Strategic Relationship Now Includes Entire Digi Product Line on a
Global Scale
Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, and Digi International®,
(NASDAQ: DGII, www.digi.com),
a leading global provider of mission-critical machine-to-machine (M2M)
and IoT connectivity products and services, today announced an expanded,
global distribution agreement. Under this new agreement, Digi’s complete
product and services portfolio is now available through Avnet
Electronics Marketing’s global network. As a result, design engineers
around the world now have access to the full range of Digi’s products
and wireless design services through one of the world’s largest
electronic components distributors.
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Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronics original equipment
manufacturers and electronic manufacturing services providers globally,
distributing electronic components and embedded systems from leading
manufacturers, and providing design-chain and supply-chain services.
Digi provides wireless M2M connectivity that delivers the reliability,
scalability, security, and bulletproof performance needed to build and
deploy critical infrastructures in challenging environments. Digi’s M2M
products include embedded system-on-modules; RF products, including
XBee® modules, gateways, modems, adapters, range extenders and sensors;
Digi Transport® cellular gateways/routers; and Rabbit modules and
single-board computers.
“Avnet and Digi have been collaborating for several years now on the
advancement of M2M services in embedded wireless systems for our mutual
customers in the Americas,” said Lynn Torrel, senior vice president,
semiconductor business development, Avnet Electronics Marketing. “With
this expanded agreement, we can now help customers around the world
leverage a rich array of technological synergies between Digi and
members of Avnet’s broad ecosystem of best-in-class product and service
providers to accelerate their development of connected devices for the
exploding Embedded and IoT markets.”
“As one of the world’s largest global distributors of electronic
components, Avnet has the reputation of being a problem solver,” said
Richard Halliday, vice president of channel sales and alliances for Digi
International. “We see the Avnet relationship as extremely strategic in
our efforts to bring proven M2M and IoT solutions to market.”
To learn more about the Digi International products available from
Avnet, visit http://bit.ly/1RmbtCL.
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About Digi International
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) is a leading global provider of
mission-critical machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT)
connectivity products and services. We help our customers create
next-generation connected products and deploy and manage critical
communications infrastructures in demanding environments with high
levels of security, relentless reliability and bulletproof performance.
Founded in 1985, we’ve helped our customers connect over 100 million
things, and growing. For more information, visit Digi's website at www.digi.com,
or call 877-912-3444 (U.S.) or 952-912-3444 (International).
About Avnet, Inc.
From components to cloud and design to disposal, Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT)
accelerates the success of customers who build, sell and use technology
globally by providing them with a comprehensive portfolio of innovative
products, services and solutions. Avnet is a Fortune 500 company with
revenues of $27.9 billion for the fiscal year 2015. For more
information, visit www.avnet.com.
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