VDC Recognition Marks Motorola’s Fourth Accolade
Since Award’s Inception
TEMPE, Ariz. – 19 March 2007 – Venture Development Corporation (VDC) has
recognized Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) as a Platinum Embedded Board Vendor, the
highest level category that VDC presents for demonstrating excellence in
customer satisfaction. The 2006 ranking marks the fourth time that Motorola has
earned top honours in this category.
“This achievement highlights Motorola’s customer-centric focus and rich
heritage in the embedded board industry,” said Paul Zorfass, director of the
Embedded Hardware and Systems practice at VDC. “In addition to this recent honour,
Motorola also has consistently received the Platinum Vendor Award from award
inception in 2002.”
Conducted as part of VDC’s annual Global Market Analysis of Merchant, Computer
Boards for Embedded/Real-time Applications research report, data for the
ranking was gathered through an online survey of embedded board users. Users
identified their most important non-product criteria in evaluating a vendor
including elements such as availability/delivery, price, reliable/long product
life, experience/relationship with vendor, cutting edge technology, technical
support, and a variety of other service and support factors.
User rankings revealed Motorola as one of the top five percent of companies for
the Platinum Vendor Award, and also recognized the next 10 percent with the
Gold Vendor Award. Both the Platinum and Gold ratings were generated entirely
by user feedback entered into an impartial model created by VDC.
“Motorola is very proud to be recognized by our customers with VDC’s Platinum
status for the fourth year, as this recognition validates our long-term
commitment to deliver unparalleled products and customer service,” said Jorge
Magalhaes, director of marketing, Embedded Communications Computing, Motorola,
Inc. “Our ability to offer one of the industry’s broadest product portfolios
spanning AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, AdvancedMC, CompactPCI and VMEbus technologies
as well as comprehensive software and services offerings is once again being
recognized for making a significant contribution to the embedded industry.
Motorola will continue to lead in the embedded arena by offering a combination
of next-generation blades, modules, shelves, application-ready platforms and
communications servers to address the industry’s ever-changing communications
needs.”
The full VDC press release can be downloaded here:
http://www.vdc-corp.com/_documents/pressrelease/press-attachment-1333.pdf
About VDC
Venture Development Corporation (VDC) is an independent technology market
research and strategy consulting firm that specializes in a number of embedded,
component, industrial, retail automation, RFID, AIDC, datacom/telecom, and defence
markets. VDC has been operating since 1971, when graduates of the Harvard
Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded the firm.
Today, it employs a talented collection of analysts and consultants who offer a
rare combination of expertise in the market research process; experience in
technology product and program management; and formal training in engineering
and marketing. VDC’s clients include thousands of the largest and
fastest-growing technology suppliers in the world and the most successful
investors participating in the markets it covers.
Source: Motorola press release
