The power of Windows® 7 in an Embedded Device

Avnet Embedded, Europe’s leading distributor of Microsoft’s Embedded Operating Systems and Direct Insight, an official Windows Embedded Training Partner and Windows Embedded Gold Partner, are partnering to provide a compelling half day seminar for embedded developers entitled "The power of Windows 7 in an Embedded Device". With Microsoft's forthcoming release, the Windows 7 user experience will be available to the embedded world for the first time. Avnet Embedded and Direct Insight have joined forces to provide engineers and managers with an early technical insight into the new operating system.

During the day, Direct Insight will present a technical evaluation of the new operating system, including feature comparisons with alternative operating systems, the embedded enabling features of Windows Embedded Standard 7 plus a demonstration on the Customer Technology Preview (CTP) version of the development toolset which has been created for Windows Embedded Standard 7.

Nick Donaldson, Director of Software at Avnet Embedded, said, "We are very pleased to be running this seminar with Direct Insight, I hope that the seminar will be useful to organisations preparing to embark upon developing new embedded devices."

David Pashley, Managing Director of Direct Insight Ltd., added, "I’m excited by what Microsoft has done in creating Windows Embedded Standard 7. Embedded developers are eager to understand the potential of this very major new technology for their next project. In partnership with Avnet Embedded, we are able to provide them with this insight at a very early stage."

The seminar is free, subject to online pre-registration and the exact location of the seminar is: 20th April – Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG

For more information please visit: http://avnet-embedded.eu/home/windows-embedded-standard-7.html

About Avnet Embedded
Avnet Embedded is a product business group within Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, an operating region of Avnet, Inc., (NYSE: AVT). Avnet Embedded was created to serve the industrial market with displays, embedded computing hardware, software, networking and wireless products. The group also provides customers with finished or customised products and training, system integration and ODM services through its European technical centres and partners. Avnet Embedded works with a range of leading product manufacturers and technical partners to provide the best product solution to meet its customers’ specific requirements. Further information is available at www.avnet-embedded.eu.

For more information contact:
Andra Hartstang
Manager Communications
Im Technologiepark 2-8
85586 Poing, Germany
Phone +49 8121 774 202
Fax +49 8121 774 439
Email: andra.hartstang@avnet.eu

For further information regarding this announcement, please contact:
Anja Woithe
PR Manager
Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA
Avnet Abacus, Avnet Embedded, Avnet Memec, EBV Elektronik & SILICA
Im Technologiepark 2-8, 85586 Poing, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 8121 774 459
Email: anja.woithe@avnet.eu

Press Contact: Peter van der Sluijs
Neesham Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1296 628180
Email: peterv@neesham.co.uk

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