SINGAPORE — Avnet Technology Solutions, a solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., (NYSE: AVT), announced that it has been authorized by EMC to distribute its products and solutions portfolio for the Singapore market. As part of the agreement, Avnet will provide its independent software vendor (ISV), system integrator (SI) and value-added…
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PHOENIX — Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today introduced the I/O Carrier Card, an extension of the MicroZed™ Evaluation Kit and System-on-Module (SOM) that offers hardware and software designers a proven, cost-effective prototype platform based on the Xilinx® Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC. The I/O Carrier Card provides easy access…
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MAIDENHEAD, UK — Avnet Embedded, a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced the publication of an opinion paper showing that the forthcoming withdrawal of support for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system creates a huge cyber-criminal risk and that businesses are simply failing to take action…
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Name a product today and somewhere someone is trying to figure out how to infuse it with semiconductors, overlay it with software applications or connect it with other segments of the economy. Connectivity is the rage today; the internet is making possible today the ability for everything we use to wirelessly transmit and exchange huge…
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Nothing focuses a supply chain manager's mind like discovering a way to improve the supply chain network. Given this, a new Ernst & Young survey should interest supply chain managers. It reveals that, when chief financial officers (CFO) and supply chain leaders form a closer business partnership within a company, they report better results in…
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Just when you thought you had the phablet thing down (and could say it in a serious tone without chuckling), Samsung decided to add another invented word to the mix: fonblet. As one might imagine, the fonblet, like a phablet, is a converged phone and tablet. But as Techcrunch points out, perhaps the addition of…
DetailsMicrosemi Corp., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, PETT Acquisition Corp., successfully completed its previously announced tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Symmetricom, Inc. (“Symmetricom”) (Nasdaq:SYMM) for $7.18 per share in cash. The tender offer expired at 12 a.m. EST…
DetailsQualcomm Inc. today announced that the sale of Omnitracs, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, to Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a U.S.-based private equity firm, has been finalized. The agreement to sell the transportation and logistics business for approximately $800 million in cash was originally announced in August. “Omnitracs was one of Qualcomm’s earliest businesses…
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DetailsThe global market for semiconductors used in major home appliances is projected to grow more than 12 percent in 2013, up from 6.8 percent in 2012, according to a report from IHS Inc.
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