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Advantech, the world’s largest manufacturer of industrial computers you don’t use but sure appreciate in retrospect, has announced that the semiconductor shortage is impacting its business and reducing shipments worldwide. This new foray into what’s gone wrong in semiconductors is brought to you by the phonemes “CO” and “VID,” and by the number 19.
Advantech builds embedded solutions, industrial automation equipment, digital signage, IoT hardware, and a raft of similar products based on both ARM and x86. According to the company, its Q2 revenue is likely to take a 5-10 percent hit, while Q1 orders surged by as much as 50 percent compared with the same period last year. Revenue is still expected to grow next quarter the drag isn’
Advantech Connect Online Partner Conference sees AIoT Vision
Advantech, a specialist in industrial IoT, has launched Advantech Connect, with AIoT Vision as its theme.
An online partner conference, the forum will centre around five main topics: Industrial IoT, Embedded IoT, IoT Cloud Platform – WISE-PaaS, Smart City Solutions and Services, and Cloud IoT.
It is being held from 24 February to 6 May. In total, more than 20 online forums will be hosted over the next three months.
Aimed at global C-suite executives and business/technical leaders, it will survey innovative ideas and consider how best to leverage co-creation with ecosystem partners.
Advantech writes:
Bronschhofen, Switzerland / Tokyo, Japan - Kenichiro Tomomori will continue the growth path of the European storage and security specialist Effective immediately, Mr. Kenichiro Tomomori will take over as Representative Director (daihyo torishimariyaku) of Swissbit Japan Co., Ltd. based in Tokyo. In his new role, .
Advantech Connect Online Partner Conference
From AdvantechFeb 25 2021
Advantech (stock code: 2395), a global leader in industrial IoT, launches Advantech Connect, an online partner conference for Advantech global partners.
Having AIoT Vision as its theme, the forum will be held from February 24th to May 6th and center around five main topics: Industrial IoT, Embedded IoT, IoT Cloud Platform - WISE-PaaS, Smart City Solutions and Services, and Cloud IoT. In total, more than 20 online forums will be hosted over the next three months.
Learn the latest AIoT trends that help the formation of an IoT ecosystem
Advantech Connect will start with the AIoT Visionary Keynote speech on February 24. Influencers, such as Professor William Webb, author of The Internet of Things Myth, Alfonso Velosa III, research analyst from Gartner, Ken Forster, founder of Momenta, and strategic partners Microsoft and Intel will also give talks. Various invited experts will discuss trends in the IIoT industry a
Swissbit announces acquisition of Hyperstone Swissbit, a specialist provider of data-storage and embedded IoT solutions,is to acquire Hyperstone, a leading supplier of flash memory controllers, from CML Microsystems.
Swissbit said that the acquisition will help to boost its technology competence and further strengthen its position as an independent European manufacturer of memory and security products.
Future joint development projects will focus on innovative solutions in the attractive growth market for security and embedded IoT and both companies said that they would be working together to meet the rapidly growing demands from customers for data and device security in the Internet of Things.