Avnet, Inc.

Avnet Electronics Marketing and Fairchild Semiconductor Celebrate 50-Year Milestone [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) and Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) are celebrating their 50-year alliance. The two companies commemorated their golden anniversary during a special award presentation in Phoenix on Friday, November 13th.

Avnet Electronics Marketing Releases New Development Platform Featuring Analog Devices Blackfin Processor and Microsoft .NET Micro Framework [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
The Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announces the release of the BF518F FMC Development Kit. This new, VITA57 compatible development platform features the Analog Devices Blackfin® BF518F processor. This kit runs the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework operating system, making it ideal for use in embedded industrial automation applications where low power and convergent processing are essential. This is the first development platform on the market whi...

Avnet s Analyst Day to Be Held in New York on December 17, 2009 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 21 hours 24 minutes ago
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today announced it will host its 2009 Analyst Day at The New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, December 17, 2009. The event begins with a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) and Avnet management presentations begin at 12:00 p.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. Avnet presenters include: Roy Vallee, chairman and chief executive officer; Rick Hamada, chief operating officer; Ray Sadowski, chief financial officer; Harley Feldberg, president, Electronics Marketing; and Phil Galla...

Avnet, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 22 hours 24 minutes ago
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) today reported revenue of $4.36 billion for the first quarter fiscal 2010 ended October 3, 2009, representing a decrease of 3.1% over the first quarter fiscal 2009 and a 0.6% decrease excluding the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. On a pro forma (organic) basis, as defined in the Non-GAAP Financial Information Section, revenue declined 6.5% over the prior year first quarter. Net income for the first quarter fiscal 2010 was $50.9 million, or $0.33 pe...

Avnet Receives Best Practices in Storage Award from SNW [Press Release]
Business Wire | 31 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced it was named an Honoree in Storage Networking World’s (SNW) “Best Practices in Storage” Awards Program, which acknowledges excellence among users of storage IT solutions. Avnet was recognized in the “Green Computing, Energy Efficiency and the Data Center” category based on the reinvention of its data center to decrease power consumption, with server and storage virtualization serving as key elements of the project.

Avnet, Inc. Acquires Controlling Interest in Vanda Group [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 1 hour 24 minutes ago
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) today announced that it has, with effect from October 5, 2009, acquired a controlling interest in Vanda Group from Hutchinson Whampoa Limited, expanding its presence and customer base across China. Founded in 1982, Vanda Group is a leading IT solutions and services provider covering major cities in China, Hong Kong and Macau.

Avnet Recognized as AMD s Global Distributor of the Year [Press Release]
Business Wire | 27 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced today that it was named AMD’s (NYSE:AMD) top-performing global distributor during the recent AMD Executive Forum 2009, held in Austin, Texas. AMD selected Avnet for this honor based on its ability to expand AMD’s market presence and revenues globally. AMD also awarded Avnet three regional distinctions, naming Avnet as distributor of the year in ANZ, EMEA and North America.

Avnet Technology Solutions Expands Demand Generation Events for IBM Channel Partners [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 21 hours 24 minutes ago
Avnet Ignition ’09 – Based on the success of its Road2 Virtualization seminars, Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced that it has expanded its demand generation offerings for IBM business partners to include Road2 Security and Road2 Information Optimization events. The new events are designed to enable Avnet’s IBM value-added reseller (VAR) business partners in the U.S. and Canada to quickly and effectively m...

Avnet Technology Solutions Introduces Think Software Business Development Tools [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 21 hours 24 minutes ago
Avnet Ignition ’09 – At its Ignition '09 conference for IBM business partners, Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), introduced its Think Software business development tools. Think Software is an integrated set of tools and methodologies designed to help IBM-focused value-added reseller business partners in the U.S. and Canada increase solutions-based sales by providing them with business planning resources to develop ...

ZeroG Wireless Expands its Distribution Reach through Avnet Electronics Marketing [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 34 days 14 hours 14 minutes ago
...Marketing - an operating group of Avnet, Inc. . Under the terms of the agreement...operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original...located at www.em.avnet.com. Avnet, Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is one...

Avnet and Xilinx Launch North American X-fest Seminar Series [Press Release]
Business Wire | 39 days 17 hours 54 minutes ago
The Avnet Electronics Marketing operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) kicked off the North American leg of its 37-city global seminar series last week in San Jose, Calif. X-fest, a series of technical seminars offering practical, how-to training for FPGA, DSP and embedded systems designers, runs worldwide through February 2010 in locations throughout Asia, Europe, Japan and North America. For complete program and registration information, visit: www.em.av...

In Case You Missed Avnet Electronics Marketing at the Medical Design and Manufacturing Minneapolis Show [Press Release]
Business Wire | 27 days 16 hours 24 minutes ago
Couldn’t make it to the Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas booth at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) Minneapolis Show? That’s okay – Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) will come to you.

Avnet and Brodeur Partners Celebrate 10-Year Partnership [Press Release]
Business Wire | 27 days 16 hours 21 minutes ago
Brodeur Partners, a strategic communications firm providing public relations, social media, branding and communications services, and Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company that markets, distributes and adds value to electronics components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems, celebrated their 10-year anniversary of Brodeur serving as the agency of record for Avnet, Inc. The celebration took place at the Tempe Center for the Arts on October 23rd with Avnet’s Chairman ...

Avnet to Bring Scale Computing s New IBM-based Storage Appliance to Resellers Serving the Midmarket [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 20 hours 25 minutes ago
Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) and Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of ICSTM (Intelligent Clustered Storage) technology, today announced that Avnet will assist with Scale Computing’s product development and assembly by integrating Scale Computing’s ICS technology onto the IBM System X server platform to create a complete storage appliance solution — the iSN1000. Avnet also will help Scale Computing e...

Join Actel and Avnet Memec at the System-on-Chip: Designing Next Generation SoCs Virtual Conference [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 70 days 22 hours 19 minutes ago
...Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers...The group's Web site is located at www.em.avnet.com. Avnet, Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest...