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Signs of Concentration Forming in CI: The Week in Playback

Peel back the noise of the news week with a relaxing spin through some of custom integration's biggest…

News April 19
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CI May Be Developing Its Own K-Shaped Economy (and the Cause Isn’t Clear)

As the effects of tariffs show up on balance sheets, D-Tools Year-in-Review Report finds that outsized gains at…

News April 14
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D-Tools User Conference Pulls in Nearly 150 Business Leaders in Inaugural Show

Discussions from the show focused on improving businesses operations, sharing best practices and better understanding the tools integrators…

News March 10
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D-Tools Data Shows Centralized Control Driving Growth in Lighting and Motorized Shading

Data suggests control drives lighting adoption, while motorized window treatments lead category growth ahead of Lightapalooza 2026.

Briefs February 17
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How’s the Custom Integration Industry Holding Up?: The Week in Playback

Peel back the noise of the news week with a relaxing spin through some of custom integration's biggest…

News February 15
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D-Tools Appoints G Paul Hess as CEO in Planned Succession

Current CEO Randy Stearns will 'downshift' from current position into leadership role at the company.

News February 11
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D-Tools Opens Incentive Program with OneVision to Scale Service Support in Cloud

The program also comes with a new integration designed to simplify workflows when moving between the two platforms.

News February 4
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How Centralized Control is Increasing Integrator Lighting Revenue

Lighting’s rich revenue opportunities sees “light-adjacent systems” receiving newfound interest as scale-drivers and essential add-ons for projects.

News January 28
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D-Tools Previews SI v24 Ahead of ISE 2026

New enhancements to the company’s integrator software aim to free up collaboration bottlenecks while adding offline access in…

News January 20
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