Avnet Convergent Technologies and Symbol Technologies Announce WIN Partner Program.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001 Avnet Computer Marketing, Convergent Technologies (company) Convergent Technologies - A company formed by a small group of people who left Intel Corporation in 1979. Convergent Technologies' first product was the IWS (Integrated Workstation) based on the Intel 8086, which ran Convergent Technologies Operating System - their first (Avnet CT), a leading value-added distributor of mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings technologies, network, data collection, and point of sale solutions, and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , announces the launch of the Wireless Initiative Network (WIN). The WIN Program is an active partner network that brings together select value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (Integrator Partners) and industry-leading software developers (Solution Development Partners), Symbol Technologies, and Avnet CT. The WIN Program is designed to provide IT resellers with powerful new ways of delivering complete, end-to-end vertical solutions -- that run on the latest wireless and mobile computing technologies from Symbol -- to end-users through active, strategic partnerships. Members of the WIN Program will benefit from access to Avnet CT's industry-leading value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. , as well as an arsenal of exclusive services and programs available only to members. "The WIN Program represents significant new opportunities for qualified IT Resellers by allowing each partner to focus on their areas of expertise and leverage the strengths of other members to deliver a complete vertical solution to the end-user," said Stanley P. Jaworski, Jr., vice president and general manager, worldwide channels and alliances for Symbol Technologies. "Avnet CT is in a great position to deliver this program which could help resellers to increase their revenue and customer base." "Wireless solutions and mobile computing applications represent one of the fastest-growing segments in technology today," added Michael Dunham, vice president of sales and marketing for Avnet CT. "With the announcement of the WIN Program and its design to be an active program for select partners, we are confident that WIN members will be able to convert opportunities into profitable revenue in these rapidly emerging markets by driving complete end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. to the end-user." "We are excited to join forces with Symbol in this program that is exclusive to Avnet CT, not only in commitment to add value to their product through this program, but in enhancing each member's capabilities to deliver enterprise-level solutions to their customers," mentioned Dunham. For more information about Avnet Convergent Technologies and the WIN Program, contact an Avnet CT Account Executive at 866/SYMBOL1 (866/796-2651) or visit Avnet CT on the Internet at http://www.act.avnet.com/symbol/wireless.asp. About Avnet Convergent Technologies Headquartered in Tempe, Avnet Convergent Technologies is a recognized value-added distributor of quality point of sale peripherals, scanning, mobile and wireless computing solutions as well as Auto ID products. Avnet CT also offers a wide selection of the most powerful brands of desktop computers and servers from Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and 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) . Along with a broad product selection, Avnet CT is committed to delivering IT solutions focused on data collection and radio frequency technologies, competitive pricing, fast delivery, technical support, system integration, sales training, custom financing and qualified leads to our Integrator Partners. Avnet Convergent Technologies is a division of Avnet Computer Marketing, a $2.85 billion operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), a Fortune 500 company with annual sales exceeding $12.8 billion. For more information about Avnet CT, please visit www.act.avnet.com. About Symbol Technologies Symbol Technologies Inc. (NYSE:SBL SBL Society of Biblical Literature SBL Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE symbol) SBL Spamhaus Block List SBL Space-Based Laser SBL Securities Borrowing and Lending SBL Supreme Beings of Leisure (band) ), winner of the National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar code data capture. Symbol's wireless information appliances See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. connect the physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code scanners A device specialized for reading bar codes and converting them into either the ASCII or EBCDIC digital character code. Pen scanners, also known as wand scanners, were the first type of bar code scanner developed in the 1970s. , mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbol's systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com (http://www.symbol.com); 800/722-6234. (a) Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of Avnet Inc. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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