Cisco survey: BYOD movement gains popularity - TBJ

The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement is a fad no longer; now, it’s a defining factor in accepting a position.

: OEM, Telecom

Manufacturing Gangnam Style - PD&D

Rethink Robotics, the firm that designed and manufactured Baxter the famous industrial robot, has met its match. Robotis’ Bioloid, an educational DIY robotics set, has developed a new, hipper cousin to Baxter that dances – Gangnam Style.  And no wonder. Baxter is a “serious robot” who has a job at Vanguard Plastics, a Connecticut manufacturer. He doesn’t have time to goof off.

: Industrial, OEM |

Tech Fuels Search for Energy - EBN

Technology companies are supporting the energy industry to slake the rising demand for energy while keeping a focus on safety and costs.

: Energy

Safeguards Fight Counterfeit Components - EBN

Despite the seeming tide of counterfeit components that have bombarded the electronics market in recent years, buyers are not helpless against the onslaught.

: Regulatory |

Charcroft Opens Online Capacitor Shop - EDN

Charcroft Electronics is making a play in the eCommerce space with the launch of an eBuy store for online purchasing of commercial and BS/CECC-release radial multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs)

: Distribution

Methodologies For Stability In Adverse Market Conditions - Zogbi

Between 2007 and 2013 the collective gross profit margins of the world’s top passive component manufacturers has declined by 26%. This notable change in the gross operating profit means that these top vendors of capacitors, resistors and inductors are experiencing higher variable costs (raw material costs) at the bottom end of the supply chain and aggressive price competition at the customer end of the supply chain, which is squeezing the profitability out of the industry.

: Passives, Strategy

Electronic Components/Electronic Equipment Outlook 5/22/13

Electronic Components/Electronic Equipment Outlook – TTI MarketEye – Walt Custer 5/22/2013.

: Statistics, Trends

Apple to build U.S.-made Macs in Texas - ABJ

When Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook announced late last year that the tech company wanted to bring some manufacturing back to the United States, it raised the question of where? Now we know: Texas.

: Computer, OEM