign underutilized rooms.

　　Gooee is now marketing that IoT service under the moniker “Lighting as a Host.”

　　“Gooee is now in total control of the whole flow and management of customer data, and we now have the capability to develop the system to our specific needs, such as specifically for the smart building market,” Gooee chief technology officer and co-founder Simon Coombes told LEDs Magazine.