DUBAI, UAE, 15 March 2022: Netix Controls, a subsidiary of the SB Group and a smart buildings solutions provider, announced the approval of its open-source controllers by global retail giant, Amazon. Making the announcement through a Press release, Netix said the approval has implications for its outreach as well as Amazon’s worldwide centres, which it added stand to maximise their efficiencies and optimise their building and asset management. 

Sanjeevv Bhatia

Netix said this approval from Amazon, executed through real estate services company, CBRE, will see it work on the BMS of 59 fulfilment centres across Europe, starting with France and Germany. Netix said it will shoulder the BMS responsibilities in Amazon’s centres, ensuring seamless integration and connectivity with IoT platforms and the IT infrastructure across their warehouses and offices in these locations. 

According to Netix, the global approval comes on the back of Amazon’s observations of Netix’s edge as one of the only providers of an open-source, open-protocol system, as well as successful implementation in four of Amazons centres in India and one in Jeddah. Similar approvals, Netix said, were also extended for its controllers for Amazon centres in Dubai, Riyadh, and Egypt, which are currently underway.

Netix said its quality of work and its expansive global network of operations led to Amazon inviting it to expand the scope of the partnership to Europe, as well. 

“Organizations do not come bigger than Amazon, which is a household name across the globe,” said Sanjeevv Bhatia, Chairman, SB Group International and CEO, Netix Global BV. “We bagged its approval by demonstrating the multi-fold value that our open-protocol controllers can unlock. This is to say, our partnership is built not just on promises but on demonstrable positive outcomes. Soon, Amazon centres across Europe will be enjoying similar benefits.” 

Netix said it has carved out a niche for itself at the intersection of technology and real estate by championing the open-source, android approach, across full-suite BMS solutions and maintenance services, including but not limited to intelligent Integrated Building Management System (iIBMS) and its Konnect platform. Netix said its model offers clients flexibility as well as significant savings by improving processes, eliminating OEM dependencies and optimising resources. 

Keeping the open-protocol framework as its unique value proposition, Netix said it has also launched the Novus Partner Program to ignite a Brownfield Revolution – a movement to unlock greater efficiencies and optimize energy usage in old buildings grappling with multi-vendor, legacy systems – across the Middle East region, by sharing best practices and knowledge from successful implementations. In doing so, Netix, along with Novus partners, has enabled owners/operators in old buildings to unlock significant savings in resources, energy and labour,  and to increase efficiencies, reliability and the life span of connected assets. 

Netix said the approval by Amazon, one of the largest and fastest growing companies in the world, with billions of dollars invested in ecommerce, logistics and service delivery, serves as a testament to its state-of-the-art technology strengths, robust solutions and expansive global operations. “In a proptech ecosystem crowded by software-only, piecemeal solutions providers, we have carved a niche as a provider of an end-to-end portfolio of hardware as well software and IoT solutions that are delivering immediate quantifiable savings for our clients,” Bhatia said. “Based on multiple case studies, we have unlocked a 50% reduction in OpEx, on average. Our years of painstaking R&D and the constant pursuit of excellence in service delivery have led to this approval by a global giant like Amazon. It’s a proud moment, and we are confident of exceeding expectations.”