Agilent Technologies Recognized By VLSI Research as a 10 BEST Supplier in Two Market Segments; Company Retains Lead Position In 10 BEST Process Diagnostic Segment Four Years Running.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) secured its position as the Test and Measurement equipment industry leader by winning VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. Research's recognition as the No. 1 10 BEST Supplier of Process Diagnostic Equipment for the fourth consecutive year. Agilent has also been named one of the 10 BEST Suppliers of Test and Material Handling Equipment. Process diagnostic equipment companies were rated in eight categories with Agilent claiming top honors in five of them. Additionally, Agilent achieved the highest score for product performance among all 10 BEST suppliers. "We are proud to receive recognition as leading supplier of process diagnostic equipment for four years in a row," said John Scruggs, senior vice president and general manager of Agilent's Automated Test Group. "It is clear that our strong history of customer satisfaction remains second to none as we move from Hewlett-Packard to Agilent." Scruggs credits the company's Customer Team, comprised of worldwide sales, applications and marketing support and customer service engineers, with the glowing report. "Reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. into factory sales and support teams a couple of years ago, our Customer Team continually has evolved to meet customers' changing needs, thus underscoring our commitment to be a leader in satisfaction," he added. "It is this commitment that has allowed us to achieve a leading market share in the hotly hot·ly adv. In an intense or fiery way: a hotly contested will. Adv. 1. hotly - in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the contested Taiwan-based sub-contract manufacturing sector." Customer comments in the VLSI Research report highlight Agilent's view of test solutions as a holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine package including products and support. Not only did survey participants laud Agilent's capabilities by noting, "customer support has been outstanding," but they further praised Agilent's ability to provide the right test at the right cost by "jointly developing equipment with customers to meet their needs." VLSI Research mailed surveys in six languages to 45,000 equipment users worldwide. The surveys were double blind in that equipment vendors supplied customer lists but did not see the completed surveys and VLSI Research did not know which companies supplied user names. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With approximately 43,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. In fiscal year 1999, the businesses comprising Agilent, then a subsidiary of HP, had net revenue of more than $8.3 billion. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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