Avnet Embedded to Hold Free, Solid State Drive Virtual Summit
March 15 2012 - 11:05AM
Business Wire
The worldwide solid state drive (SSD) market is experiencing
unprecedented growth. Avnet Embedded, the largest distributor of
SSDs and a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a
business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has teamed up with 13
leading suppliers to offer a free, two-day virtual summit covering
the rugged, durable, energy efficient benefits of SSDs.
Registration is open now at Avnet’s website.
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On April 3 and 4, 2012, Avnet Embedded will spend an entire
48-hour period examining the intricacies of SSDs. Beginning at
12:01 a.m. PDT on April 3, representatives from Adaptec by PMC,
Dell OEM, Hitachi GST, Intel, LSI Corp., Kingston, Micron
Technology, OCZ Technology, Rorke Data, an Avnet Company, Smart
Storage Technology, Seagate, STEC and Toshiba will participate in
more than 25 on-demand technical courses regarding SSDs. Attendees
can choose from courses that delve into:
- SSD tiered storage solutions;
- Data security in SSDs;
- SSDs in rugged embedded computing;
- High-performance caching;
- Calculating SSD endurance and
performance;
- And more.
For a full listing of courses visit the Solid State Drive
Virtual Summit webpage.
In addition to technical courses, Avnet’s Solid State Drive
Virtual Summit will also feature presentations from industry
analysts Jim Handy, director of Objective Analysis, and Jim
Feldham, president of Semico Research. Both Handy and Feldham will
give an industry insider’s perspective of the strengths, weaknesses
and opportunities presented with SSDs.
Attendees of Avnet’s SSD Virtual Summit can also participate in
30-minute, live chat sessions with technical experts from each
supplier. Engineers are invited to use these sessions to pose
questions, discuss current trends and get real-time design
assistance direct from the source. The schedule of sessions is
posted on the Solid State Drive Virtual Summit page.
“SSDs are quickly becoming an appealing alternative, offering
our customers throughput improvement and near real-time response
times for applications delivered across cloud and mobile devices,”
said Chuck Kostalnick, senior vice president, Avnet Embedded. “Our
SSD Summit helps engineers navigate through the nuances and
complexities of SSD technology, ultimately providing the right
resources to choose the right solution for each attendee’s
particular product or service.”
About Avnet Electronics Marketing
Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of
Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment
manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS)
providers in more than 70 countries, distributing electronic
components from leading manufacturers and providing associated
design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's website is
located at www.em.avnet.com.
About Avnet, Inc.
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the
largest distributors of electronic components, computer products
and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries
worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting
the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more
than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added
services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 2, 2011,
Avnet generated revenue of $26.5 billion. For more information,
visit www.avnet.com.
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