Arrow Electronics Launches “Internet of Things” Boot Camp
July 23 2015 - 08:45AM
Business Wire
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) today announced it is
collaborating with Skookum Digital Works to offer the “Innovation
Launch Pad,” a five-day, immersive-learning “boot camp” for
companies looking to bring innovative and profitable “Internet of
Things” (IoT) ideas to market.
View the Innovation Launch Pad video.
“IoT is poised to disrupt entire business models and industries,
but companies looking to bring innovative new IoT technologies to
market face a number of complex challenges,” said Aiden Mitchell,
vice president of semiconductor marketing for Arrow. “As a top
technology-solutions provider, Arrow is excited to collaborate with
Skookum on this boot camp to help our customers stay ahead of the
innovation curve and profit from the tremendous opportunities IoT
presents.”
Arrow’s Innovation Launch Pads are designed to help participants
move from ideation to creation—leaving them with a tangible
proof-of-concept, prototype, demonstration or business plan for IoT
technology at the end of five days. Launch Pad participants will
have access to best-in-class Arrow design engineers and Skookum’s
team of innovative developers, hardware hackers and product
designers as they move through a focused experimentation
process.
“Skookum’s proven model empowers companies to embrace the
innovation process,” said Josh Oakhurst, Skookum’s chief strategy
officer. “We give companies a chance to compress months of
experimentation and ideation into one short, intensely productive
week.”
Companies looking for additional information, or to book an
Innovation Launch Pad, are encouraged to contact their local Arrow
sales office.
Internet of Things refers to the concept of connecting any
device with an on/off switch to the Internet. Gartner predicts that
by 2020 there will be over 26 billion connected devices.
Semiconductor market research firm IC Insights expects revenues for
network communications, sensing, and control functions in devices
attached to the IoT will grow 29 percent in 2015 to $62 billion,
after increasing 21 percent in 2014 to over $48 billion.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of
products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users
of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow
serves as a supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original
equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial
customers through a global network of more than 460 locations in 56
countries.
About Skookum Digital Works
Skookum is a 70-person technology “hacking shop” with offices in
Denver and Charlotte, N.C. Skookum is an expert at difficult
technology integrations, IoT hardware hacking and software
development. For more, please visit http://skookum.com.
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