5-4-3 Innovation Acceleration process allows partners to rapidly scope, design, produce and test working IoT prototype devices for their customers
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avnet
(NYSE: AVT)
today introduced a unique service to jumpstart partners’ abilities to
create Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for their customers. Available
to the channel only through Avnet’s Technology Solutions business, U.S.
and Canada partners will now have access to relayr’s
5-4-3
Innovation Acceleration process. Partners can use this service to
dramatically shorten their customers’ development time for IoT
solutions, transforming an idea into a functioning IoT prototype in as
little as five weeks.
This service offering from Avnet and relayr helps partners manage and
accelerate their customers’ digital transformation with end-to-end
support in three focused stages:
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Kickstart: Lasting
5
days,
a hands-on workshop enables customers to identify three leading ideas
and create an implementation roadmap for IoT solutions specific to
their enterprise. The workshops can be led by IoT experts from relayr
or certified partners.
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Accelerate: Over 4
weeks,
the selected idea from the Kickstart phase is rapidly developed and
tested to create a working prototype. IoT experts from Avnet and
relayr are available to help partners throughout the prototyping
process.
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Traction: Spanning
3
months, the prototype is fully tested, giving the customer a real-life
use case to provide critical insights for mass production and rollout
planning, and accelerate their time to market.
“relayr’s 5-4-3 Innovation Acceleration process addresses the greatest
challenge many of our partners are facing – how to help customers
initiate an IoT project,” said Colin Blair, vice president of data
analytics and IoT solutions, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. “Our
partners will be able to use this service to fast track IoT solutions –
within one business quarter – that can easily be integrated with their
customers’ existing technology environments. Working together, Avnet and
relayr will give partners the foundation they need to help their
customers create IoT solutions from simple experimentation to full-scale
deployments.”
The 5-4-3 Innovation Acceleration process is now available on the Avnet
Cloud Marketplace. Partners will be able to feature the service on
their own marketplaces, giving them the ability to bundle it with their
own IP and services, and further tailor the solution to their customers’
unique needs and business environments. Additionally, partners can use
this service in their own business environments if they are looking to
expand into developing their own custom IP or solutions related to IoT.
“Our new service accelerates the digital transformation process by
providing all the key components for advancing complete IoT solutions.
Avnet has the market know-how and experience to deliver those solutions
with the value demanded by the channel,” said Rick Caylor, director of
business development, North America, relayr. “As partners and customers
transition from the prototypes developed through the service to mass
rollout, they can rely on Avnet’s scale and technical expertise to help
partners and their customers turn their IoT visions into a reality.”
Avnet’s approach to IoT exemplifies how Avnet is helping partners excel
through specialization while capitalizing on the high-growth,
next-generation technologies that are redefining the future. In addition
to IoT, partners can leverage Avnet’s in-depth expertise in
complementary technology market segments, including the cloud, cognitive
computing, the data center, data analytics, mobility, security and
enterprise networking, and training
and education.
Solutions from relayr have been available
through Avnet since 2016, and the cloud-based enterprise middleware
platform from relayr allows communications from any service, any
software, any platform and any sensor. To learn more about relayr’s 5-4-3
Innovation Acceleration process and how Avnet can help partners grow
their IoT businesses, contact your Avnet representative or check out the Avnet
Cloud Marketplace offerings from relayr.
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