Customers in the U.S. and Canada will benefit from leading embedded and
automation products and solutions
CLEARWATER, Fla., July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech Data
(Nasdaq: TECD) today announced that it has signed a distribution
agreement with Advantech, a leader in trusted, innovative embedded
and automation products and solutions for IoT. The addition of
Advantech to the Tech Data portfolio extends its end-to-end
capabilities and vertical market reach, and will further equip
resellers in the U.S. and Canada
with solutions preconfigured for Microsoft Azure and related
Microsoft services such as Power BI that address a wide array of
applications across diverse industries.
"Advantech's portfolio provides a broad variety of IoT products
and solutions across today's strongest verticals including
industrial and retail," said Michelle
Curtis, director, IoT Solutions, North America, at Tech Data. "Combined with
the unparalleled services and end-to-end support of Tech Data,
Advantech solutions can help our partners drive Azure consumption
and make significant inroads toward their customers'
successes."
The addition of Advantech is already making an impact. Tech Data
IoT recently supported the design, build and deployment for an
industrial use case within the professional carwash industry by
streamlining the partner's services offerings and optimizing
recurring revenue structure, all while utilizing the Advantech
WISE-PaaS solution.
Through Tech Data's distinct, consultative approach to IoT, end
customers can benefit from the company's unique IoT ecosystem and
knowledge base, while resellers can take advantage of the
relationships within the community to build new business
opportunities. Preconfigured solutions include Advantech Edge
Intelligence Servers, which offer a simple industrial solution for
channel partners to build up edge-to-cloud applications with
integrated hardware, plus software that is preconfigured for
Azure.
"To realize our vision of enabling an intelligent planet,
Advantech is pleased to help Tech Data and its partners deliver
real-world and value-added IoT solutions that will delight end
customers," said Jay Liston, channel
sales director, at Advantech. "The full Advantech portfolio, with
horizontally applicable IoT solutions, will contribute toward Tech
Data's advocacy of digital transformation and third platform
initiatives—furthering growth in new and emerging markets."
For more information on Tech Data's IoT solutions in
the U.S. and Canada, email iot@techdata.com,
visit Tech Data's IoT Solutions website or call
(800) 237-8931.
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About Tech Data
Tech Data connects the world with the
power of technology. Our end-to-end portfolio of products, services
and solutions, highly specialized skills, and expertise in
next-generation technologies enable channel partners to bring to
market the products and solutions the world needs to connect, grow
and advance. Tech Data is ranked No. 83 on the Fortune
500® and has been named one of Fortune's World's Most
Admired Companies for nine straight years. To find out more, visit
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Tech Data
480.794.7426
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