Leadership Skills Ease Stressful Promotion To Uncharted Area
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| Steve Church | As seen in The Wall Street Journal Online -- Steve Church, a veteran operational executive, surprised associates two years ago by accepting a promotion to become the top human-resources officer at Avnet, a major distributor of high-technology products and services in Phoenix.
"You took what job?" a dumbfounded friend asked. "You don't even like HR!" Mr. Church, the former head of Avnet's biggest business unit, relishes challenges. But his lack of human-resources expertise scared him.
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Interview: Dirk Obendorf, Sales Manager Germany, Avnet
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| Dirk Obendorf | As seen in Speicherguide -- Festplatten kommunizieren zunehmend seriell. In RAID-Systemen gehört die SATA-Technologie bereits zum Standard, in Desktop-PCs vollzieht sich der Schnittstellenwechsel 2007. Die Nachfrage nach Serial-Attached-SCSI-Produkten beurteilt die Branche unterschiedlich.
Wir sprachen mit Dirk Obendorf, Sales Manager Germany bei Avnet, über den Markt und die künftige Entwicklung.
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Avnet Electronics Marketing Helps Bring Rugged Ultra Mobile PC to Market
 As seen in Military Embedded Systems -- In 2005 Justin Dyster and Shane Lewis saw a need for a rugged handheld computer that was a little more advanced than anything else currently available on the market. The two engineers left the major defense and aerospace systems contractor they worked for, moved from Tucson to Chandler, Arizona, and began their quest to design and build the world's first rugged ultra mobile PC. They turned to Avnet Electronics Marketing for help getting off the ground. Now their company, Black Diamond Advanced Technology, is set to bring the SwitchBack Ultra Mobile PC to market.
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Avnet Time Acquires Flint Distribution Ltd.
 As seen in TCG -- Avnet Time, a business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA and Avnet, Inc., announced that it has acquired the UK-based Interconnect, Passive and Electromechanical (IP&E) distributor, Flint Distribution Ltd. Flint will be combined with the Avnet Time organization. The newly formed business will have annual revenues of 31 Million Euros. Carl Barton, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Flint, will lead the new, larger Avnet Time business in the UK and Ireland. Vince Clark, Avnet Time's UK manager, will head up the sales organization. Avnet Time and Flint customers will have full access to an expanded line card and thus have access to an IP&E product portfolio.
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Avnet Logistics
June 29, 2007
Air Cargo Navigates Uncertain Skies
When it's imperative that freight arrives overnight, or even sooner, shippers of time-critical goods including donor organs, emergency airplane parts, or critical legal or financial documents often turn to Aeropoint Delivery Services, an Atlanta-based time-critical delivery courier.
Inbound Logistics
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Avnet Technology Solutions
July 10, 2007
ATTO Exhibits Line at Avnet
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, is exhibiting their complete line of storage connectivity products at the Avnet Applied Computing Solutions Faire in Phoenix this week. ATTO will promote proven, reliable high-performance connectivity solutions for data-intensive computer applications such as high-end digital editing where workflow productivity is critical and performance must be optimal.
Byte and Switch
July 10, 2007
Avnet Expands Solutions for Data Storage Security with NeoScale Systems
Agreement enables Avnet's partners to offer encryption as a part of a complete storage solution
E-ChannelNews
July 10, 2007
Avnet and SMART Modular Technologies sign distribution agreement
Avnet Technology Solutions will distribute memory modules, embedded computing subsystems and TFT-LCD display products for SMART in N. America.
Calibre Macro World
July 9, 2007
What To Watch For In Distribution
One of the most enjoyable things about the evolution of the channel since the beginning days of this industry has been the debate over distribution.
CRN
July 5, 2007
Avnet Takes on Sapphire
Distributor to offer AMD/ATI graphics cards across EMEA
Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA is a part of Avnet Inc. - one of the world's largest B2B distributors of enterprise computing and embedded technology products. The agreement will see Avnet market and distribute Sapphire products to leading edge PC manufacturers through its extensive network of resellers.
PC Retail, UK
July 2, 2007
¿Rip? ¡para nada!
Cuando las grandes empresas IT empezaron a acercarse a los usuarios a través de canales directos, parecía que sus distribuidores de valor agregado (VAR, por sus siglas en inglés) estaban en peligro de extinción. Pero no en México: aquí siguen siendo un mercado importante.
Informationweek
July 1, 2007
Avnet Technology Solutions expandiert nach Osteuropa
Mit der Eröffnung einer Verkaufsniederlassung in der rumänischen Hauptstadt Bukarest erweitert Avnet Technology Solutions seine geschäftlichen Aktivitäten in Osteuropa.
CRN Germany
June 29, 2007
Avnet Teams With Blade.org Consortium
Avnet will begin consulting with members of the Blade.org consortium to help drive new solutions for the Avnet Technology Solutions unit.
CRN
June 29, 2007
Avnet Steps Up Sun Disti Competition
GLOBAL disti Avnet Partner Solutions (APS) has doubled its number of UK partners over the past six months, it says.
IT Europa, UK
June 27, 2007
Avnet Technology Solutions lanceert Virtualiron Software de Belgische & Luxemburgse
IT dealersAvnet Technology Solutions en Virtualiron Software Inc., een provider van software toepassingen voor ondernemingsgerichte server- en desktop-virtualisering gaan in de toekomst samen in zee.
Computerworld
May 14, 2007
IBM y el socio del mañana
Infochannel Mexico
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Avnet Electronics Marketing
July 9, 2007
SMART Group Launches in South Africa
SMART Group , including Avnet Kopp, to promote the advancement of the South African electronics industry.
Circuits Assembly
July 5, 2007
Diodes Signs European Distribution Agreement
Diodes Inc. will distribute its semiconductors in Europe after signing an agreement with Silica , an Avnet company.
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
July 5, 2007
Avnet Time neemt Britse distributeur Flint over Afdrukken | Terug
Avnet Time, distributeur van passieve en elektromechanische elektronica-componenten heeft de in het Verenigd Koninkijk gevestigde branche-genoot 'Flint Distribution' overgenomen.
Engineers Online
July 4, 2007
Actel Expands in Europe with Italian Distribution Deal
Electronics distribution has clearly been gaining ground in
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EDN
July 4, 2007
Avnet Time Buys Flint to Increase IP&E Focus
Avnet Time has acquired interconnect, passive and electromechanical (IP&E) distributor, Flint Distribution Ltd. (
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Avnet, Inc.
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Avnet Electronics Marketing
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July 10, 2007
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July 4, 2007
Avnet Time Acquires UK Specialist Flint Distribution Ltd.
July 2, 2007
Avnet Time Named C&D Technologies' Distributor of the Year for Central Europe
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Avnet Technology Solutions
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July 10, 2007
Avnet Technology Solutions Expands Solutions for Data Storage Security with NeoScale Systems
July 10, 2007
SAPPHIRE Announces Relationship with Avnet Technology Solutions
July 9, 2007
Avnet Technology Solutions Enters Distribution Agreement with SMART Modular Technologies
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