Arrow Electronics Named Microsoft Windows Embedded Americas Partner of the Year for Distribution.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Computing Solutions (OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard ) group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ARW ARW Air Refueling Wing ARW Advanced Research Workshop ARW Associated Resume Writers ARW Army Ranger Wing (Irish Special Forces) ARW American Revolutionary War ARW Angle Random Walk ARW Aeroelastic Research Wing ) was named Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner of the Year in the Distributor category for the Americas, in recognition of a stellar performance in growing sales for Microsoft Windows Embedded products. A key factor in Microsoft's choice of Arrow OEM Computing Solutions (OCS) as its partner of the year was Arrow's significant increase in Windows Embedded operating system An operating system used in special-purpose applications (embedded systems). Embedded operating systems are typically very compact and often designed for real time operations. See embedded Linux, QNX, OS-9, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks and Symbian OS. sales over the past year, due largely to its proficiency in leveraging both its value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services and its relationship with other Microsoft partners to drive the sales of Windows Embedded products. "Our OEM customers constantly have pressure to shorten the go-to-market timeframe for their products, and Arrow's role in compressing the design phase by bringing in Microsoft Embedded products has been a successful strategy for our customers and for our Microsoft relationship," said Ed Allen, director of marketing, Arrow OEM Computing Solutions. Arrow OCS works with system integration partners like Vibren Technologies, ADS and Vytek Corporation to create specialized products using Microsoft's embedded operating systems. The kinds of products that Arrow OCS integrates with Windows Embedded operating systems on behalf of OEM customers include ATMs, medical devices and gaming machines. "We are pleased to name Arrow as the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner of the Year in the distributor category," said James DeBragga, director of the OEM Division at Microsoft Corp. "Over the past year, Arrow has been a key contributor to the strong growth of Windows Embedded offerings in the Americas." Arrow received the award during Microsoft's Windows Embedded Developers Conference 2004 in San Diego, Calif. About the North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics The North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) is a leading distributor of enterprise and embedded computing systems to resellers and OEM customers in North America. Based in Englewood, CO, the group is comprised of four divisions that make up Enterprise Computing Solutions (Support Net, SBM SBM - Solution Based Modelling , MOCA MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Multimedia over Coax MoCA Museum of Chinese in the Americas MOCA Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance MOCA Montezuma Castle National Monument (US National Park Service) , Enterprise Storage Solutions) and OEM Computing Solutions, which serves industrial OEMs and intellectual property-based companies. Visit all of our divisions at www.arrownacp.com. Arrow Electronics is one of the world's largest providers of products, services and solutions to the electronic components and computer products industries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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