Overview
Supplier SloganOrchestrating a Brighter World.Enabling an Intelligent PlanetBuilding A Better Connected World.Reach Further
HQ LocationJapanTaiwanTaiwanUnited StatesChinaUnited States
Year Founded189919831981198419871921
Company TypePublicPublicPrivatePrivatePrivatePublic
Stock TickerTYO: 6701TPE: 2395NASDAQ: AVT
Revenue> $10b$1-10b$1-10b> $10b> $10b> $10b
Employees> 50,0001,001 - 10,0001,001 - 10,000> 50,000> 50,00010,001 - 50,000
Website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website
Company Description
NEC provides a broad range of IT products and services through software, hardware, integration, and consulting. It offers system integration, maintenance and support, outsourcing, cloud services, and equipment for government, healthcare, finance, and media markets. For telecom customers it provides network infrastructure, services, and management. NECs thick portfolio also includes system platforms with hardware, software, enterprise networks, and services. NEC does most of its business domestically. Year Founded: 1899 Revenue: $26.1 billion (2013) TYO: 6701
Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back office e-business solutions.

Founded in 1981, B+B SmartWorx, formerly B&B Electronics, provides intelligent M2M and IoT connectivity solutions for wireless and wired networks. The company designs and builds device connectivity and network infrastructure products that deliver intelligent connectivity at the “edge” of networks in remote and demanding environments. At the start of 2016, B+B SmartWorx became part of the global Advantech family, and will be operating as Advantech B+B SmartWorx. As part of the company’s Global Industrial IoT Business group, B+B SmartWorx will lead Advantech’s new Intelligent Networking Business Sector in developing smart networking products.

Dell Technologies is Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks, Virtustream, and VMware. We’re a collective force of innovative capabilities trusted all over the world to provide technology solutions and services that accelerate Digital Transformation.

Huawei is a global leader of ICT solutions. Huawei's strategy in the enterprise domain focuses on close cooperation and integration with partners to deliver a wide range of highly efficient customer-centric ICT solutions and services that are based on a deep understanding of customer needs. In line with their portfolio covers enterprise networking, unified communications & collaboration (UC&C), Cloud Computing & data center, enterprise wireless, network energy and infrastructure services.

Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Avnet, Inc. focuses exclusively on the unique needs of embedded OEMs, solution providers, and independent software vendors. Our broad range of product lifecycle management services provide flexible options that support you from solution development through delivery including concept design, engineering, manufacturing, systems integration, order management, warehousing and logistics.

IoT Solutions
NEC will capitalise on its extensive track record and its leading technologies in the areas of software-defined networking (SDN), big data, cloud and security in order to construct flexible and robust IoT systems. It aims to make positive use of IoT in extensive areas including social infrastructures, such as water demand forecast and traffic monitoring, security management for communities and for key facilities and energy management, in addition to the corporate use of IoT by manufacturers, distributors, transport operators and others.
Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms. They cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. To realize our corporate vision of Enabling an Intelligent Planet, Advantech will continue collaborating and Partnering for Smart City & IoT Solutions.
By 2018, 33% of all industry leaders will be disrupted by digitally enabled competitors (Source: IDC) Be a disruptor by developing and deploying an IoT strategy so you can tap into the value of connecting the unconnected. IoT is becoming critical for organizations today to understand where new sources of value could come from in their industry – whether it is from operational efficiencies, better customer experiences, safety or even new revenue models. Dell Technologies can help you become a disruptive force in your industry through IoT. We bring: • The industry’s broadest infrastructure portfolio • A curated technology and services partner program • Proven use case-specific solution blueprints

Embedded with chips and sensors, objects have started to ‘think’, ‘feel’ and ‘talk’. The Internet of Things (IoT) offers a myriad of possible applications. Huawei is eager to harness the potential of this new evolution. The Internet of Things involves multiple forms of M2M communications – Machine to Machine, machine to man, man to machine, and machine to mobile. Considered the next big IT wave following computers, the internet and mobile communications, M2M makes the idea of a ‘smart planet’ a reality. Huawei is at the forefront of efforts to drive forward this new trend and create the right conditions to unleash its potential. The first European projects in this field are already underway.

At Avnet Embedded, our customizable, off-the-shelf OEM server, storage and networking solutions from world-class manufacturers, coupled with our vertical industry knowledge, data center expertise and cloud know-how ensure your products and solutions are optimized for the future - regardless if you are deploying your solution physically, virtually or in the cloud. Pursuing a partnership with Avnet means shifting your focus back to what really matters. - Increasing your profitability - Scaling your operations - Accelerating your time-to-market - Fostering innovation By leveraging Avnet’s investments in those areas, you’ll spend less time worrying about inventory, operating and support and be free to direct more time and resources back into driving sales of new products that differentiate you from your competition.

Key Customers
Lockheed Martin, SMRT Corporation, Telefonica

The Icelandic Meteorological Office

Bell Canada, LG, Telenor

Subsidiary
Parent Company

IoT Snapshot
TechnologiesProcessors & Edge IntelligencePlatform as a Service (PaaS)Automation & ControlNetworks & ConnectivityPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyFunctional ApplicationsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)SensorsWearablesNetworks & ConnectivityPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceAnalytics & ModelingFunctional ApplicationsSensorsAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyNetworks & ConnectivityPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceFunctional ApplicationsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)SensorsApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Networks & ConnectivityProcessors & Edge IntelligenceAnalytics & ModelingFunctional ApplicationsPlatform as a Service (PaaS)SensorsNetworks & ConnectivityOtherPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceSensorsApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareFunctional Applications
IndustriesAerospaceAgricultureCities & MunicipalitiesRetailTransportationAgricultureApparelAutomotiveBuildingsConstruction & InfrastructureElectronicsEquipment & MachineryFood & BeverageHealthcare & HospitalsMetalsRenewable EnergyRetailSemiconductorsTransportationUtilitiesBuildingsConstruction & InfrastructureAerospaceAutomotiveBuildingsCities & MunicipalitiesEducationElectronicsEquipment & MachineryFood & BeverageHealthcare & HospitalsMiningOil & GasRailway & MetroRenewable EnergyRetailSecurity & Public SafetyTransportationAutomotiveCities & MunicipalitiesElectrical GridsElectronicsEquipment & MachineryHealthcare & HospitalsOil & GasPharmaceuticalsTelecommunicationsTransportationAerospaceAutomotiveHealthcare & HospitalsSecurity & Public SafetyTelecommunicationsUtilities
Use CasesBuilding Automation & ControlBuilding Energy ManagementComputer VisionMachine Condition MonitoringManufacturing System AutomationMesh NetworksOutdoor Environmental MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceProcess Control & OptimizationPublic Warning & Emergency ResponseRemote Asset ManagementSmart IrrigationTrack & Trace of AssetsVehicle TelematicsVisual Quality DetectionWarehouse AutomationMachine Condition MonitoringOutdoor Environmental MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceVehicle TelematicsBuilding Automation & ControlEdge Computing & Edge IntelligenceMicrogridPerimeter Security & Access ControlCampus Area NetworkComputer VisionEdge Computing & Edge IntelligenceFleet ManagementSmart City OperationsVehicle TelematicsVisual Quality DetectionBuilding Automation & ControlEnergy Management SystemFleet ManagementInventory ManagementMachine Condition MonitoringSmart City OperationsSupply Chain VisibilityTrack & Trace of Assets
FunctionsLogistics & TransportationBusiness OperationDiscrete ManufacturingField ServicesLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceProcess ManufacturingProduct Research & DevelopmentQuality AssuranceField ServicesLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceBusiness OperationDiscrete ManufacturingFacility ManagementLogistics & TransportationProcess ManufacturingProcurementBusiness OperationDiscrete ManufacturingLogistics & TransportationProcess ManufacturingProduct Research & DevelopmentQuality AssuranceBusiness OperationFacility Management
ServicesCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesCybersecurity ServicesSystem IntegrationHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesData Science ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationTrainingCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem Integration

Technology Stack
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)NoneModerateNoneStrongStrongNone
Platform as a Service (PaaS)MinorStrongModerateStrongModerateModerate
Application Infrastructure & MiddlewareNoneStrongNoneStrongModerateMinor
Analytics & ModelingNoneModerateModerateModerateModerateNone
Functional ApplicationsNoneModerateModerateMinorMinorModerate
Cybersecurity & PrivacyNoneMinorNoneStrongModerateNone
Networks & ConnectivityNoneStrongModerateModerateModerateMinor
Processors & Edge IntelligenceMinorStrongMinorModerateMinorStrong
SensorsNoneStrongModerateModerateModerateStrong
Automation & ControlNoneStrongNoneNoneNoneNone
RobotsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
DronesNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
WearablesNoneMinorNoneNoneNoneNone
ActuatorsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
OtherNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneMinor

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Overview
Supplier SloganOrchestrating a Brighter World.Enabling an Intelligent PlanetBuilding A Better Connected World.Reach Further
HQ LocationJapanTaiwanTaiwanUnited StatesChinaUnited States
Year Founded189919831981198419871921
Company TypePublicPublicPrivatePrivatePrivatePublic
Stock TickerTYO: 6701TPE: 2395NASDAQ: AVT
Revenue> $10b$1-10b$1-10b> $10b> $10b> $10b
Employees> 50,0001,001 - 10,0001,001 - 10,000> 50,000> 50,00010,001 - 50,000
Website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website
Company Description
NEC provides a broad range of IT products and services through software, hardware, integration, and consulting. It offers system integration, maintenance and support, outsourcing, cloud services, and equipment for government, healthcare, finance, and media markets. For telecom customers it provides network infrastructure, services, and management. NECs thick portfolio also includes system platforms with hardware, software, enterprise networks, and services. NEC does most of its business domestically. Year Founded: 1899 Revenue: $26.1 billion (2013) TYO: 6701
Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back office e-business solutions.

Founded in 1981, B+B SmartWorx, formerly B&B Electronics, provides intelligent M2M and IoT connectivity solutions for wireless and wired networks. The company designs and builds device connectivity and network infrastructure products that deliver intelligent connectivity at the “edge” of networks in remote and demanding environments. At the start of 2016, B+B SmartWorx became part of the global Advantech family, and will be operating as Advantech B+B SmartWorx. As part of the company’s Global Industrial IoT Business group, B+B SmartWorx will lead Advantech’s new Intelligent Networking Business Sector in developing smart networking products.

Dell Technologies is Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks, Virtustream, and VMware. We’re a collective force of innovative capabilities trusted all over the world to provide technology solutions and services that accelerate Digital Transformation.

Huawei is a global leader of ICT solutions. Huawei's strategy in the enterprise domain focuses on close cooperation and integration with partners to deliver a wide range of highly efficient customer-centric ICT solutions and services that are based on a deep understanding of customer needs. In line with their portfolio covers enterprise networking, unified communications & collaboration (UC&C), Cloud Computing & data center, enterprise wireless, network energy and infrastructure services.

Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Avnet, Inc. focuses exclusively on the unique needs of embedded OEMs, solution providers, and independent software vendors. Our broad range of product lifecycle management services provide flexible options that support you from solution development through delivery including concept design, engineering, manufacturing, systems integration, order management, warehousing and logistics.

IoT Solutions
NEC will capitalise on its extensive track record and its leading technologies in the areas of software-defined networking (SDN), big data, cloud and security in order to construct flexible and robust IoT systems. It aims to make positive use of IoT in extensive areas including social infrastructures, such as water demand forecast and traffic monitoring, security management for communities and for key facilities and energy management, in addition to the corporate use of IoT by manufacturers, distributors, transport operators and others.
Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms. They cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. To realize our corporate vision of Enabling an Intelligent Planet, Advantech will continue collaborating and Partnering for Smart City & IoT Solutions.
By 2018, 33% of all industry leaders will be disrupted by digitally enabled competitors (Source: IDC) Be a disruptor by developing and deploying an IoT strategy so you can tap into the value of connecting the unconnected. IoT is becoming critical for organizations today to understand where new sources of value could come from in their industry – whether it is from operational efficiencies, better customer experiences, safety or even new revenue models. Dell Technologies can help you become a disruptive force in your industry through IoT. We bring: • The industry’s broadest infrastructure portfolio • A curated technology and services partner program • Proven use case-specific solution blueprints

Embedded with chips and sensors, objects have started to ‘think’, ‘feel’ and ‘talk’. The Internet of Things (IoT) offers a myriad of possible applications. Huawei is eager to harness the potential of this new evolution. The Internet of Things involves multiple forms of M2M communications – Machine to Machine, machine to man, man to machine, and machine to mobile. Considered the next big IT wave following computers, the internet and mobile communications, M2M makes the idea of a ‘smart planet’ a reality. Huawei is at the forefront of efforts to drive forward this new trend and create the right conditions to unleash its potential. The first European projects in this field are already underway.

At Avnet Embedded, our customizable, off-the-shelf OEM server, storage and networking solutions from world-class manufacturers, coupled with our vertical industry knowledge, data center expertise and cloud know-how ensure your products and solutions are optimized for the future - regardless if you are deploying your solution physically, virtually or in the cloud. Pursuing a partnership with Avnet means shifting your focus back to what really matters. - Increasing your profitability - Scaling your operations - Accelerating your time-to-market - Fostering innovation By leveraging Avnet’s investments in those areas, you’ll spend less time worrying about inventory, operating and support and be free to direct more time and resources back into driving sales of new products that differentiate you from your competition.

Key Customers
Lockheed Martin, SMRT Corporation, Telefonica

The Icelandic Meteorological Office

Bell Canada, LG, Telenor

Subsidiary
Parent Company

IoT Snapshot
TechnologiesProcessors & Edge IntelligencePlatform as a Service (PaaS)Automation & ControlNetworks & ConnectivityPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyFunctional ApplicationsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)SensorsWearablesNetworks & ConnectivityPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceAnalytics & ModelingFunctional ApplicationsSensorsAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyNetworks & ConnectivityPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceFunctional ApplicationsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)SensorsApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Networks & ConnectivityProcessors & Edge IntelligenceAnalytics & ModelingFunctional ApplicationsPlatform as a Service (PaaS)SensorsNetworks & ConnectivityOtherPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceSensorsApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareFunctional Applications
IndustriesAerospaceAgricultureCities & MunicipalitiesRetailTransportationAgricultureApparelAutomotiveBuildingsConstruction & InfrastructureElectronicsEquipment & MachineryFood & BeverageHealthcare & HospitalsMetalsRenewable EnergyRetailSemiconductorsTransportationUtilitiesBuildingsConstruction & InfrastructureAerospaceAutomotiveBuildingsCities & MunicipalitiesEducationElectronicsEquipment & MachineryFood & BeverageHealthcare & HospitalsMiningOil & GasRailway & MetroRenewable EnergyRetailSecurity & Public SafetyTransportationAutomotiveCities & MunicipalitiesElectrical GridsElectronicsEquipment & MachineryHealthcare & HospitalsOil & GasPharmaceuticalsTelecommunicationsTransportationAerospaceAutomotiveHealthcare & HospitalsSecurity & Public SafetyTelecommunicationsUtilities
Use CasesBuilding Automation & ControlBuilding Energy ManagementComputer VisionMachine Condition MonitoringManufacturing System AutomationMesh NetworksOutdoor Environmental MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceProcess Control & OptimizationPublic Warning & Emergency ResponseRemote Asset ManagementSmart IrrigationTrack & Trace of AssetsVehicle TelematicsVisual Quality DetectionWarehouse AutomationMachine Condition MonitoringOutdoor Environmental MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceVehicle TelematicsBuilding Automation & ControlEdge Computing & Edge IntelligenceMicrogridPerimeter Security & Access ControlCampus Area NetworkComputer VisionEdge Computing & Edge IntelligenceFleet ManagementSmart City OperationsVehicle TelematicsVisual Quality DetectionBuilding Automation & ControlEnergy Management SystemFleet ManagementInventory ManagementMachine Condition MonitoringSmart City OperationsSupply Chain VisibilityTrack & Trace of Assets
FunctionsLogistics & TransportationBusiness OperationDiscrete ManufacturingField ServicesLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceProcess ManufacturingProduct Research & DevelopmentQuality AssuranceField ServicesLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceBusiness OperationDiscrete ManufacturingFacility ManagementLogistics & TransportationProcess ManufacturingProcurementBusiness OperationDiscrete ManufacturingLogistics & TransportationProcess ManufacturingProduct Research & DevelopmentQuality AssuranceBusiness OperationFacility Management
ServicesCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesCybersecurity ServicesSystem IntegrationHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesData Science ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationTrainingCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem Integration

Technology Stack
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)NoneModerateNoneStrongStrongNone
Platform as a Service (PaaS)MinorStrongModerateStrongModerateModerate
Application Infrastructure & MiddlewareNoneStrongNoneStrongModerateMinor
Analytics & ModelingNoneModerateModerateModerateModerateNone
Functional ApplicationsNoneModerateModerateMinorMinorModerate
Cybersecurity & PrivacyNoneMinorNoneStrongModerateNone
Networks & ConnectivityNoneStrongModerateModerateModerateMinor
Processors & Edge IntelligenceMinorStrongMinorModerateMinorStrong
SensorsNoneStrongModerateModerateModerateStrong
Automation & ControlNoneStrongNoneNoneNoneNone
RobotsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
DronesNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
WearablesNoneMinorNoneNoneNoneNone
ActuatorsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
OtherNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneMinor

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