Avnet Memec Named Finisar Distributor of the Year.PHOENIX -- Avnet Memec, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, the largest operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), announces it has been named Distributor of the Year by Finisar Corp. (Nasdaq: FNSR), a technology leader in gigabit fiber optic solutions for high-speed data networks. This award is based upon North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Fiscal 2006 sales, in which Avnet Memec increased demand-creation sales of Finisar's optical transceivers tenfold tenfold Adjective 1. having ten times as many or as much 2. composed of ten parts Adverb by ten times as many or as much Adj. 1. . "Avnet Memec persevered through a huge integration and still managed to grow sales considerably," said Dana Canasty, director of World Wide Channel Management, Optics Division, Finisar. "We are very proud of what Avnet Memec has done in the past 12 months and expect many great things from them in the area of demand creation in the future." "We are always thrilled to receive such an honor from any supplier, but it is particularly rewarding coming from Finisar," added Phil Sansone, senior vice president of Avnet Memec. "The Avnet Memec team has worked very hard over the past several months to build upon an already solid foundation and increase our market share with Finisar. We have a unique relationship with Finisar and look forward to even bigger things in Fiscal 2007." About Finisar Finisar Corp. is a technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and network test and monitoring systems. These products enable high-speed data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. for networking and storage applications over Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. local area networks (LANs), Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs) using Fibre Channel, IP, SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. , SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. and SONET/SDH-based protocols. For more information, please visit www.finisar.com. About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc., a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 68 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com. Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries. Visit www.avnet.com/. |
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