Ten years ago, Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook and Twitter started its 140 character services. Both platforms changed the world as we knew it on how we communicated, and impacted everything from the news to showing what we were doing and eating. The ball game changed, it started social media. The individual was heard vs. corporate…
DetailsAt the 47th Management and Marketing Conference of the Electronics Representatives Association (ERA), held in Austin, Texas, Feb. 28-March 1, the organization presented its Key Award to its past president and chairman of the board, Mark Conley of O’Donnell North Associates in Palo Alto, Cal. This was the first presentation in more than 10 years…
Details
The collaboration will yield a full turnkey solution comprising of Nanium's full suite of wafer level packaging / bumping services, complemented by UTAC's backend assembly and test services. “Through this collaboration, we will be able to offer joint customers a seamless solution comprising Nanium's superior solutions and UTAC's assembly and test capabilities spread across a…
Details
Electronics companies are beginning to see advantages to implementing a contract management system, which can help streamline the buying and selling process, and create full visibility from supply chain and procurement to legal, human resources, and information technology. When an electronics company starts shopping around for a way to manage its contracts, the options are…
Details
A few weeks ago, I went to London for a family reunion. Faced with spending a few days with expensive roaming charges on my smartphone, I decided to get a local prepaid Subscriber identity Module (SIM) card. After doing some research online before the trip I found a good offer from the UK's “3” network. …
DetailsSan Clemente, Calif. – Advanced MP Technology (AMPT), a leading global full-service distributor of electronic components for 38 years, is pleased to announce the opening of its new facilities in Hong Kong. The new 16,000 sq feet facilities in Hong Kong are conveniently located in the New Territories, providing quick access to transportation services and…
DetailsNewark element14 today announces the launch of Analog Devices EVAL-ADICUP360 Evaluation Board. The EVAL-ADICUP360 evaluation board is part of a comprehensive ecosystem which includes open source development tools, software examples, and hardware modules. The hardware has an Arduino/ PMOD form factor for easy plug and play functionality and rapid prototyping with ADI or 3rd party shields. Key features…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of the new Intel® Quark™ microcontroller, designed for Internet of Things (IoT) architectures and applications. The Intel Quark microcontroller D2000 is a low-power, battery-operated, 32-bit microcontroller with a more robust instruction set than other entry-level microcontrollers. The device’s technology extends intelligent computing to a new spectrum of data actuation applications…
Details
As organizations search for ways to get better supply chain technology, cloud services are becoming a natural choice for ease of use, flexibility, and cost. At the same time, a natural skepticism remains, as organizations try to insure that they can secure their data and meet compliance obligations. “As supply chain managers target even greater…
Details
The presidential elections in the U.S. are in full swing and many businesses and business owners are concerned with how the political atmosphere will be shaped through 2016. As businesses must comply with federal laws, economic analysis remains incomplete without political analysis. It's critical to keep in mind that the elected officials are the ones…
Details