Advantech Achieves Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance Premier Member Status
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Taipei, Taiwan, June 3, 2008 - Advantech, a global leading provider of Industrial PC and eAutomation solutions has been elevated from current Associate level to Premier level in the Intel® Embedded & Communications Alliance (Intel® ECA). Advantech is one of four Intel's ECA Premier Members worldwide, making them one of Intel's most valued members of the Intel ECA program. Intel ECA is composed of companies that provide software and hardware systems, services, and applications in support of Intel's embedded and communications business. As an Intel ECA Premier Member, Advantech has demonstrated business growth and breadth of products with Embedded Intel® architecture processors..
"Advantech has worked with Intel for a number of years through their respective partner programs," said Jeff Chen, Chief Technology Officer of Advantech. "It's a great honor for Advantech to become a Premier Member in the Intel ECA, which represents the highest tier in the program. It provides us unique opportunities to cooperate with Intel for mutual success through executive, architectural, marketing and joint selling relationships. Membership means technology and initiative awareness, business development, co-selling and co-marketing opportunities. We look forward to collaborating with Intel to provide our customers with best-in-class solutions." Jeff Chen concluded.
"Advantech is a long term customer and active participant in our Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance program," said Joe Jensen, general manager of Intel's Embedded Computing Group. "Intel looks forward to having Advantech as a Premier member of the program and seeing them deliver leading edge solutions based on Intel architecture."
This closer collaboration will synergize Advantech's extensive product portfolio and Intel's cutting-edge platform technology to accelerate the customer's time-to-market, reduce cost-savings and risk, and decrease overall design time. The Intel ECA Alliance Program enables members to align their technical roadmaps and promotion programs with Intel striving to optimize the entire development lifecycle, from concept to deployment-to the mutual benefit of all members and customers.
About Advantech
Founded in 1983, Advantech is a global leading ePlatform services provider of web-based technology, computing platforms and customization services to empower innovations in the connected eWorld. Advantech cooperates closely with solution partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications in diverse industries. Advantech delivers more than a thousand products and solutions in 3 business categories: Embedded ePlatform Organization, eServices & Applied Computing Group and Industrial Automation Group. With more than 3,400 talented people, Advantech operates an extensive support, sales and marketing network in 18 countries and 39 major cities to deliver fast time-to-market services to our worldwide customers. (Corporate Website: www.advantech.com).
About Intel Embedded & Communications Alliance
The Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance is one of the worlds most recognized embedded and communications ecosystems, providing customers with a trusted supply line of Intel-based products and services, and offering benefits such as:
o Leading-edge products, since Alliance members get early access to the latest multi-core Embedded Intel® Architecture Processors
o Design and development expertise that will give you a head-start in your design efforts
o Total lifecycle support from worldwide support organizations
Primary Media Contact:
Advantech Co., Ltd./Corporate Marketing
Meg Chen
Tel: +886-2-2792-7818, Ext.7033
Mobile: 0939-085-006
Meg.chen@advantech.com.tw
2nd Media Contact:
Advantech Co., Ltd. / Channel Marketing
Joanna Chiang
Tel: +886-2-2792-7818, Ext.7596
Joanna.chiang@advantech.com.tw
