Avnet Applied Computing Opens First Technology Showroom on East Coast in Peabody, Mass.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2001 New Lab Facilities Complemented by Hands-On Demonstrations of Cutting-Edge Technology Avnet Applied Computing (AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. ), an operating group of global electronic components and computer products distributor Avnet Inc., Thursday officially opened its first Technology Showroom on the East Coast in Peabody, Mass. Much like its sister showcase in Phoenix, which opened in December 2000, it displays a unique series of controlled environments that house live, hands-on product demonstrations intended to help cut time-to-market for new product designs. These Technology Showrooms are developed in partnership with leading suppliers like Intel, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, Motorola, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Sharp and others. The Technology Showrooms demonstrate to customers how cutting-edge products like flat-panel displays and single board computers relate with one another in real-world applications. Other similar facilities are slated to open in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in Europe later this year and in 2002. The Peabody Technology Showroom is currently comprised of four separate rooms, which were built in close partnership with AAC's top suppliers. As a result, there are dedicated showrooms for Intel, Motorola and IBM products The following is a list of products from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s, and spanning punched card machinery, time clocks, and typewriters, via mainframe computers and minicomputers, to microprocessors, PCs, , as well as a fourth room which demonstrates AAC's ability to integrate several manufacturers into vertical market-applications. "AAC opened these showcases to give customers the ability to see product technology in action. Each showroom displays the newest technology available from that manufacturer, operating in a number of platform combinations with other products," explained Troy Blanchette, vice president of marketing for AAC. "For example, a new NEC flat-panel display may show information coming from an IBM storage system through a PC104 interface. By studying how these new components interact in real-world situations, AAC customers can apply what they learned in the Technology Showroom to remove time-intensive testing cycles from their own designs in the lab, which reduces overall time-to-market." "The Technology Showroom is the third element of AAC's strategy in time-to-market reduction," added Ed Kamins, president of AAC. "By housing the Technology Showroom inside AAC's lab facilities, our customers can immediately utilize tested, proven applications demonstrated in our Technology Showrooms to their own design in the lab. "In addition, Avnet FasTrac secure technology Web portal is available to our clients as a unique resource they can access when trips to our lab facilities simply aren't feasible. That way, AAC is able to give our clients every design advantage possible, regardless of where in the world they are." For more information about the Technology Showroom, AAC customer labs, or Avnet FasTrac, please go to www.aac.avnet.com. About Avnet Applied Computing Launched in October 1999, Avnet Applied Computing (AAC) is Avnet's newest and fastest growing operating group with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. AAC has structured itself to serve original equipment manufacturers that use computing technologies. Avnet Applied Computing markets technology products including platforms and servers, boards and modules, mass storage, peripherals, microprocessors, flat panel displays, networking and software products, and embedded operating systems. Its related services include engineering assistance, supply-chain management, financing, physical distribution and integration of end products. AAC, reporting sales of $1.67 billion for fiscal 2001, is comprised of three business units: Avnet Applied Computing Components (ACC See adaptive cruise control. ); Avnet Applied Computing Solutions (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ); and Avnet Applied Computing Enabling Technologies (ACET ACET AIDS Care Education and Training ACET Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (CDC) ACET Association for Compensatory Educators of Texas ACET Advisory Committee on Electronics and Telecommunications ). Visit its Web site at www.aac.avnet.com. About Avnet Inc. Phoenix-based Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ) is a Fortune 500 company, serving customers in 63 countries, with annual sales exceeding $12.8 billion. Avnet, a leading technology marketing and services organization, is one of the world's largest distributors of semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). components, embedded systems and computer products from leading manufacturers. Its Web site is located at www.avnet.com. |
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