Avnet Applied Computing Wins "Distributor of the Year 2000 Award" from SanDisk Corp.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2001 Avnet Applied Computing was named "Distributor of the Year 2000" by SanDisk Corp. (Nasdaq:SNDK), the world's leader in flash data storage products, for outstanding sales performance. The awards ceremony was held recently at SanDisk's Annual Sales Conference sales conference n → conferencia de ventas sales conference n → réunion f de vente sales conference n → at the Ritz-Carlton in Palm Springs, Calif. Vicky Kurzenknabe, SanDisk distribution sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , presented the award for excellence in sales performance to Dale Erkel, director, Supplier Business Management for 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. ). "Having achieved over 200 percent growth in sales, AAC has truly earned this award for the hard work, dedication and willingness to deliver exemplary support and services to our customers," said Kurzenknabe. "SanDisk is the premier industry supplier of flash data storage products," said Troy Blanchette, vice president of Marketing, AAC. "We are very honored to receive this award and are excited about SanDisk as a partner in our embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. strategy. Our success is directly attributed to the focus our sales organization has in providing the best products to enable our customers to be successful in their application design." About SanDisk SanDisk Corp., the world's largest supplier of flash data storage products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is based in Sunnyvale, Calif. Web site www.sandisk.com About Avnet 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 $13 billion. Avnet, a global technology marketing and services company, 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 and computer products from leading manufacturers. Avnet Applied Computing markets technology products including platforms and servers, boards and modules, mass storage, peripherals, microprocessors, flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time and embedded operating systems. Its related services include engineering assistance, supply-chain management, financing, physical distribution and integration of end products. Its Web site is located at www.avnet.com. |
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