Roy Vallee

As seen in Investor’s Business Daily -- Roy Vallee, chief executive of electronics distributor Avnet, (AVT) says the chip industry is starting an up cycle — a view that seems to run counter to current statistics and the outlook of the sector's main trade group.

But as middleman in the distribution chain, Avnet  gets a good view of the chip industry.

The company sells chips and other computer parts and systems to computer and consumer electronics makers.

Last year, chip companies built too many chips. They had to cut prices to get rid of a chip glut. But Vallee says the latest chip industry boom-and-bust cycle has played itself out.
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Jack Morris

As seen in CMP Channel -- Avnet announced on Tuesday that it has teamed up with virtualization market leader VMWare, expanding its Virtualization and Consolidation Solutions Practice group and its relationship with the vendor.

The Phoenix, Ariz.-based distributor will configure and sell solutions to its reseller customers that integrate the full line of VMWare's virtualization software with server and storage products from IBM, Hewlett Packard and Sun.

Avnet previously sold a limited menu of VMWare's software, but through its OEM relationships with IBM and HP, said Jack Morris, vice president, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas.

The move gives Avnet's consolidation and virtualization practice a foundation upon which to build itself as virtualization becomes more common, said Morris. "This helps us solidify and gives us a nice partner to anchor that practice. It ties very, very well within our server focus as well as our storage focus. I think this is going to be an underpinning of all of the solution sets we're going to be deploying in the future."
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Steve Phillips

As seen in Calibre Macro World -- Avnet, a global technology distribution and services company, was recently named the winner of the 2007 HP Business Technology Optimization (BTO) Award of Excellence for Information Technology (IT) Operations.

The award recognized Avnet for its use of HP software to support business goals by optimizing its IT infrastructure, and the performance and availability of applications in production.

"Our number one IT goal is to provide Avnet with the infrastructure, systems and support to help the company profitably grow operations around the globe," said Steve Phillips, Chief Information Officer, Avnet, Inc. "By using HP software, we increased our process consistency across Avnet's global IT environment, significantly improving our effectiveness. We are honored to be selected for this award by HP."
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Marc Gsand

As seen in Purchasing -- Lean design staffs, shrinking time to market and the need to lower costs are among the reasons that electronics more often are choosing distributors who offer design expertise.

Buyers find that design support from distributors varies widely. Larger distributors offer soup-to-nuts menus of design services. Other distributors may offer advice on a limited number of parts. Many distributors have field application engineers (FAEs) who provide technical advice about components. Others offer application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and field programmable gate array (FPGA) design expertise. A few have design centers staffed by engineers who are experts on specific vertical markets. Some large distributors have partnered with design houses to provide complex design services to OEMs.

Distributors say that many OEMs are looking for a total design solution rather than advice on which individual part is a good fit for a certain application.
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Stephen Wong and Miguel Fernandez

As seen in LEDs Magazine -- LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor has signed European and Asian distribution agreements with Avnet Electronics Marketing, a division of Avnet Inc, to expand and reinforce its sales network.

The agreements followed an announcement made in January for Avnet to distribute Seoul Semiconductor’s products in the North American market (see - Seoul Semiconductor and Avnet sign distribution agreement).

The agreements provide Seoul Semiconductor's customers with solution-centered support and quicker delivery via Avnet's inventory. As well as supplying LED products, Avnet will provide technical support services that will enable the integration of Seoul Semiconductor’s technology into customers’ actual applications, saving time and money. Miguel Fernandez, president of Silica, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, said: “Seoul Semiconductor’s broad range of advanced LED technology will revolutionize many segments of the lighting industry and is therefore a valuable addition to our existing portfolio.�
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July 25, 2007

Avnet Memec and Cavium Networks Announce Americas Distribution Agreement

EMSnow, Avnet Memec and integrated semiconductor product provider Cavium Networks have signed a distribution agreement for Cavium's security and MIPS(R) based single and multi-core processors in the Americas.

EMSnow

Enterprise, Medical, and Governmental Applications Will Be Targeted Under New Distribution Agreement Covering the Entire Aruba Product Line

E-ChannelNews

In the mobile communications realm, the hardware and software worlds have merged in a duo of new deals announced separately today by rival cellular phone makers Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc.

EDN

Network Appliance has appointed Scott Morris as new Director, Partner and Public Sector Sales, NetApp Australia and New Zealand.

Ferret, Australia

Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)  elects board of directors, on which Avnet's Fred Cuen serves.

eChannelLine

Magirus verkauft seine Enterprise Infrastructure Division an Avnet und konzentriert sich fortan ganz auf das Geschäft mit komplexen IT-Lösungen.

ComputerPartner, Germany

You can't rest on your laurels when your mission is to protect 16,000 pieces of priceless Asian art. To better serve that mission, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco recently incorporated IBM BladeCenter servers as part of a DVD-quality video surveillance system.

ServerWatch