CIGNEX Datamatics, a Silicon Valley based global leader in Open Source solutions, announced that it has completed a strategic investment in Duo Consulting, a Chicago based digital marketing firm specializing in Drupal based solutions. Duo creates content-rich responsive websites and provides a broad range of services that includes website development, experience design, digital marketing, content and digital communication.

CIGNEX Datamatics leadership in pure-play Open Source services rests on forward-looking leadership to grow its portfolio of strategic partnerships. CIGNEX Datamatics and Duo Consulting come together to strengthen its commitment to Open Source and Drupal, as it recently released a major upgrade, Version 8. The investment propels Duo Consulting forward to expand its breadth of services to their clients at a global scale.

With this deal, CIGNEX Datamatics advances its mission to bring digital transformation to organizations. For enterprises that are thriving to understand their customer behaviors, CIGNEX Datamatics' big data analytics, social collaboration and cloud services combined with Duo's Drupal expertise, will facilitate them with richer set of offerings for improved experience and value.

"We are excited to join CIGNEX Datamatics. We would like to leverage the company's capabilities, technology and experience in helping our clients better meet business needs," says Michael Silverman, CEO and Founder, Duo Consulting. "We look forward to expand our global leadership in the Open Source community."

"We welcome the addition of Duo Consulting to CIGNEX Datamatics family. Duo's digital marketing and lead generation services will open new business opportunities. We can also now offer a high level of Drupal expertise to deliver value-added solutions to our clients," says Vidur V. Bhogilal, Chairman, CIGNEX Datamatics. "I look forward to us working together as a unified entity to accelerate our growth, and leverage synergies to drive high levels of innovation."